A new study demonstrates that patients can safely use skin creams before undergoing radiation therapy. This contradicts common advice from radiation oncologists, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the University of Pennsylvania.
Researchers from MIT and Massachusetts General Hospital have developed an automated model that assesses dense breast tissue in mammograms—which is an independent risk factor for breast cancer—as reliably as expert radiologists.
A drug first identified 150 years ago and used as a smooth-muscle relaxant might make tumors more sensitive to radiation therapy, according to a recent study led by researchers at Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center–Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute.
Researchers, cancer patients, and philanthropists have come together to launch Count Me In, a new nonprofit organization and model of patient-partnered research. Count Me In allows cancer patients anywhere in the United States or Canada to easily share their medical information, personal experience, and tumor samples for genetic analysis, propelling progress against cancer. Patient information is rapidly processed, de-identified and made available to all researchers worldwide.
A cross-disciplinary Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center team submitted the winning application to establish and house a Data Management and Resource-Sharing Center to serve the Immuno-Oncology Translational Network, which directly responds to the goals of the Moonshot.
Michel Sadelain, director of the Center for Cell Engineering at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, has been awarded the Pasteur-Weizmann/Servier International Prize.
The American Cancer Society has announced five winners the Medal of Honor.
The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network has published “Cancer Disparities: A Chartbook,” a report that includes more than 100 charts and maps detailing the extent of disparities across different populations.
A memorial service for Alan Rabson will take place on Oct. 30, from 2 to 4 p.m., at the Ruth L. Kirschstein Auditorium, Natcher Conference Center in Bethesda, MD.
The National Academy of Medicine announced the election of regular members and international members during its annual meeting.
