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January 22: The Week in Cancer News
Research measures regret about treatment among African Americans with prostate cancer, and COVID-19 vaccination recommendations for cancer patients are released.
by Marci A. Landsmann
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January 15: The Week in Cancer News
People are using crowdsourced fundraising to cover cancer care costs, and missed cancer screenings due to COVID-19 may have led to fewer missed diagnoses than feared.
by Kevin McLaughlin
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January 8: The Week in Cancer News
Two extremely rare cases of cancer being passed from mother to child observed in Japan, and advice on COVID-19 vaccines for cancer patients.
by Bradley Jones
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December 18: The Week in Cancer News
Researchers estimate that breast cancer surpassed lung cancer as the most commonly diagnosed cancer globally in 2020, and a study provides insight into financial toxicity's impact on quality of life.
by Bradley Jones
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December 11: The Week in Cancer News
The San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium and American Society of Hematology meeting go virtual, and COVID-19 brings silver linings to cancer clinical trials.
by Marci A. Landsmann
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December 4: The Week in Cancer News
Many people who pursue low-dose CT lung cancer screening do not follow the recommended screening schedule, and U.K. scientists say the COVID-19 pandemic has set back progress in cancer research.
by Kevin McLaughlin
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November 20: The Week in Cancer News
Researchers investigate why some patients respond exceptionally well to cancer treatment, and the Food and Drug Administration approves a second immunotherapy drug for some breast cancer patients.
by Kate Yandell
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November 13: The Week in Cancer News
A survey indicates that the pandemic is reducing cancer patients' willingness to enroll in cancer clinical trials, and a study find that indoor tanning increases risk of developing melanoma multiple times.
by Kate Yandell
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November 6: The Week in Cancer News
Cancer survivors who use the internet for health-related reasons are more likely to be dissatisfied with their care, and liquid biopsy could misidentify which prostate cancer patients could benefit from targeted therapy.
by Kate Yandell
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October 30: The Week in Cancer News
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force releases draft guidance suggesting lowering the age at which people should begin routine colorectal cancer screening, and an ovarian cancer patient considers what clinical trials owe participants.
by Kate Yandell
Cancer Talk
Many People Don’t Get Colonoscopy After Receiving Abnormal Blood Tests
About half of people who receive abnormal results from colorectal cancer screening tests don’t follow up with a colonoscopy.
by Laura Gesualdi Gilmore
Can Steroids Impair Immunotherapy for Cancer?A new study suggests steroids could blunt the effects of some immunotherapies, but researchers say they remain necessary for some patients.
by Kyle Bagenstose
Treatment Combination Improves Survival in Platinum-resistant Ovarian CancerPreliminary results found that combining relacorilant with nab-paclitaxel improved outcomes for women with advanced ovarian cancer.
by Sandra Gordon
CAR T-cell Therapy Shows Response in Rare Brain CancerPotential new approach to treating diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma uses engineered immune cells infused directly to the brain.
by Taneia Surles