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Blood Test Helps Guide Chemotherapy Intensity
A simple blood test could change how doctors decide who needs chemotherapy, and how intensive it should be, in patients with colon or bladder cancer, according to study results presented at the ESMO meeting. More than 1,000 people with stage 3 colon cancer in one study had...
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FDA Approves GSK's Blood Cancer Treatment
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved British drugmaker GSK's blood cancer drug, Blenrep, in one combination regimen, the company said on Thursday, clearing the way for its return to the market nearly three years after it was withdrawn. The FDA approved Blenrep...
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Pill Extends Survival in Kids With Rare Bone Cancer
Kids with a rare bone cancer might live longer if prescribed a drug that blocks blood supply to tumors, researchers say. The drug pazopanib (Votrient) extended the lives of a small group of kids with Ewing sarcoma, which causes cancerous tumors in their bones, researchers...
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MRNA COVID Shots May Boost Cancer Immunotherapy
Cancer patients who received mRNA-based COVID vaccines within 100 days of starting treatment with widely used immunotherapies were twice as likely to be alive three years after beginning treatment, researchers reported. Among 180 such patients with advanced non-small cell...
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Drug Combo Cuts Advanced Prostate Cancer Death Risk
A powerful new drug combo has yielded a major breakthrough for men battling an aggressive form of prostate cancer. Adding the drug enzalutamide to standard hormone therapy reduced the risk of premature death by more than 40% in patients whose prostate cancer had returned, a...
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Scientists Use LED Light to Blast Cancer Cells
A new treatment that uses LED light and microscopic tin flakes to destroy cancer cells without harming healthy ones may revolutionize cancer therapy, offering patients a safer and less invasive alternative to surgery and chemotherapy. Researchers at The University of Texas...
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Loneliness Linked to Lower Odds of Cancer Survival
Loneliness or social isolation might lower a cancer patient's odds of survival, according to a new evidence review. Cancer patients who feel lonely appear to have a higher risk of death, both from their malignancy and from other health problems, researchers reported Oct. 14...
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6 Breast Cancer Symptoms You Shouldn't Ignore
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time to focus on the signs and symptoms of a disease that affects 1 in 8 women in the United States, according to the National Breast Cancer Foundation. In 2025, an estimated 316,950 women and 2,800 men will be diagnosed with...
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Drug Combo Effective With Advanced Prostate Cancer
A new drug combo is offering hope for men with advanced prostate cancer. Adding the targeted cancer drug niraparib to hormone therapy reduced the risk of prostate tumor growth and slowed symptom advance, according to findings published Oct. 7 in the journal Nature...
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Rare, Dangerous Breast Cancer on the Rise
A rare but dangerous form of breast cancer is on the rise in the United States, a new report says. Lobular breast cancer rates are rising three times as fast as all other breast cancers combined, 2.8% per year versus 0.8% per year, researchers reported Oct. 7 in the journal...
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Gene Test Can Predict Breast Cancer Risk
A genetic risk score can help predict which women will develop invasive breast cancer after abnormal cells have been found in their breast tissue, researchers said. Women who scored high on the genetic blood test were twice as likely to develop breast cancer after doctors...
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Robot-Guided Device Finds Tumors Deep in the Lungs
A cutting-edge robot-assisted bronchoscope can reach very small tumors growing in the lung's deepest recesses, according to clinical trial results presented at a European Respiratory Society meeting in Amsterdam. The device uses a specialized CT scanner to find tumors buried...
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FDA Approves Lilly Metastatic Breast Cancer Therapy
Eli Lilly said on Thursday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved its therapy for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer in patients whose disease progressed after at least one line of endocrine therapy. The therapy, Inluriyo, was approved based on data...
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Pesticides in Fruits, Veggies Boost Levels in Body
Eating fruits and vegetables is key to good health, but a new study suggests that choosing produce with higher pesticide residues may boost the amount of these chemicals leaching into the body. Researchers linked the types of produce people eat with levels of pesticides...
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Fish Oil's Effect on Colon Cancer Depends on Genes
About 19 million U.S. adults take fish oil supplements, often to protect against chronic diseases. But new research suggests their ability to lower colon cancer risk may depend on a single gene. Scientists at the University of Michigan and the University of Texas MD Anderson...
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Mammograms Still Valuable for Women in Their 80s
Though most guidelines recommend mammograms up to age 74, new research suggests they can be valuable for women in their 80s, detecting breast cancer earlier and increasing chances of survival. The research - published in the Annals of Surgical Oncology - reviewed medical...
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Advanced Screening Procedure Detects Cancer in Dense Breasts
Women with dense breasts could benefit from an advanced cancer screening procedure called molecular breast imaging (MBI), a new study says.The procedure more than doubled the detection of advanced breast cancers when combined with 3D mammography, researchers reported Sept....
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FDA to Approve Cancer Drug for Autism Symptoms
A decades-old cancer drug may soon be approved to help kids with certain autism-related symptoms linked to folate deficiency. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is preparing to clear leucovorin - a generic drug also known as folinic acid - for use in kids with...
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Childhood Blood Cancers Linked to Imaging Radiation
Children might be at greater risk from blood cancers due to radiation exposure from medical imaging, a new study says.About 1 in every 10 cases of pediatric blood cancer may be due to radiation from imaging scans, researchers reported Sept. 17 in the New England Journal of...
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Tattoos Might Protect Against Melanoma
Getting that tattooed arm sleeve or back design of your dreams might protect you against deadly skin cancer, a new study says. People who've had two or more sessions under the tattoo needle show a lower risk of melanoma, according to a recent study published in the Journal...
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Wildfire Smoke Now Kills 41,000 Americans a Year
Every summer, hazy skies and the smell of burning wood remind Americans that wildfires affect far more than just the communities where they ignite. Their smoke drifts for hundreds, even thousands of miles, darkening the air in cities across the nation. But the health impact...
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Study Finds Oral Bacteria Tied to Pancreatic Cancer
A person's risk of pancreatic cancer might be tied to the microbes living in their mouths, a new study says. People have a more than tripled risk of pancreatic cancer if their mouths contain 27 types of bacteria and fungi, including some directly linked to gum disease,...
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Daily Aspirin Cuts Colon Cancer Return Risk By Half
Aspirin can cut by more than half the risk that colon cancer will come back following initial treatment, a new clinical trial has found. Daily aspirin reduced by 55% the risk of cancer recurrence in patients whose colorectal cancer is driven by a genetic mutation,...
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Mammograms Can Also Assess Women's Heart Health
Regular mammograms might offer a "two-for-one" opportunity to protect women's health, a new study says. Mammograms can be used to successfully predict heart disease risk in women, on top of their ability to detect early breast cancers, researchers reported Sept. 16 in the...
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Artificial Sweeteners May Blunt Immunotherapy
Cancer patients who use sucralose - the artificial sweetener found in products like Splenda - may be less likely to respond to immunotherapy treatment and could face shorter survival rates. But scientists say there may be a way to reverse the damage. Researchers...