FDA OKs First Interchangeable Biosimilars for Denosumab New products will carry all the same indications as Prolia and Xgeva, though launch date unclear Mar 06, 2024
King Charles' Cancer Diagnosis Highlights Long Wait Times Across the Pond Survival for common cancers in the U.K. consistently lags behind Mar 06, 2024
IVF Helps Patients Trying to Build Families. An Alabama Court Put That in Doubt "Every month that you're not pregnant feels like grief" Mar 05, 2024
Novel Therapy Promising for Radiation-Induced Oral Mucositis No patient with head and neck cancer developed a severe case during 7 weeks of treatment Mar 04, 2024
Gene-Guided Immunotherapy Misses Mark in Recurrent/Metastatic Head and Neck Cancer Few responses with or without guidance in small first step for "personalized" treatment Mar 04, 2024
Vismodegib-RT Regimen Achieves High Rate of Disease Control in Head and Neck BCC Local control in 91% of cases at 1 year in small prospective trial Mar 01, 2024
Two Pembrolizumab Trials in Head and Neck Cancer Yield Divergent Results One first-line regimen led to worse OS, while another offers an additional option Mar 01, 2024
New Drugs Yield Limited Benefit; Big Jump in Drug Prices; AI Boost for Mammo Results News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues Mar 01, 2024
Robotic Surgery for Pancreatic Tumors Proves Safe, Feasible in Experienced Hands Shorter stays, faster surgeries, and less blood loss versus open surgery in Chinese study Feb 29, 2024
Oregon Pathologist Reportedly Missed Cancer Diagnoses One patient received the news that she had cancer a year after breast biopsy Feb 27, 2024
Investigational Immunotherapy Combo Shows Promise for Advanced Solid Tumors Objective response rate of 37.7% in patients with various solid tumors in phase I study Feb 26, 2024
Can Artificial Intelligence Improve Prior Authorization? Possibly, but "complete transparency" about its use would be needed, expert says Feb 23, 2024
Transforming Shots Into Pills; 'Tip of the Iceberg' for TILs? Food Additives Warning News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues Feb 23, 2024
Faster Cures, More Genetic Treatments: A Q&A With NIH's Joni Rutter The NCATS Biomedical Data Translator is giving researchers ideas for new disease therapies Feb 23, 2024
Another COVID Toll: Over 134,000 Undiagnosed Cancers During Height of Pandemic Diagnosis rates remained low throughout 2020, with mortality increase projected Feb 22, 2024
Male Fertility Problems in the Family Linked to Cancer Risk Low sperm levels were tied to specific cancers in family members Feb 22, 2024
Rush to Publish? Medicare Drug Plan Lawsuit Quashed; Activity Curbs Cancer Pain News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues Feb 16, 2024
Cancer Patients Caught in the Crosshairs of Hospital Consolidation Policymakers must rein in anti-competitive tactics Feb 16, 2024
U.S. Probes Role of Supply Chain Middlemen in Generic Shortages Goal: identify "root causes" and "potential solutions" Feb 15, 2024
Oldest Patient 'Cured' of HIV Still in Remission 5 Years After Transplant for AML But it's unlikely stem cell transplants will ever be large-scale cure for HIV, says expert Feb 14, 2024
New First-Line Option for Pancreatic Cancer Approved Liposomal irinotecan-based regimen gets FDA greenlight for metastatic disease Feb 13, 2024
Oncologists Risk Self-Referral Violations Over Medicare Mail-Order Drug Rule New interpretation of Stark law excludes distribution of oral oncology drugs by mail Feb 12, 2024
No Relief From Drug Shortages; New Lymphedema Guideline; A 'Good' Patient No More News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues Feb 09, 2024
Senators Thrash Pharma CEOs for Pricing Drugs Higher in the U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders blamed "corrupt" system, well-paid lobbyists Feb 09, 2024
Mixed Results in Advanced Gastric/GEJ Cancer With Add-On Fruquintinib Significant improvement in PFS, but not OS, versus chemo alone in the second-line setting Feb 07, 2024
Smokers Who Quit and Stick With It See Greatest Reduction in Cancer Risk Cessation at any age proved helpful for lowering cancer risk Feb 06, 2024
Patients and Doctors Push Back Against the Harsh Side Effects of Cancer Drugs "If the patients are not taking the drug, then it's not going to work" Feb 06, 2024
King Charles' Health History; Supreme Court to Weigh COVID Misinfo; Toby Keith Dies Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51³ΙΘΛΆ―Βώ staff Feb 06, 2024
Health Effects of Diabetes Remission; High-Deductible Plans for Cancer Patients Also in TTHealthWatch: USPSTF weighs in on screening for language disorders or delays in kids Feb 03, 2024 podcast
A Win for Trabectedin in High-Grade Myxoid Liposarcoma? Statistics support noninferiority versus more toxic chemotherapy, but results far from definitive Feb 02, 2024
Progress in Early Cancer Diagnosis; Breast Cancer in Younger Women; Diet and Cancer News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues Feb 02, 2024
Camp Lejeune Water Contamination Tied to a Range of Cancers, CDC Study Says Health risks now more firmly established, but study falls short of being definitive Feb 01, 2024
Sequential Therapy Boosts Survival in Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer Phase II study shows a 32% reduced risk of death compared with standard treatment Jan 31, 2024
Peripheral IV Access for Chemo Better Than Central Lines in Testicular Cancer? Retrospective study suggests the technique results in fewer complications, thrombotic events Jan 30, 2024
Unfavorable Colon Cancer Trends in Young Adults Seen Across the Pond, Too Rise in predicted CRC mortality among Europeans under 50 may be due to increasing obesity rates Jan 30, 2024
First-Line Combo for Cisplatin-Ineligible Bladder Cancer Just Misses Positive Result Cabozantinib-pembrolizumab induced responses in 16 of 35 evaluable patients, but needed one more Jan 29, 2024
Science Sleuths Use Tech to Find Fakery and Plagiarism in Published Research These individuals are keeping researchers and science journals on their toes Jan 29, 2024
