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Why Are Liver Cancer Death Rates Up?

Hepatitis C infection, obesity and alcohol can contribute to more cases of liver cancer.

by William G. Nelson, MD, PhD
Liver Cancer on the Rise

Liver cancer incidence and death rates are increasing rapidly. Although there is no screening test for the disease, minimizing risk factors—hepatitis B and C, smoking, obesity and type 2 diabetes—could prevent many cases from developing.

by Sue Rochman

Clinical health psychologist Jamie Ostroff discusses how feelings of blame surrounding a lung cancer diagnosis affect physical and mental health.

by Jen Tota McGivney

A proposed federal rule says that patients must be informed after mammograms if they have dense breasts.

by Carly Weeks

Drugs that target DNA repair enzymes may provide alternatives to long-term chemotherapy for some patients with pancreatic cancer.

by Kate Yandell

Survivors and advocates display their posters alongside the work of thousands of cancer researchers.

by Kevin McLaughlin

From the AACR

A pair of studies demonstrated encouraging clinical outcomes with two different CAR T-cell therapies for patients with advanced solid tumors.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has for the first time approved an immunotherapeutic for breast cancer.

Researchers are studying how to treat EGFR-positive non-small cell lung cancer that has become resistant to tyrosine kinase inhibitors.

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