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July 14: The Week in Cancer News
Black men with melanoma have higher risk of dying, and CAR T-cell therapy provides hope for aggressive lymphoma.
by Marci A. Landsmann
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July 7: The Week in Cancer News
Reducing cancer treatment to improve quality of life without lowering effectiveness, and death rates are climbing for certain cancers in Hispanic Americans.
by Kevin McLaughlin
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June 30: The Week in Cancer News
Childhood cancer survivors have a higher risk of developing depression and anxiety, and study links polycystic ovary syndrome to higher ovarian cancer risk for postmenopausal women.
by Thomas Celona
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June 23: The Week in Cancer News
New treatments have changed care for multiple myeloma, and as drug companies have moved away from producing generics, the U.S. runs into cancer drug shortages.
by Eric Fitzsimmons
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June 16: The Week in Cancer News
Women diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer are more likely to live five years or longer compared with those diagnosed in earlier decades, and reports of functional limitations increase among cancer survivors.
by Marci A. Landsmann
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June 9: The Week in Cancer News
Daily pill lowers lung cancer death rate, and FDA authorizes importing shortage-affected cancer drugs from China.
by Kevin McLaughlin
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June 2: The Week in Cancer News
Minimally invasive surgery found to be effective for pancreatic cancer patients, and drug shortages begin to impact some cancer treatments.
by Thomas Celona
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May 26: The Week in Cancer News
High cancer death rates in Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities, and thousands of people lose Medicaid for procedural reasons.
by Eric Fitzsimmons
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May 19: The Week in Cancer News
Cancer drugs are affected by shortages, and angiogenesis inhibitors make a comeback in combination treatments.
by Kevin McLaughlin
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May 12: The Week in Cancer News
Mammography screening recommendation pushed back to age 40, and pancreatic cancer vaccine shows promising immune response.
by Marci A. Landsmann
Cancer Talk
Drop in Cancer Diagnoses Under COVID-19 Raises Alarms
Results of a recent study support concerns that pandemic disruptions resulted in finding fewer cancers.
by Kyle Bagenstose
Lung Cancer Patients Face Worse Survival After Wildfire ExposureResearchers find that lung cancer patients recovering from surgery are especially vulnerable to the health hazards of wildfires even up to a year later.
by Sandra Gordon
Choosing Between Lung Cancer Surgery and RadiationStudy suggests surgery leads to longer survival than radiation for non-small cell lung cancer, but radiation remains an important option.
by Jon Kelvey
Understanding Disparities in Melanoma DiagnosisBlack men with melanoma are more likely than other populations to die of the disease. Here’s why, and what to look for.
by Kyle Bagenstose