How a Dedicated Bone Marrow Biopsy Clinic Eased Wait Times VA center in Cleveland got program up and running in about a month Sep 19, 2022
Is Cancer Therapy Also a Lupus Cure? Patients in pilot study show months-long complete remission Sep 15, 2022
Non-Chemo Regimen Led to High Response Rates in Cisplatin-Ineligible Bladder Cancer "Encouraging activity" with enfortumab vedotin-pembrolizumab in patients with high unmet need Sep 14, 2022
Add-On Pembrolizumab Misses in Locally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer Post hoc data point to possible benefit in patients with higher PD-L1 levels Sep 11, 2022
'Potential New Standard' for Progressing Desmoid Tumors Risk of disease progression or death reduced by 71% with oral gamma secretase inhibitor Sep 10, 2022
Robotic Surgery Tops Laparoscopic Surgery for Middle and Low Rectal Cancer Randomized trial shows fewer positive circumferential resection margins with robotic technique Sep 09, 2022
10-Year Follow-Up Confirms Benefit of Chemoradiotherapy in MIBC Patients Findings "supported a change in clinical practice" Sep 01, 2022
Pralsetinib Shows Promise in Diverse RET Fusion-Positive Cancers An ORR of 57% supports results previously observed in NSCLC and thyroid cancer Aug 26, 2022
Intensive Endoscopy Might Not Be One-and-Done for Gastric Cancer Surveillance High-risk group had similar new lesion detection rates initially and at 15 months Aug 22, 2022
Florida Oncologist Presumed Lost at Sea The Coast Guard recently suspended its search for Chaundre Cross, MD, of Naples Aug 19, 2022
Patients With Head/Neck Cancer See Lower Stroke Risk With Initial Surgery Enough reason to prefer the scalpel to definitive radiotherapy? Aug 12, 2022
Epstein-Barr Virus Linked With Gastric Cancer Meta-analysis shows a 7.5% prevalence across 37 countries Aug 12, 2022
Study Confirms Big Drop in Power Morcellator Use, Shows Lag in Containment Systems But whether containment bags really work remains open to question, authors say Aug 11, 2022
Two Sides of Endosalpingiosis: Benign Growth or Harbinger of Cancer? Concurrent malignancy more than twice as common as compared with endometriosis, study showed Aug 06, 2022
Cluster of Physician Deaths at Canadian Hospital Spurs Misinfo Campaign All three doctors died from cancer, but became the subject of anti-vax social media posts Aug 05, 2022
Adding TACE to Lenvatinib Boosts Survival in Advanced Liver Cancer In China-based trial, overall survival in first-line improved by 6 months versus lenvatinib alone Aug 04, 2022
Hearing Loss Plagues Cancer Survivors No Matter the Type of Chemo Ototoxicity reported in more than half of study patients who got platinum, taxanes, or both Aug 03, 2022
Jared Kushner's Thyroid Cancer Trump's son-in-law and former White House advisor announced the diagnosis in his memoir Jul 29, 2022
High Daily Insulin Doses Might Up Cancer Risk Years Later Observational study of type 1 diabetes patients suggests dose-dependent risk Jul 28, 2022
Doctored Images, Fake Data, Plagiarism: Scandals Rock Alzheimer's, Cancer Research This past week in healthcare investigations Jul 27, 2022
Starch for Cancer Prevention? It's Not as Bananas as You Think Resistant starch may be protective against certain Lynch syndrome-related cancers Jul 25, 2022
'Don't Let Me Die in Pain,' My Patient Pleaded We must better manage the suffering of patients with a history of substance use disorder Jul 09, 2022
Acetaminophen Blunts Antitumor Activity of Immunotherapy Lower response rates, worse survival seen in patients with detectable levels of the antipyretic Jul 07, 2022
Missed Opportunities for Advance Care Planning After GI Surgery Multiple admissions typical leading up to urgent procedures followed by discharge to hospice Jul 07, 2022
CEND-1 Offers Hope in Advanced Pancreatic Cancer Phase I study showed good safety profile, no dose-limiting toxicities, and encouraging activity Jul 06, 2022
Fewer Complications With Robotic Nephrectomy in Complex Kidney Tumors However, trial comparing robotic and open surgery was stopped early due to low enrollment Jul 06, 2022
Hep C Cure Aside, Some Patients Still Benefit From Liver Cancer Screening Hepatocellular carcinoma risk persisted after direct-acting antivirals Jun 30, 2022
Art, Drama, and a Terminal Illness How Ellen Dunphy turned her cancer diagnosis into art Jun 28, 2022 podcast
Over $20 Million Paid to a Select Group of Top U.S. Oncologists "The findings identify a risk for perceived and real conflict of interest," study author says Jun 27, 2022
Toby Keith's Gastric Cancer The country star announced he's been treated for the last 6 months Jun 23, 2022
Adding Opdivo in First-Line Shows Promise in HER2+ Esophagogastric Cancer Improved OS compared with historical standard or chemo-free approach Jun 23, 2022
Early Anal Lesion Treatment Cuts Cancer Risk in People With HIV ANCHOR data support screening and treatment for anal HSIL in those ages 35 and up Jun 15, 2022
Harms of Cancer Blood Tests? FTC Healthcare Crackdown: More Smoke Than Fire? This past week in healthcare investigations Jun 15, 2022
FDA Panel Backs Gene Tx for Degenerative Brain Disorder in Kids Advisers unanimously recommend approval for pediatric ALD patients without HLA-matched donors Jun 10, 2022
P53 Antagonist Shows Early Activity in Advanced Liposarcoma ASCO roundup: ADC targeting CD46 slows mCRPC, molecule stabilizes effects of "hot spot" mutation Jun 08, 2022
Radiation Alone May Suffice for Some Nasopharyngeal Cancer Chemotherapy adds little benefit in intermediate grade lesions Jun 06, 2022
Novel Agent Lessens Mucositis in Head and Neck Cancers IV infusion could allow more patients to complete treatment regimen Jun 06, 2022
Will High-Dose Ifosfamide Become the Go-To Therapy in Recurrent Ewing Sarcoma? Data from European rEECur trial "are potentially practice changing," expert says Jun 05, 2022
