Investigators with The Cancer Genome Atlas Research Network discovered genomic differences in head and neck cancers caused by infection with the human papillomavirus. Researchers also uncovered new smoking-related cancer subtypes and potential new drug targets, and found numerous genomic similarities with other cancer types.
More than a year after a catastrophic shortage of platinum-based chemotherapy drugs swept through the U.S., FDA on June 28 officially removed carboplatin and cisplatin from the drug shortage list.
