Lung Cancer Survival High for Patients With Early, Screen-Detected Tumors Two decades of I-ELCAP follow-up data show 80% lung cancer-specific survival rate Nov 28, 2022
Robotic Surgery Proves Its Mettle for Liver Cancer Fewer cases of liver failure, similar survival versus open liver resection in matched analysis Nov 23, 2022
Persistent Lymphadenopathy and Neck Abscesses in a Healthy Boy Histopathological test results were central to ultimate diagnosis Nov 23, 2022
FDA OKs First Gene Therapy for Hemophilia B Hemgenix reduced rate of annual bleeds, eliminated need for factor IX prophylaxis therapy Nov 22, 2022
Exercise During Chemo Shows Benefits for Cardiorespiratory Fitness However, patients who exercise after chemo also ultimately see benefits too Nov 21, 2022
RT After Breast-Conserving Surgery Shows No Survival Advantage Decades Later But "that's not the intent of radiation therapy," says outside expert Nov 18, 2022
Year in Review: Hemophilia Gene therapy continues to show promise in clinical trials, but is it ready for the clinic? Nov 17, 2022
Primary Care Visits Prior to Cancer Diagnosis Tied to Lower Mortality Most benefit with annual visits, but even some use linked to better outcomes Nov 16, 2022
Melanoma Resistant to Anti-PD-1 Responds to Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes Almost a third of patients had objective responses, which deepened over time, study showed Nov 16, 2022
AMA Votes to Oppose Punishing Doctors When Necessary Care Results in Fetal Death Doctors recount horrors of physician and patient arrests after loss of pregnancy Nov 15, 2022
Allogeneic CAR T-Cell Therapy Shows Early Promise in Kidney Cancer CTX130 yields sustained complete response in one patient with relapsed/refractory disease Nov 15, 2022
FDA OKs First Antibody-Drug Conjugate for Platinum-Resistant Ovarian Cancer Mirvetuximab soravtansine produced responses in almost a third of patients in pivotal trial Nov 15, 2022
Mixed Results With Fecal Transplant to Stimulate Cancer Immunotherapy Response Encouraging activity with antibiotic-free protocol but not with vancomycin preconditioning Nov 14, 2022
Oral, Hormone-Free Med Reduces Hot Flashes in Breast Cancer Patients Q-122 was effective, well-tolerated in those on oral adjuvant endocrine therapy Nov 11, 2022
Terry Bradshaw's Merkel Cell Carcinoma After beating bladder cancer, the Hall of Fame quarterback was diagnosed with a rare skin tumor Nov 10, 2022
Role of Cytoreductive Nephrectomy Unclear for Dedifferentiated Kidney Cancer Thirteen-month survival gain falls short of statistical significance in observational study Nov 10, 2022
Immune Stimulator May Enhance Targeted Therapy's Activity in Metastatic RCC Numerical advantage in median survival, response rate, durability with dendritic-cell agent Nov 09, 2022
Immunotherapy Doublet Shows Promise for Nonsurgical Control of Small Kidney Cancers Nivolumab/ipilimumab achieves 1-year PFS of 100% in unresectable T1N0M0 tumors Nov 07, 2022
Lucky to Be Scoped My screening colonoscopy went really well, but how many people don't get the chance to have one? Nov 07, 2022
Probiotic May Rev Up Response to Immunotherapy in Advanced Kidney Cancer Dramatic slowing of disease progression, prolonged responses with microbiome modulator Nov 06, 2022
Psilocybin for Depression; What's the Best Direct Oral Anticoagulant? Also in TTHealthWatch: hormone therapy to prevent chronic disease Nov 05, 2022 podcast
Boys Who Lose Excess Pounds by College May Still See Elevated Cancer Risk Long-term Swedish study suggests early obesity "programming" in males has lasting impact Nov 04, 2022
Treatment De-Escalation Shows Promise in Testicular Cancer Early trial misses primary PFS endpoint, but "favorable" outcomes seen nonetheless Nov 03, 2022
Lenalidomide-Induced Second Cancer Risk Limited to Multiple Myeloma No increased risk to patients with other hematologic malignancies, meta-analysis shows Nov 02, 2022
Study: U.S. Chemo Regimen for Ewing Sarcoma Should Be International Standard Europe and other countries have already followed suit Nov 01, 2022
My Risk Revealed: A Confirmed BRCA2 Mutation My dad's cancer diagnosis offered me invaluable information Oct 30, 2022
Could a Plant-Based Diet Benefit Men's Health Below the Belt? Analysis suggests protective nature of veggie-heavy diet in prostate cancer and more Oct 30, 2022
Good, and Safe, Results Tied to Oral Testosterone in Men With Deficiency Meta-analysis should spur more research on newer formulations, researcher says Oct 30, 2022
Metastasis-Directed Therapy for Prostate Cancer Increases PFS, Time off Hormones Radiotherapy led to "dramatic" slowing of progression, increased time with normal testosterone Oct 27, 2022
Ablative MR-Guided RT Shows Promise in Pancreatic Cancer SMART safe in patients with borderline or locally advanced cancer, with encouraging early OS data Oct 27, 2022
Study Suggests Potential to Skip Surgery for Selected Breast Cancer Patients No recurrences in 2 years after pathologic complete response in TNBC, HER2-positive tumors Oct 26, 2022
Concurrent Boost During Hypofractionated RT Proves Its Worth in Early Breast Cancer Reduces treatment time, noninferior to conventional RT with sequential boost after lumpectomy Oct 26, 2022
Radiation for Asymptomatic Bone Metastases May Improve Cancer Survival Fewer skeletal events, less pain unexpectedly followed by longer life Oct 26, 2022
FDA Broadens Options for Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma With Teclistamab Bispecific antibody achieved durable responses in a majority of heavily pretreated patients Oct 25, 2022
Sexual Health Not Part of Discussion for Women Undergoing Brachytherapy Much less likely than men to be queried about sexual function when receiving treatment Oct 25, 2022
Shorter Course of Radiation Therapy Proves Mettle in High-Risk Prostate Cancer Hypofractionation matches standard RT for survival and toxicity in a third less time Oct 25, 2022
Low Rates of PSA Screening Linked to Increase in Metastatic Prostate Cancer Will USPSTF's 2018 guidelines reverse this trend? Oct 25, 2022
New Standard-of-Care Therapy for Advanced Liver Cancer Stereotactic body radiotherapy plus sorafenib improves survival versus targeted drug alone Oct 24, 2022
Nerve-Freezing Technique Staves Off Post-Mastectomy Pain Percutaneous cryoneurolysis improved analgesia in a pilot study Oct 24, 2022
Rapid Radiotherapy Technique Shows Promise in First Human Trial FLASH relieved pain in most patients with bone metastases, with few side effects Oct 24, 2022
