week in cancer news

A study suggests an association between hair dye use and breast cancer, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration adds a new indication for an immunotherapy-chemotherapy combination.

by Kate Yandell

Data from Northern Ireland suggest a fifth of cancer diagnoses are made in the emergency department, and a study investigates how the nervous system might be harnessed for cancer treatment.

by Bradley Jones

A study suggests the rate of melanoma diagnoses in adolescents and young adults is falling, and a health care reporter writes about the many difficult decisions she had to make after her cancer diagnosis.

by Kate Yandell

Some oncologists do not discuss the costs of genomic testing and resulting treatments with their patients, and preliminary results indicate that a cancer therapy using the CRISPR gene-editing technique is safe.

by Kate Yandell

Another drug shows preliminary signs of efficacy in treating patients with KRAS-mutated cancer, and a study indicates that minority cancer patients struggle to find doctors who share or understand their culture.

by Kate Yandell

A physician writes about her experiences treating patients with CAR-T cell therapy, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration expands approval of an ovarian cancer drug based on a new biomarker.

by Kate Yandell

A chemotherapy drug used to treat childhood cancer is in short supply, and organizations update exercise recommendations for people who have been diagnosed with cancer.

by Kate Yandell

A researcher with melanoma writes about his experiences trying to modify his gut microbiome, and an article discusses what it means to call a cancer treatment “well tolerated.”

by Kate Yandell

More than half of patients with advanced melanoma who took an immunotherapy combination were alive five years later, and a targeted therapy appears to cause high blood pressure.

by Kate Yandell

A study examines how poor and minority patients are more likely to be diagnosed with cancer in the emergency room, and a cancer survivor considers the lasting effects of chemotherapy.

by Bradley Jones