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Onco Break over a computer rendering of a cancer cell.

Beware of that have found their way into the booming online business of counterfeit prescription medications. (Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center)

, 67, former president of Planned Parenthood and long-time abortion-rights activist, died of brain cancer earlier this week. (The Guardian)

Clinicians often do not , but patients wish they would. (NPR)

Two have some cancer experts questioning TIGIT as a valid therapeutic target. (European Society for Medical Oncology)

Chemoablation with mitomycin gel (Jelmyto) for led to a 3-year recurrence-free survival of 68% in responding patients, UroGen Pharma announced.

Digoxin, one of the oldest heart medications, has shown potential for to prevent metastases, ETH Zürich announced.

An interim analysis of a phase III trial in acute myeloid leukemia suggested a potential versus historical controls with the peptide cancer vaccine galinpepimut-S (GPS), Sellas Life Sciences announced.

A telephone-based behavioral intervention showed promise for . (Regenstrief Institute)

Research that characterized differences in the immune system of children versus adults could pave the way for new . (Karolinska Institute)

Studies in mice showed after a single dose of an investigational drug designed to kill cancer cells but avoid undesirable side effects. (American Chemical Society)

Two drugs that target HER2 expression in cancer -- tucatinib (Tukysa) and trastuzumab (Herceptin) -- led to tumor shrinkage in 42% of women with previously treated HER2-negative breast cancer associated with . (University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center)

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    Charles Bankhead is senior editor for oncology and also covers urology, dermatology, and ophthalmology. He joined 鶹ý in 2007.