Older patients with breast cancer who exercised before diagnosis may be at a lower risk for cardiovascular disease compared to those who did not, according to a study in JACC: CardioOncology.
Roughly one in five young adults uses e-cigarettes daily or recreationally, and nearly one in four believes the products are harmless and not addictive, according to findings from the American Society of Clinical Oncology third annual National Cancer Opinion Survey.
A research team at the University of Arizona College of Medicine are developing potent and selective T-type calcium channel antagonists as potential novel pain medicines to treat chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy.
American Society for Radiation Oncology awarded its highest honor, the Gold Medal, to Winship Executive Director Walter J. Curran, Jr., during the 2019 annual ASTRO meeting in Chicago Sept. 14-18.
Six members of the House of Representatives recently introduced the Fairness to Kids with Cancer Act (HR-4429), which seeks to adjust federal funding levels for pediatric cancer at a fairer percentage rate than is currently allocated.
Harmar BreretonDana DornsifeHarmar Brereton of Northeast Regional Cancer Institute and Dana Dornsife of Lazarex Cancer Foundation were named recipients of the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship Ellen L. Stovall Award for Innovation in Patient-Centered Cancer Care.
Moffitt Cancer Center and AdventHealth are partnering to provide cancer treatment and better access to cancer prevention, education, cancer screenings and early phase clinical trials for patients in Florida.
The University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center and the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute received a $9.2 million grant through the NCI's Specialized Program of Research Excellence.
NIH has awarded six researchers an average total of $2.3 million each to accelerate genomics research over a five-year period.
Jeffrey N.WeitzelKathleen BlazerCity of Hope's Jeffrey N. Weitzel and Kathleen Blazer are the 2019 recipients of the American Society of Human Genetics' Arno Motulsky-Barton Childs Award for Excellence in Human Genetics Education.
