Nurse's Death Tied to GLP-1 Drug; Research Monkey Jailbreak; Congressman Has Cancer Health news and commentary gathered by staff Nov 08, 2024
Watch for Psoriasis After Cancer Immunotherapy, Study Says PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors singled out for association Nov 07, 2024
Asymptomatic or Minimally Symptomatic Myelofibrosis Momentum grows for earlier intervention, including pre-fibrotic disease Nov 04, 2024
ACG Roundup: Young-Onset Barrett's Esophagus on the Rise Selected highlights from the 2024 American College of Gastroenterology annual meeting Nov 04, 2024
Is It Really Cancer? More Concerns About Accelerated Approval; Metformin and Cancer News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues Nov 01, 2024
Advancing Health in Africa Rob Breiman, MD, discusses his public health work on the continent Oct 31, 2024 video
Early Smoking Cessation After Cancer Diagnosis Tied to Better Survival Largest survival benefit observed in patients who entered a cessation program within 6 months Oct 31, 2024
Precision Medicine Approach Shows Promise for Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer Median OS as high as 43 months with mutation-guided targeted agents plus immunotherapy Oct 25, 2024
Algorithm May Be Able to Predict HCC Risk in Advanced Chronic Liver Disease Easy to apply, uses parameters commonly measured in outpatient and inpatient settings Oct 25, 2024
Personalized Breast Cancer Treatment; Insights Into HPV in Men; Exercise and Cancer News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues Oct 25, 2024
A Moral Code: Ethical Dilemmas in Medicine Three physicians face crossroads in patient care Oct 25, 2024 podcast
We Don't Always Know What's 'Best' for Our Patients Grappling with the illusion of patient autonomy Oct 25, 2024 podcast
Three Cycles of Chemo Noninferior to Six for Rare Childhood Eye Cancer Three cycles could become the new standard for retinoblastoma, researchers say Oct 21, 2024
Novel Targeted Drug Approved for Stomach Cancers Zolbetuximab indicated alongside fluoropyrimidine- and platinum-containing chemotherapy Oct 18, 2024
Diet and Prostate Cancer; TTFields OK'd for NSCLC; Cancer Studies Retracted -- News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues Oct 18, 2024
Drugmaker Pulls Trodelvy's Bladder Cancer Approval In confirmatory trial, antibody-drug conjugate failed to improve OS versus chemotherapy Oct 18, 2024
Pop Star Falls to His Death; Trump the 'Father of IVF'? Columbia Doc's Retractions Health news and commentary gathered by staff Oct 17, 2024
'Personalized' Approach to RT for Bladder Cancer Promising but Challenging Low rates of toxicity and salvage cystectomy, with 2-year survival similar to surgery Oct 13, 2024
Study Details Perinatal Risks of Blood Cancers Diagnosed in Pregnancy Likelihood of severe maternal morbidity more than 20 times higher versus the general population Oct 11, 2024
Kate Middleton's Post-Chemo Debut; CDC Probes Cancer Cluster; 15M Adults Have ADHD Health news and commentary gathered by staff Oct 11, 2024
Let's Talk Breast Density; Cancer, Movies, and Music; Treatment-Induced Aging? News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues Oct 10, 2024
Gene Therapy for Rare Brain Disease Effective, but Comes With Blood Cancer Risk 10% of patients in trials leading to eli-cel's approval developed MDS or AML Oct 09, 2024
Some Cancers Occur More Frequently in Multiple Sclerosis Patients Bladder, brain, and cervical cancer risks were higher in people with MS Oct 09, 2024
EBV Screening Tied to Lower Nasopharyngeal Cancer Mortality Risk Substantial drops in cancer-specific mortality affirmed in Chinese trial Oct 04, 2024
Good News for CAR-T Therapy; Liquid Biopsy Progress; Anti-Psychotic for Brain Cancer News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues Oct 04, 2024
What Skin Says About Health Knowing what to look for can mean the difference between life and death Oct 03, 2024
De-Intensified Therapy Misses Mark in HPV-Positive Oropharyngeal Cancer With 98% PFS at 2 years, standard RT plus cisplatin sets a higher bar for de-escalation Oct 02, 2024
VP Nominee Medical Records Breached; Queen Elizabeth's Cancer; Galaxy Gas Whippets Health news and commentary gathered by staff Oct 01, 2024
H. Pylori Testing Did Not Reduce Gastric Cancer Incidence, Mortality Gastric cancer incidence was lower after adjusting for certain factors in post hoc analyses Sep 30, 2024
Happy People, Happy Hearts? Ultra-Processed Foods and Diabetes Risk Also in TTHealthWatch: AACR report on cancer Sep 28, 2024 podcast
No Benefit for PD-1 Inhibitors in Certain Gastroesophageal Cancers, FDA Panel Says Despite problematic dataset, risk/benefit profile not favorable with PD-L1 expression below 1 Sep 27, 2024
Certain Oral Bacteria May Be a Risk Factor for Head and Neck Cancer An increase in microbial risk score based on 22 bacteria tied to a 50% increase in HNSCC risk Sep 27, 2024
Cancer Treatment Ups CV Risk; Therapy's Next Big Thing; Nude Photos Settlement News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues Sep 26, 2024
GOP Doctor Vying for House Seat in Kansas Air Force, Harvard Business School, clinical practice all part of Prasanth Reddy's resume Sep 26, 2024
Cancer Diagnoses Slow to Recover From Effects of COVID Pandemic Actual rates for 2021 lagged behind projections Sep 25, 2024
ASCO's Quality Care Symposium: Chemotherapy Shortage Resulted in Higher Costs Other studies look at financial toxicity for teen/young adult cancer patients, nausea after chemo Sep 24, 2024
Immunotherapy May Not Benefit All Gastroesophageal Cancer Patients, FDA Staff Says Data since approvals suggest benefits limited to subgroups with PD-L1 expression of at least 1% Sep 24, 2024
EPA Scientists Say They Were Pressured to Downplay Health Harms From Chemicals And a watchdog found they were retaliated against Sep 22, 2024
Earlier Info on Financial Stress; Obesity and Second Cancers; Carcinogenic Condoms? News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues Sep 19, 2024
