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Healthy Habits
Ripe for the PickingAwareness of the link between cancer risk and a diet lacking fruits and vegetables has been declining.
by Carisa D. Brewster
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Forward Look
Cancer Screening for the LGBTQ CommunityFear of discrimination may lead to lower screening rates.
by Tara Santora
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Forward Look
What’s Next? Fall 2020A therapeutic vaccine targeting advanced cervical cancer.
by Anna Azvolinsky
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Worth the WaitNeoadjuvant therapy—using treatments such as chemotherapy, hormone therapy or radiation to shrink a tumor or treat unseen metastases before surgery—can improve outcomes for some patients.
by Sharon Tregaskis
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Facts and Stats
A Brief History of Checkpoint InhibitorsThe advent of checkpoint inhibitors has broadened the range of cancer patients able to take advantage of immunotherapy.
by Bradley Jones
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Targeted Therapy for Early-Stage Lung Cancer?A trial of the targeted therapy Tagrisso (osimertinib) for early-stage lung cancer finds that patients who take it go longer without having a cancer recurrence. Whether that should change clinical practice is under discussion.
by Ashley P. Taylor
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Cervical Cancer Screening Guideline UpdatedA new version of the American Cancer Society's cervical cancer screening guideline says screening can start at a later age and highlights human papillomavirus testing as the preferred method.
by Anna Azvolinsky
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Support Grows for Making Transfusions a Part of HospiceBlood 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
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Anal Cancer Diagnoses and Deaths Are Rising in the U.S.Study underscores importance of early detection and prevention.
by Jane Langille
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In It for the Long HaulDoctors 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
A new treatment for people with hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative disease blocks multiple proteins in a key pathway for treatment resistance.
by Ashley P. Taylor
Amanda Peet Discusses Her Lobular Breast Cancer DiagnosisThe ‘Your Friends & Neighbors’ actress explains how her diagnosis challenged many of her assumptions about breast cancer.
by Darlene Dobkowski
Why I Participated in a Clinical TrialWhen doctors told Yvonne McLean Florence she was eligible to participate in a research trial testing an experimental drug, she joined. She wants more people to have the same opportunity.
by Yvonne McLean Florence
Targeted Therapy Improves Pancreatic Cancer SurvivalA recently approved drug that targets RAS proteins meaningfully improves outcomes for people with this difficult-to-treat cancer.
by Sandra Gordon
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AACR OMB Statement and Call to ActionThe AACR is deeply concerned that proposed OMB regulations would disrupt federal research grant giving, severely weakening a program that has supported American medical innovation for decades.
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AACR Cancer Disparities Progress ReportThe AACR Cancer Disparities Progress Report 2026 highlights recent progress in reducing cancer disparities and emphasizes the continued need for transformative research.
Cancer Research at a Crossroads
