Wearables as Cancer Monitors; No China Price Break; Cancer Mystery in Appalachia News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues Nov 03, 2023
Transitioning Cancer Survivors Away From Oncologic Care It's time for a new model of care Nov 03, 2023
Years of Progressing Facial Numbness and Deteriorating Vision Drives Diagnosis Suspect perineural recurrence of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, experts urge Nov 02, 2023
Potential Cure for Sickle Cell Clears Hurdle for Approval FDA advisors suggest the benefits of gene therapy outweigh risks of off-target editing Oct 31, 2023
FDA Reviewers Question Safety of Sickle Cell Gene Therapy Efficacy results "strongly positive," but unintended off-target effects a question Oct 30, 2023
FDA OKs First Drug for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Toripalimab approved in combination with first-line chemo, and as monotherapy after progression Oct 30, 2023
Wegovy and Thyroid Cancer; Maine Shooter's Mental Health; 469 Heat Deaths Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by Â鶹´«Ã½ staff Oct 30, 2023
Soap to Fight Skin Cancer; $1,000 Early Cancer Detection Test; FDA Approval in MDS News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues Oct 27, 2023
More Data Support Adding Immunotherapy to Chemo in Advanced Endometrial Cancer PFS doubled and OS improved, driven by mismatch repair-deficient disease Oct 23, 2023
Is It a Sports Injury, or Something More Serious? Osteoscarcomas can present to any clinical setting, pediatric researcher says Oct 23, 2023
RET Inhibitor Posts Frontline Wins in Medullary Thyroid Cancer, NSCLC Two randomized studies demonstrate significantly improved PFS against standard regimens Oct 22, 2023
Landmark Trial Produces New First-Line Standard for Advanced Bladder Cancer Enfortumab vedotin-pembrolizumab doubles OS, PFS versus chemotherapy Oct 22, 2023
Multi-Agent Treatment Offers Hope in Advanced or Recurrent Endometrial Cancer Durvalumab plus olaparib, or alone, paired with chemo boosts PFS in DUO-E trial Oct 21, 2023
Pembrolizumab in First-Line Boosts PFS in HER2-Positive Stomach Cancer But label update planned after potential harm observed in PD-L1-negative subgroup Oct 20, 2023
Lonely Cancer Deaths; Virtual Reality for Pain; 3D Models May Improve Treatment News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues Oct 19, 2023
Senators Grill NIH Director Nominee on Drug Prices, Gender-Affirming Care Monica Bertagnolli, MD, makes her case during confirmation hearing Oct 18, 2023
What Caused the Pigmented Spot on Teen Boy's Eye? Authors discuss how best to diagnose and manage him, given the absence of any symptoms Oct 17, 2023
Suzanne Somers Dies; FDA Plans to Ban Hair Relaxers; Health Worker Minimum Wage Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by Â鶹´«Ã½ staff Oct 16, 2023
Hair Relaxers' Cancer Risk; Genetic Test Aids Rural Care; Drug Negotiation Fallout? News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues Oct 13, 2023
Primary Care Intervention Improved Follow-Up of Abnormal Cancer Screening Results Follow-up testing within 120 days was improved with EHR reminders, patient outreach, navigation Oct 10, 2023
How a Multi-Cancer Screening Test Would Play Out in the Clinic True positives identified with Grail's assay typically confirmed in under 2 months Oct 10, 2023
Chemo Shortage: 'Paycheck to Paycheck'; Cancer Blood Test Shines; Struggling to Live News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues Oct 06, 2023
Bladder-Sparing Neoadjuvant Protocol Gets High Marks for MIBC Complete clinical response predicted favorable outcomes for up to 2 years Oct 06, 2023
FDA Panel Endorses DFMO for Kids' High-Risk Neuroblastoma in Remission Large improvement in event-free survival, but questions linger about sources of data Oct 04, 2023
Use of Recent Diagnostic CT Scans for Palliative RT Planning Reduced Treatment Time Time to treatment completion slashed by over 4 hours compared with CT simulation planning Oct 04, 2023
FDA Advisors to Consider DFMO Maintenance for High-Risk Neuroblastoma in Kids Lack of options for relapsed disease versus uncertainty about supporting data Oct 03, 2023
FDA Greenlights Test for Cancer-Predisposing Genetic Mutations First-of-its-kind DNA test achieved 99% accuracy for variants in dozens of genes Oct 03, 2023
ABIM CEO Retirement Comes Amid Wave of Criticism Richard Baron, MD, plans to step down as pushback against MOC grows Oct 02, 2023
Anti-TIGIT Plus Immunotherapy 'Promising' in NSCLC, Esophageal Cancer Combination may "provide meaningful antitumor activity," researchers say Sep 28, 2023
Cancer Drug Shortages for Kids; Pharma Agrees to Price Talks; Catch-Up on Screening News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues Sep 28, 2023
Report: Persistence of Gender Inequalities in Cancer Care, and a Call to Action Premature deaths, lack of access to services, leadership inequalities highlighted Sep 27, 2023
Cancer Risk in NAFLD Higher With Early Disease Onset 52% greater risk of malignancy for patients diagnosed with fatty liver disease before age 45 Sep 27, 2023
Reduced Mortality Seen in Cancer Survivors Who Meet Exercise Guidelines Survivors classified as exercisers have 25% reduced risk of all-cause mortality, study shows Sep 23, 2023
The White House Cancer Moonshot Is a Dud We're failing to take simple steps to reduce one of the biggest causes of cancer Sep 22, 2023
TikTok Dinged for Misinformation; BRCA Risk Overestimated; Cheers for Oncology News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues Sep 21, 2023
Another Win for Biomarker-Driven Thromboprophylaxis for Patients With Cancer Threefold risk reduction with enoxaparin in high-risk gastrointestinal, lung cancers Sep 21, 2023
Delaying Esophageal Cancer Surgery After Neoadjuvant CRT Fails in Trial Histological complete response rates no better and survival appears worse Sep 19, 2023
Large Study Eases Fears Over Zantac-Cancer Link In multinational cohort, cancer incidence with pulled drug no different than other H2RAs Sep 19, 2023
Non-Erosive GERD May Not Increase Risk of Esophageal Cancer Study shows similar incidence rates to general population, unlike for those with erosive GERD Sep 18, 2023
Weight-Loss Surgery Tied to Lower Blood Cancer Risk in Women Consider surgery for primary prevention in people with obesity, researchers suggest Sep 15, 2023
