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January 17: The Week in Cancer News
A study shows that eating more vegetables does not reduce risk of progression for patients with early-stage prostate cancer, and a new website provides information on cancer survival rates.
by Kate Yandell
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January 10: The Week in Cancer News
The rate of cancer deaths in the U.S. has continued to decline, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves a new treatment for a rare cancer type.
by Kate Yandell
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January 3: The Week in Cancer News
When reading mammograms, an artificial intelligence system yields fewer false-positive and false-negative results than radiologists, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves a targeted therapy for pancreatic cancer.
by Kate Yandell
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December 20: The Week in Cancer News
Stool-based colorectal cancer screening may come with unexpected costs, and losing weight is associated with reduced breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women.
by Kate Yandell
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December 13: The Week in Cancer News
Hispanics living in the U.S. are at increased risk of being diagnosed with and dying from cervical cancer, and a cancer researcher and survivor writes about the problem with focusing on one universal cancer cure.
by Kate Yandell
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December 6: The 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
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November 22: The Week in Cancer News
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
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November 15: The Week in Cancer News
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
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November 8: The Week in Cancer News
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
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November 1: The Week in Cancer News
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
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