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TikTok Dinged for Misinformation; BRCA Risk Overestimated; Cheers for Oncology

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Onco Break over a computer rendering of a cancer cell.

Social media site TikTok has become a common source of . (Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Gynecologic Oncology)

PGA Tour golfer Gary Woodland recently had surgery to remove a as did Louisiana State University Greg Brooks Jr. (CNN)

Kite and Gilead announced that the CAR T-cell therapy axicabtagene ciloleucel (Yescarta) produced in 71% of transplant-ineligible patients with relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma.

Officials at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital were "stunned" by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute's decision to drop the two centers' partnership and enter into an agreement with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center to . (Becker's Hospital Review)

The Community Oncology Alliance announced its support of the , saying the bill (S. 2764, H.R. 5391) protects providers and patients.

The risk of breast cancer conferred by may be lower than previously estimated. (eClinicalMedicine)

The American Society of Clinical Oncology's press program highlights three studies of strategies to reduce treatment-related toxicity and improve quality of life in patients with cancer.

A self-regulatory body in England publicly rebuked Roche for on a drug-dosing webpage for entrectinib (Rozlytrek), a ROS1 and TRK inhibitor approved for ROS1-mutant non-small cell lung cancer and NTRK fusion-positive solid tumors. (FiercePharma)

An oncology nurse opens up about her side job as an . (Oncology Business Review)

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