Individuals with cannabis use disorder are more than three times more likely to develop oral cancer within five years compared to those without CUD, a researcher at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine found.
About half patients completed a follow-up colonoscopy within six months of taking a blood-based colorectal cancer screening test, according to a study by investigators at UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center.Â
Regular treatment with immunoglobulin replacement therapy in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia was not associated with a reduced risk of serious infections requiring hospitalization, according to a study published in Blood Advances.
Common respiratory infections, including COVID-19 and influenza, can awaken dormant breast cancer cells that have spread to the lungs, setting the stage for new metastatic tumors, according to a preclinical study by researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Utrecht University.
Blocking macropinocytosis reshapes the tumor microenvironment to be less fibrous and to allow more access to immune cells, according to a preclinical study of pancreatic tumors conducted by scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys, an NCI-designated Cancer Center.Â
T helper 17 cells and B cells can work in concert to spark long-lasting protection against solid tumors, a research team at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University found.Â
Tagrisso (osimertinib) plus chemotherapy delivers a statistically significant and clinically meaningful survival benefit compared to Tagrisso monotherapy in the first-line treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic epidermal growth factor receptor-mutated non-small cell lung cancer, according to results from the final overall survival analysis of the FLAURA2 phase III trial.Â
Reduced screening rates and a higher prevalence of triple-negative breast cancer are driving elevated rates of advanced breast cancer in a geographic hotspot in Wilmington, Delaware, according to findings by researchers at ChristianaCare’s Cawley Center for Translational Cancer Research at the Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute.
Tumor-infiltrating clonal hematopoiesis is prevalent across solid tumors with the highest incidence in non-small cell lung cancer and results in a higher rate of mortality, according to a study by Caris Life Sciences that independently validates recent findings on TI-CH.Â
Van Andel Institute scientists have developed an improved technique to comprehensively profile DNA methylation in single cells, an advance that will help researchers better study the role of epigenetics in cancer and other diseases.Â
