Advertisement
week in cancer news
  • August 28: The Week in Cancer News

    ESMO issues guidance about biomarker testing, researchers break down coronavirus risk by cancer type, and the FDA approves liquid biopsy test across tumor types.

    by Marci A. Landsmann

  • Support Grows for Making Transfusions a Part of Hospice

    Blood cancer patients have low rates of enrollment in hospice. One barrier to enrollment is that many hospices do not provide blood transfusions.

    by Jon Kelvey

  • August 21: The Week in Cancer News

    A combination of targeted therapies may be effective in people with bile duct cancers, and recent chemotherapy is not associated with worse outcomes from COVID-19.

    by Kate Yandell

  • A Missed Conversation

    Despite national guidelines urging oncologists to bring up risks of infertility posed by cancer treatment, many young cancer patients are never told about these risks or counseled on their fertility preservation options.

    by Marcus A. Banks

  • August 14: Week in Cancer News

    Lung cancer death rates are on the decline, and a daughter mourns her mother's death from cancer during the pandemic.

    by Marci A. Landsmann

  • Anal Cancer Diagnoses and Deaths Are Rising in the U.S.

    Study underscores importance of early detection and prevention.

    by Jane Langille

  • August 7: The Week in Cancer News

    A study shows that new cancer diagnoses declined in March and April 2020, and the Food and Drug Administration approves a treatment for multiple myeloma.

    by Kate Yandell

  • In It for the Long Haul

    Doctors and researchers met online to discuss how the coronavirus pandemic changed cancer care in its early months, as well as how they can improve care and advocate for patients going forward.

    by Kate Yandell