MONDAY, Jan. 27, 2020 -- In an American Society of Clinical Oncology/College of American Pathologists updated guideline, published online Jan. 13 in the Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine and the Journal of Clinical Oncology,...
Related topics: Breast Cancer, American Cancer Society, Cancer, American Society Of Clinical Oncology
MONDAY, Jan. 27, 2020 -- For men diagnosed with prostate cancer in the Veterans Affairs health system, African-Americans (AAs) do not present with more advanced disease or have worse outcomes compared with non-Hispanic whites (NHWs), according to...
Related topics: Prostate Cancer, Cancer, African-American
MONDAY, Jan. 27, 2020 -- Young Americans who live in urban areas or live with low income or low education levels are more likely to die if they get colon cancer, a new study finds.
"There are a lot of disparities in health care," said lead...
Related topics: Colon Cancer, Cancer, Medical Research
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Oncology Research Program (ORP) announces plans to evaluate futibatinib (TAS-120), an inhibitor of the fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR).
Related topics: Cancer, Medical Research
Over the past few years, raising money to test out ideas that could lead to new drugs had never been easier. Enthusiasm for new drugs that could treat common forms of cancer and rare inherited disorders has driven market caps for these three...
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A new study shows how a common stomach bacterium is able to keep its corkscrew-like shape as it grows. Disrupting the shape could point the way for future, more-specialized antibiotics that prevent the bacterium from being harmful.
Related topics: Medical Research, Cancer, Antibiotics
]]>(MedPage Today) -- SAN FRANCISCO -- Gemcitabine (Gemzar) plus cisplatin should be considered a standard for metastatic pancreatic cancer patients with germline BRCA or PALB2 mutations, experts here said.
In a randomized phase II trial of 50...
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Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) said on Sunday that he would miss part of the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump to be with his wife, Joyce Miller, who has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
“On Monday, I will be in New York with...
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]]>(MedPage Today) -- SAN FRANCISCO -- Radiotherapy beyond current standards failed to improve local control or survival for patients with locally advanced inoperable esophageal cancer, the phase III ARTDECO study indicated.
Among 260 patients...
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(MedPage Today) -- Study Authors: Pierre Fenaux, Uwe Platzbecker, et al.
Target Audience and Goal Statement: Oncologists, hematologists, internists
The goal of this study was to determine if the first-in-class erythroid maturation agent...
Related topics: Anemia, Medical Research, Cancer, Hematology
]]>(MedPage Today) -- SAN FRANCISCO -- So-called switch maintenance with an immune checkpoint inhibitor failed to improve overall survival (OS) in treatment-naive HER2-negative advanced gastric or gastroesophageal junction cancer, results of a...
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Those of us who have not been in that position can only imagine the anguish of learning that your teenager has cancer. This happened to [Rob], whose child was diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer. It’s a condition that can be treated with...
Related topics: Cancer, Thyroid Cancer
Jeopardy!’s longtime host Alex Trebek has always been a faithful man, having grown up in Catholic school. However, his faith has taken on a whole new meaning to him in the past year as he has dealt with a major health crisis. In the spring of...
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Research suggests that if the desire for a phone builds in infancy, it can become second nature.
The Environmental Protection Agency first warned of secondhand smoke in 1991, some 30 years after scientists determined that smoking cigarettes causes...
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I have begun to keep a daily journal on my thoughts and feelings in the lead-up to my diagnosis and treatment of cancer, a dedifferentiated lymphosarcoma in the groin area. Sharing these thoughts was not my first or second impulse until Bill...
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Scientists In Britain May Have Just "Accidentally" Found A Cure For Cancer
Every once in a while, medical researchers simply have a stroke of good luck. In this case, that "stroke of good luck" could have a profound effect on the...
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One of the causes of breast cancer may be inflammation triggered by harmful bacteria say researchers.
Related topics: Breast Cancer, Cancer, Bacteria, Medical Research
NHS England says cervical cancer could be ‘eliminated’
NHS England used cervical cancer prevention week to predict the potential impact of HPV vaccination and screening to bring down cervical cancer incidence to minimal levels. The story,...
Related topics: Cervical Cancer, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Vaccines
(MedPage Today) -- Study Authors: Yunhai Li, Dejuan Yang, et al.; Vasily Giannakeas
Target Audience and Goal Statement: Oncologists, obstetrician-gynecologists, pathologists, family physicians, primary care physicians
The goal of this study was...
Related topics: Breast Cancer, Cancer, Medical Research, Gynecology