Riding the 'Boob Bus'; Prior Authorization Pushback; Cancer Warning for Alcohol?

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"The Boob Bus" -- An entrepreneur turns . (Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute, University of Utah)

Radiation therapy before mastectomy for breast cancer reduced . (University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, JAMA Network Open)

A community outreach program showed promise for improving , a bacteria strongly associated with increased risk of stomach cancer. (Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology)

Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors in patients taking anthracycline-containing chemotherapy for cancer. (American College of Cardiology)

An FDA advisory committee recommended accepting as a primary endpoint for trials supporting accelerated approvals in multiple myeloma, potentially paving the way for the endpoint to become a standard for hematologic malignancies. (Endpoint News)

Does publicity surrounding celebrities' cancer diagnoses increase the and delay diagnoses? (STAT)

Amid growing concern and frustration with insurers' , more state governments are looking at legislation to streamline the process and reduce treatment delays. (Association for Clinical Oncology)

Combining genetic testing with a novel approach to testing individual drugs could provide a more accurate and rapid way to identify the . (BioSpace, Nature Medicine)

A potential strategy to might lead to more effective therapies that are beneficial for more types of cancer. (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Stanford Medicine)

While one group focuses on making CAR T-cell therapy more effective, another looks at ways to to patients with cancer. (MIT Technology Review)

Should alcohol have ? (New York Times)

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