Lonely Cancer Deaths; Virtual Reality for Pain; 3D Models May Improve Treatment

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Onco Break over a computer rendering of a cancer cell.

People have a higher risk of cancer mortality. (Cancer)

Integrating an automated screening tool into an electronic health record system showed potential for identifying patients for . (Cancer)

CAR T-cell therapy for proved effective regardless of a patient's race or ethnicity. (Blood Advances)

Sotio Biotech announced that it will of interleukin-15 superagonist nanrilkefusp alfa because of insufficient efficacy.

A phase III trial of neoadjuvant therapy with the immunocytokine daromun met the primary endpoint of in fully resectable locally advanced melanoma, Philogen and Sun Pharma announced.

A single injection of the CAN-3110 led to a median overall survival of 11.6 months in recurrent high-grade glioma. (Nature, Candel Therapeutics)

Preclinical studies suggested that combining the cholesterol-lowering drug lovastatin with a HER2-targeted antibody-drug conjugate may required for HER2-expressing cancers. (Journal of Nuclear Medicine)

Half of patients with with MET exon 14 skipping mutations responded to the targeted agent ABN401, including six of eight patients with previously untreated disease, Abion announced.

The FDA (Opdivo) to include adjuvant treatment for resected stage IIB/C melanoma.

A review of 31 studies of suggested the digital technology may help relieve cancer-related pain. (BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care)

The length of a man's prostatic urethra may influence the likelihood of after radiation therapy for prostate cancer. (Corewell Health, Academic Radiology)

A might help make cancer treatment faster, less expensive, and less painful. (Nature, University of Waterloo)

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    Charles Bankhead is senior editor for oncology and also covers urology, dermatology, and ophthalmology. He joined in 2007.