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week in cancer news
  • July 21: The Week in Cancer News

    ASCO guideline emphasizes the importance of assessment for older cancer patients, and a change in mammogram recommendations reignites screening debates.

    by Eric Fitzsimmons

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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