FDA Approves JAK Inhibitor That Addresses Anemia in Myelofibrosis In a phase III trial, momelotinib reduced anemia, constitutional symptoms, and splenomegaly Sep 18, 2023
Non-Erosive GERD May Not Increase Risk of Esophageal Cancer Study shows similar incidence rates to general population, unlike for those with erosive GERD Sep 18, 2023
Is Being a Night Owl Unhealthy? CRC Screening Not Recommended Enough Also in TTHealthWatch: CVD death and obesity Sep 16, 2023 podcast
Weight-Loss Surgery Tied to Lower Blood Cancer Risk in Women Consider surgery for primary prevention in people with obesity, researchers suggest Sep 15, 2023
Cisplatin Shortage Eases; Air Pollution Linked to Breast Cancer; Pap Test Confusion News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues Sep 15, 2023
No 'Silver Bullet' for Generic Drug Shortage, House Members Told A total of 301 drugs were in active shortage last year Sep 14, 2023
Individualized SABR for Lung Tumors Yields Low Recurrence Rates Strategy also results in low rates of severe toxic effects Sep 14, 2023
IMRT Best for Locally Advanced NSCLC, Study Suggests Technique reduces risk of severe lung toxicity and radiation to the heart compared with 3D-CRT Sep 13, 2023
Early Oophorectomy May Accelerate Onset of Chronic Health Problems Premenopausal bilateral oophorectomy tied to higher odds of arthritis, sleep apnea, and more Sep 13, 2023
Novel Antibody-Drug Conjugate Shows Efficacy in Advanced EGFR-Mutated NSCLC Confirmed responses reached 29.8% in heavily pretreated patients Sep 13, 2023
Study Questions Use of Aggressive Surgery in Early Mesothelioma Randomized data suggest surgery increases risk of death by 28% over first 42 months Sep 12, 2023
Adding First-Line Chemo Boosts PFS in EGFR-Mutant Lung Cancer Osimertinib plus chemotherapy improved PFS by nearly 9 months versus targeted agent alone Sep 12, 2023
Stem-Cell Mobilization Booster Wins FDA Approval for Multiple Myeloma Motixafortide plus filgrastim increased adequate harvest rate from 9.5% to 67.5% Sep 11, 2023
FLT3 Inhibitor Improves AML Survival With or Without Stem-Cell Transplant Best outcomes with transplantation, but non-transplant patients also benefited from quizartinib Sep 11, 2023
First-Line Triplet Yields 'Striking' OS Result in Extensive-Stage SCLC Median overall survival reached 19.3 months in Chinese trial Sep 11, 2023
Opt-Out Strategy Fails to Improve Breast Cancer Screening Completion Rates Opt-out vs opt-in approach also resulted in more canceled referrals, increasing burden for staff Sep 11, 2023
High Rate of Durable Responses in R/R Lymphoma With Bispecific Antibody Response rate exceeds 60%, with 15- to 20-month duration with epcoritamab Sep 11, 2023
How Vital Drug Shortages Happen "Fundamentally, there's something broken in how the market works" Sep 11, 2023 video
Study Questions Value of Interim PET Imaging to Guide Frontline Hodgkin Treatment One of 40 patients changed treatment but all remained on brentuximab regardless of scan results Sep 09, 2023
Standard Lymphoma Therapies Tied to Higher Risk for New Malignancies Increased risk for non-melanoma skin cancer, MDS, AML versus the general population Sep 09, 2023
How the Chemotherapy Shortage Is Affecting Frontline Clinicians "How are we here in 2023 having some of these discussions?" bemoans gynecologic cancer expert Sep 08, 2023 video
Study Links Being Breastfed to Cancer Risk in Adulthood But researchers say the established benefits likely outweigh any potential risk Sep 08, 2023
Early Major Response to Ponatinib in Pretreated CML Portends Better Outcomes Molecular or cytogenetic response at 3 months correlated with better survival Sep 08, 2023
Intensive Pretransplant Consolidation in Older AML Fails to Improve Results Newer therapies and strategies might show more promise for boosting survival Sep 07, 2023
Microdevices for Glioma; Cervical Adenocarcinoma Test; Language Gaps and Cancer Care News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues Sep 07, 2023
More Intense ALL Therapy Improves Outcomes in Adolescents, Young Adults Treatment with "pediatric-inspired protocols" improved event-free, relapse-free survival Sep 07, 2023
U.S. Drops Virus-Hunting Program; Spicy Chip and Fatality; Lost Bladder Tumor Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Sep 07, 2023
Global Incidence of Early-Onset Cancer Has Surged Since 1990 Early-onset breast cancer has highest incidence and mortality rates Sep 06, 2023
Opioid-Free Discharge After Pancreatic Resection Can Be Achieved, Study Shows Findings offer a blueprint for other hospitals to reduce post-surgical opioid use Sep 06, 2023
What to Know About Merkel Cell Carcinoma, the Rare Cancer That Killed Jimmy Buffett An expert weighs in on what to know about the uncommon skin cancer Sep 06, 2023
Adding Regorafenib in First-Line 'Promising' in Gastric Cancer Including TKI with nivolumab plus FOLFOX deemed safe in metastatic esophagogastric disease Sep 05, 2023
Most Patients Don't Realize HPV Causes Throat Cancer, Survey Finds But education and shared decision-making can convince some patients to get vaccinated Sep 05, 2023
How the Dobbs Decision Can Affect Cancer Patients What do exceptions for the life of the mother mean when she's a terminally ill patient? Sep 05, 2023
Patient Develops Inflamed Rash After Double Mastectomy Incision sites were itchy, painful, red, and oozing and were not showing signs of healing Sep 05, 2023
Jill Biden Has COVID; BA.2.86 Less Evasive Than Feared? Jimmy Buffett's Fatal Cancer Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Sep 05, 2023
Prostate Cancer Is Not Just an 'Old Man's Disease' Spreading this message can save lives Sep 02, 2023
Cancer Patients More Likely to Die During COVID Pandemic Omicron wave was especially deadly, and those with blood cancers at increased risk Sep 01, 2023
Prayer to Cure Cancer; Exercise for Sexual Dysfunction; Carb Intake and Cancer News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues Sep 01, 2023
Gut Microbiome Study Yields Clues to Melanoma Development, Progression Differences between patients and volunteers, early- vs late-stage may help guide management Aug 31, 2023
