Colorectal Cancer Screening Uptake Tripled in 45-49 Age Group Rates rose after USPSTF recommendation, but increase was uneven Oct 03, 2024
What Skin Says About Health Knowing what to look for can mean the difference between life and death Oct 03, 2024
Where Are Trump's Medical Records? New Sunscreen Under Review; Why Condoms Are Nixed Health news and commentary gathered by Ƶ staff Oct 03, 2024
'Significant Milestone' for Radionuclide Therapy in Refractory Meningioma Small study suggests large benefit for Lu-177 dotatate in intracranial disease Oct 02, 2024
Can HPV Self-Tests Truly Replace Pap Smears? Many patients may prefer a self-collected swab over a speculum Oct 02, 2024
Chemoradiation Plus Immunotherapy Fails to Improve Survival in Limited-Stage SCLC Latest negative results emphasize "critical" aspect of immunotherapy timing Oct 02, 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
Trump Vows to Veto Abortion Ban; Breast Cancer Climbs; Diagnostic Errors for 1 in 14 Health news and commentary gathered by Ƶ staff Oct 02, 2024
More Evidence Favors a Shorter Course of Post-Mastectomy RT Trial finds similar complication and recurrence rates with hypofractionated versus standard RT Oct 01, 2024
No Improvement in Lymphedema With Hypofractionated Nodal RT for Breast Cancer Numerical advantage in randomized trial, non-randomized study misses noninferiority mark Oct 01, 2024
VP Nominee Medical Records Breached; Queen Elizabeth's Cancer; Galaxy Gas Whippets Health news and commentary gathered by Ƶ staff Oct 01, 2024
Quality of Life Similar With Proton Beam Therapy vs IMRT for Prostate Cancer "It really shows us that we have two great options," expert says Sep 30, 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
Insurance Claim Denials for Preventive Care More Common in At-Risk Patients Study suggests differences in how the ACA cost-sharing exemption is applied across patient groups Sep 27, 2024 video
Timely Skin Cancer Screening After Organ Transplant Still Lacking Only a minority of patients adhered to SUNTRAC screening recommendations Sep 26, 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
Sickle Cell Disease Drug Pulled From Global Markets Benefits of voxelotor (Oxbryta) no longer outweigh the risks, Pfizer says Sep 26, 2024
FDA Expands Approval of Osimertinib in Lung Cancer EGFR inhibitor now indicated for unresectable stage III disease following chemoradiotherapy Sep 25, 2024
Cancer Diagnoses Slow to Recover From Effects of COVID Pandemic Actual rates for 2021 lagged behind projections Sep 25, 2024
Gene Therapy for Hemophilia B Significantly Outperforms Factor IX Prophylaxis Fidanacogene elaparvovec reduces bleeding episodes by 71% after a single infusion Sep 25, 2024
Omitting Biopsy After Negative MRI Halves Diagnoses of Insignificant Prostate Cancer Strategy comes with associated "low risk" of delay in diagnosis of advanced or incurable cancers Sep 25, 2024
'Sex Party' COVID Czar Fired; Undiagnosed Iron Deficiency; Many Papers Partly Fake? Health news and commentary gathered by Ƶ staff 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
High ADHD Medication Doses Tied to Psychosis; Rapid Tests for Malaria Also in TTHealthWatch: youth and opioids, and pembrolizumab for triple-negative breast cancer Sep 21, 2024 podcast
Earlier Info on Financial Stress; Obesity and Second Cancers; Carcinogenic Condoms? News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues Sep 19, 2024
Rucaparib-Nivolumab Maintenance Not the Answer in Newly Diagnosed Ovarian Cancer Poorer survival outcomes plus more toxicity versus rucaparib alone Sep 18, 2024
Novel Agent Effective for Cancer Wasting Disorder Cancer patients with cachexia added needed pounds with GDF-15 antibody Sep 18, 2024
Lymphedema Risk No Higher With 3-Week RT Regimen in Early Breast Cancer "Nodal radiotherapy for breast cancer no longer needs 5 weeks," researcher says Sep 17, 2024
FDA Expands Approval of Ribociclib to Early Breast Cancer Broad indication doubles the number of patients eligible for adjuvant CDK4/6 inhibition Sep 17, 2024
Survival Win for Pembrolizumab in Early Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Absolute difference of 4.9% at 5 years, including a benefit for patients who did not achieve pCR Sep 17, 2024
Cabozantinib Improves PFS for Advanced Neuroendocrine Tumors Potential new option for patients with previously treated extrapancreatic or pancreatic NETs Sep 17, 2024
Digital Breast Tomosynthesis May Reduce Development of Advanced Cancers Retrospective study suggests benefits over digital mammography Sep 17, 2024
Win for Perioperative Durvalumab in Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer Results "practice-changing," says expert Sep 16, 2024
Medical Cannabinoids in Kids Linked to These Adverse Events Meta-analysis points to considerations for use and what to monitor Sep 16, 2024
