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
Novel Agent Effective for Cancer Wasting Disorder Cancer patients with cachexia added needed pounds with GDF-15 antibody Sep 18, 2024
Cabozantinib Improves PFS for Advanced Neuroendocrine Tumors Potential new option for patients with previously treated extrapancreatic or pancreatic NETs Sep 17, 2024
Win for Perioperative Durvalumab in Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer Results "practice-changing," says expert Sep 16, 2024
Another Possible Treatment Option for Intermediate-Stage Liver Cancer Adding lenvatinib, pembrolizumab to TACE significantly improved PFS, numerically improved OS Sep 16, 2024
Retifanlimab-Chemo Combo Boosts PFS in Advanced Squamous Cell Anal Cancer POD1UM-303/InterAACT 2 data also trend in the direction of better overall survival Sep 15, 2024
No Survival Gain With Preoperative CRT Plus Perioperative Chemo for Gastric Cancer But combination may be appropriate for shrinking tumors before surgery Sep 14, 2024
Cancer Diagnoses Still Lagging; Cancer and Family Health; New Type of Lung Cancer News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues Sep 12, 2024
How a California Oncologist Making $850k Spends Money See the breakdown of this physician's weekly budget, from eating out to sailing lessons Sep 12, 2024
Second Malignancy Risk With CAR T-Cell Therapy on Par With Other Treatments Incidence almost identical to that with standard cancer treatment in randomized trials Sep 11, 2024
Limits to Anti-Nausea Pill Coverage Wear on Cancer Patients and Doctors "This is sort of the dirty underbelly of the current healthcare environment," an oncologist said Sep 11, 2024
Did U.S. Government Play a Role in Remote Tribe's Widespread Illness and Cancer? Toxins are embedded in the soil, but no one can say what has caused such widespread illness Sep 10, 2024
Kate Middleton Reaches Cancer Treatment Milestone Princess of Wales says she will return to some public duties Sep 09, 2024
Study Backs Skipping 5-FU Bolus in Chemo Regimens for Gastrointestinal Cancers No difference in overall survival with versus without bolus, less toxicity without Sep 05, 2024
Women With HCC Less Likely to Receive Liver Transplant, More Likely to Die Than Men This difference is mostly explained by their smaller stature, researchers say Sep 05, 2024
No Cellphone, Brain Cancer Link; Testosterone Paradox; Breast Density and Cancer News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues Sep 05, 2024
Doxorubicin-Trabectedin Strategy Boosts Survival in Challenging Sarcoma Combination for leiomyosarcoma improved OS by 9 months versus doxorubicin alone Sep 04, 2024
The Higher the Disability Burden From Disease, the Higher the Suicide Risk Having a medical condition was tied to increased risk of suicide in a dose-response-like manner Sep 04, 2024
Oncologist Sued for Double-Billing; Pharmacy Deserts; 'She Loved Scotch and Pizza' News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues Aug 30, 2024
Your Patient Has Been Dealt a Hand With Four ACEs. What Now? In cancer survivorship, we must address patients' psychological wellness Aug 30, 2024
Congresswomen Press FDA on Delayed Proposal to Ban Hair-Straightening Chemicals Agency has delayed the target date twice Aug 29, 2024
King Charles' Cancer; COVID Vax Now or Later; Was RFK Jr. a Drug Dealer? Health news and commentary gathered by Ƶ staff Aug 26, 2024
The Global Fight Against Infection-Driven Cancers Despite vast gains in knowledge, there's still much to do if we want to save lives Aug 25, 2024
Amino Acids May Protect Kidneys During Surgery; EDTA for Chelation Therapy Also in TTHealthWatch: suicidality among spouses of people with cancer Aug 24, 2024 podcast
Alarm Over Pharma-China Link; Taking Screening to the People; Agriculture and Cancer News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues Aug 23, 2024
Favorable Outcomes With Microwave Ablation for Colorectal Liver Metastases Survival similar to resection with less morbidity, but editorial suggests use in select patients Aug 22, 2024
Adjunctive Cannabis Extract Improves Nausea-Vomiting Prevention in Cancer Patients Troublesome side effects, barriers to access could limit future availability Aug 21, 2024
Strong Support for Not Interrupting Imatinib Treatment in Advanced GIST Worse progression-free, overall survival, shorter time to resistance after discontinuation Aug 20, 2024
Dose-Reduced Chemo Regimen Promising in Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer Alternating cycles of nab-paclitaxel-gemcitabine and gemcitabine alone boosted tolerability Aug 20, 2024
Traveling to Die: The Latest Form of Medical Tourism Patients with terminal illness explore end-of-life options Aug 20, 2024
Higher Steroid Dose for ICI Toxicity Harms Cancer Survival, Analysis Suggests More data for discussion of controversial association between steroids, immunotherapy Aug 19, 2024
No Effect of Tranexamic Acid on Bleeding in Surgery for Liver Cancer No difference from placebo in transfusion rate, blood loss, with higher complication rate Aug 19, 2024
More Support for Early Detection; Cancer in Men Rising; Diet Drives Colon Cancer News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues Aug 16, 2024
Spouses of Cancer Patients May Be at Increased Risk of Suicide Risk was highest in the year following spouse's diagnosis Aug 15, 2024
Kate Middleton Update; First Mask Ban in U.S.; Sudden Cardiac Arrest Survival Health news and commentary gathered by Ƶ staff Aug 15, 2024
A Win for Molecularly Guided Therapy for Cancer of Unknown Primary Improved PFS versus chemotherapy adds to evidence that could lead to practice change Aug 14, 2024
Eight Doctors Killed in Brazil's Horrifying Plane Crash "They were people used to saving lives, and now they lost theirs in such tragic circumstances" Aug 13, 2024
