Common antidepressants could help the immune system fight cancer, UCLA study finds

UCLA’s Roger Lo awarded $1 million to help prevent cancer relapse

Roger Lo, a professor of medicine, dermatology and molecular and medical pharmacology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, has received a $1 million “All-Star” grant from the V Foundation to develop strategies to prevent relapse in patients with advanced melanoma by targeting drug resistance before it takes root.

July 03, 2025

Vol.51 No.26

Clinical Roundup

Mail-in self-collection HPV tests boost cervical cancer screening rates

Mail-in self-collection tests for human papillomavirus more than doubled cervical cancer screening participation among never- and under-screened U.S. women, according to a first-of-its-kind study from researchers at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

June 13, 2025

Vol.51 No.23

Drugs & Targets

SU2C, SandboxAQ collaborate to accelerate treatment innovation

Stand Up To Cancer and SandboxAQ announced a collaboration that brings SandboxAQ’s Large Quantitative Models to SU2C-funded cancer research projects.

June 13, 2025

Vol.51 No.23

Clinical Roundup

Diet influences survival after stage 3 colon cancer, Dana-Farber study finds

Patients with colon cancer who consumed an anti-inflammatory diet during a phase III clinical trial showed longer overall survival post-treatment, compared to those on a proinflammatory diet, according to a Dana-Farber Cancer Institute analysis.

June 06, 2025

Vol.51 No.22

Drugs & Targets

Clairity becomes the first FDA-authorized AI platform for breast cancer prediction

Clairity Inc. received FDA De Novo authorization for CLAIRITY BREAST, a novel, image-based prognostic platform designed to predict five-year breast cancer risk from a routine screening mammogram. With this authorization, Clairity is planning to launch among leading health systems through 2025—propelling a new era of precision medicine in breast cancer.

June 06, 2025

Vol.51 No.22

Cancer Policy

MAHA report “Making our Children Healthy Again” focuses on ultraprocessed foods and is mum on tobacco

A recent report from the Make America Healthy Again Commission cites ultraprocessed foods, electromagnetic radiation, and herbicides as possible reasons for increased cancer incidence in children.

May 30, 2025

Vol.51 No.21

By Jacquelyn Cobb