FDA OKs First IL-15 Receptor Agonist for Early Bladder Cancer Novel immunotherapy induced complete responses in 62% of patients with BCG-unresponsive NMIBC Apr 23, 2024
Neurotechnology Development Must Be Slow and Steady The burgeoning field holds both promise and risks Apr 22, 2024
Make the Diagnosis: Why Does This Young Woman Have Discoloration on Her Back? A 24-year-old woman visited her doctor about discoloration that developed on her back over the past 3 months. Can you diagnose the patient? Apr 22, 2024
Paxlovid and COVID; Breast Cancer and Lymph Node Removal Also in TTHealthWatch: pragmatic model for chronic kidney disease Apr 20, 2024 podcast
Salvage RT After Prostatectomy Prevails in Long-Term Comparison With Adjuvant RT No difference in freedom from distant metastasis or overall survival at 10 years Apr 19, 2024
Academics + Pharma = Big Bucks; New CAR-T Warnings; Patients Seek Cancer Tests News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues Apr 19, 2024
Alectinib Lands FDA Approval for Adjuvant Therapy in NSCLC The ALK inhibitor reduced the risk of recurrence or death by 76% versus chemotherapy Apr 19, 2024
Urine Test Accurately Detected High-Grade Prostate Cancer Researchers say use of the test could substantially reduce unnecessary biopsies Apr 18, 2024
California Sets Long-Awaited Drinking Water Limit for 'Erin Brockovich' Contaminant The rule is the first in the nation to specifically target the heavy metal Apr 18, 2024
FDA Greenlights Imaging Agent to Detect Residual Cancer After Lumpectomy Pegulicianine used with an approved imaging system achieved overall diagnostic accuracy of 84% Apr 18, 2024
FDA Slaps Embolization Device With Class I Recall After Deaths Increased bowel ischemia risk when Obsidio Embolic is used for lower GI bleeds Apr 17, 2024
Deeper Sedation During Colonoscopy Linked to Improved Detection of Serrated Polyps Propofol boosts serrated polyp detection by 50%, little difference for all neoplasia, adenomas Apr 17, 2024
Immunotherapy During Pregnancy Just as Safe as Other Cancer Drugs However, use should be avoided "if possible" due to risk of rare immune-related adverse events Apr 17, 2024
Could Francis Collins's Prostate Cancer Story Deter Men From Active Surveillance? Experts suggest his apparent situation is rare Apr 17, 2024
Roundup Maker Seeks Lawmakers' Help to Squelch Claims It Failed to Warn About Cancer Legal experts say legislation could provide immunity from lawsuits Apr 16, 2024
Automated, Personalized Outreach Boosts CRC Screening in Diverse Patient Population Absolute improvement of 30-40% in screening participation after 1 year Apr 16, 2024
Many With Breast Cancer 'Systematically Left Behind,' Report Says Lancet Commission issues recommendations to address inequities in global breast cancer care Apr 15, 2024
Don't Rule Out Breast Cancer Surgery for 90-Year-Olds Retrospective study suggests survival benefit over conservative management Apr 15, 2024
What Kate Middleton Reminds Us About the Role of Privacy in Healing Everyone deserves the "sanctity of space" during a course of illness Apr 15, 2024
Cryoablation for Early-Stage Breast Cancer a Safe Option in Older Women Breast cancer survival rate was 97% at 5 years Apr 15, 2024
Journey Into Virtual Reality Eases Cancer Pain VR distraction therapy could be a useful non-pharmacologic alternative, study suggests Apr 12, 2024
Possible New Standard for Treated Advanced CRC With KRAS Mutations Adagrasib plus cetuximab leads to responses in one-third of patients, median OS of 15.9 months Apr 12, 2024
'I'm Dying, You're Not': Terminally Ill Ask More States for Physician-Assisted Death Debates on medical aid in dying bills are playing out in Kentucky, Delaware, Maryland, and Iowa Apr 12, 2024
Francis Collins Discloses His 'Aggressive' Prostate Cancer Diagnosis Former NIH director said he went public to "share lifesaving information" Apr 12, 2024
Riding the 'Boob Bus'; Prior Authorization Pushback; Cancer Warning for Alcohol? News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues Apr 12, 2024
1,000 Paper Cranes Can Bring Our Patients One Step Closer to Healing We must remind our patients to hold on to hope Apr 11, 2024
O.J. Simpson Dies After Cancer Battle Football star who was acquitted of murders but later found liable in civil trial dead at 76 Apr 11, 2024
Neoadjuvant Chemo-IO Promising in Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Cancer Combination associated with favorable R0 resection and survival rates Apr 10, 2024
Study Assuages Thyroid Cancer Fears With GLP-1 Receptor Agonists Study findings support conclusions of the European Medicines Agency's recent investigation Apr 10, 2024
Bispecific Checkpoint Inhibitor Improves Survival in Advanced Gastric/GEJ Cancer Almost 50% improvement in median survival, but against a suboptimal control regimen Apr 10, 2024
Immunotherapy After Definitive Therapy Flops in Head and Neck Cancer No event-free survival benefit with atezolizumab versus placebo in phase III trial Apr 10, 2024
Biden Admin Imposes National Limits on 'Forever Chemicals' in Drinking Water Most important action the EPA has ever taken on PFAS, says agency administrator Apr 10, 2024
Cancer Warnings on Booze; Rats, Roaches in Hospitals; Barefoot Pharma Workers Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by ֱ staff Apr 10, 2024
Why Aren't Some Women Getting Screening Mammograms? Social Factors May Be to Blame Cost concerns, lack of transportation, and social isolation may all contribute, CDC study finds Apr 09, 2024
Accelerated Aging Linked to Recent Increase in Early-Onset Solid Tumors Strength of association increased in more recent birth cohorts Apr 09, 2024
Novel PARP1 Inhibitor Shows Promise in Breast Cancer The drug had favorable safety compared with first-generation PARP inhibitors in phase I/II study Apr 09, 2024
FDA Approves Earlier Use of CAR-T Products for Myeloma Carvykti and Abecma move to second- and third-line, respectively Apr 08, 2024
High Response Rate in R/R Multiple Myeloma With Bispecific Antibody ORR of 71% that deepened over time and favorable safety profile with linvoseltamab Apr 08, 2024
Can Late-Stage Cancer Incidence Serve as an Endpoint for Screening Trials? Study shows it may be an alternative to cancer-specific mortality for some cancers, but not all Apr 08, 2024
Most Cancer Drugs Granted Accelerated Approval Fail Confirmatory Trials Only 43% showed clinical benefit within 5 years Apr 08, 2024