Residents of U.S. neighborhoods with high concentrations of Latino residents often face significant socioeconomic challenges, including less access to health care, a study led by a UT Southwestern Medical Center researcher shows.
New research published in the Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network found that people with newly-diagnosed hormone receptor-negative, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-positive breast cancer were more likely to receive timely, guideline-concordant treatment, and have longer survival in states that participate in Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act.
Cutting off cancer cells’ access to fat may help a specific type of cancer treatment work more effectively, reports a study by Van Andel Institute scientists. Â
Molecular markers in blood at birth are linked to later development of acute lymphoblastic leukemia, the most common cancer type that affects children, according to a study published in Molecular Cancer.Â
Preclinical data on a development candidate, NTX-452, a novel Werner syndrome helicase inhibitor, was presented at the 36th EORTC-NCI-AACR Symposium on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics, by Nimbus Therapeutics.Â
Inflo Health, a leader in AI-driven radiology follow-up care orchestration, announced that it has qualified for the American College of Radiology’s Learning Network Vendor Partner designation on the heels of a successful collaboration that saw East Alabama Medical Center significantly improve recommendations follow-up rates.Â
The American Cancer Society released Breast Cancer Statistics, 2024, the organization’s biennial update on breast cancer occurrence and trends in the United States.
New research on the possibility to kill TNBCs by hijacking signals that normally drive mammary gland involution was released in Nature.Â
The phase III KEYNOTE-689 trial evaluating Keytruda (pembrolizumab), Merck’s anti-PD-1 therapy, as a perioperative treatment for patients newly diagnosed with stage 3 or 4A, resected, locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma met its primary endpoint of event-free survival.Â
Continuity of Medicaid coverage increases the survival rates of children and adolescents with cancer, according to research published in JCO Oncology Practice.Â
