A recent clinical trial demonstrated that the drug combination of cemiplimab plus platinum chemotherapy can prolong survival in patients with advanced lung cancer when compared with placebo plus platinum chemotherapy.
Immigrant adults with liver cancer in the U.S. have higher survival rates than people with the disease who were born in the U.S., according to research from the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Research led by UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center reveals a link between bone metabolism biomarkers and survival in men with newly diagnosed hormone-sensitive prostate cancer who received androgen deprivation therapy.
A Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center study, published in Obstetrics & Gynecology,investigated how endometriosis, uterine leiomyomas (also known as fibroids), and a common intervention for these conditions—hysterectomy—changed ovarian cancer risk in Black and white women.
Researchers at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health and UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center found mailing human papillomavirus self-collection tests and offering assistance to book in-clinic screening appointments to under-screened, low-income women improved cervical cancer screening nearly two-fold compared to scheduling assistance alone.
SpaceMarkers, a machine learning software developed by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Convergence Institute and the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, can identify molecular interactions among distinct types of cells in and around a tumor, according to a study published in Cell Systems.
A phase III clinical trial data published May 2 in Cell Reports Medicine found that a cancer stem cell test can accurately decide more effective treatments and lead to increased survival for patients with glioblastoma.
A study published in JAMA Network Open found that an overweight or obese body mass index in early and middle adulthood is associated with increased risk for gastrointestinal cancer. The study also found that frequent aspirin use did not modify this increased risk in overweight and obese individuals.
A team, led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, reported in the Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research that silencing the gene p16, even though the DNA itself does not change, can drive colorectal cancer progression in animal models.
American Cancer Society researchers discovered both favorable and unfavorable changes in major cancer risk factors, preventive behaviors and services, and screenings in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Cancer Prevention & Early Detection Facts & Figures 2023-2024 report.
