A new partnership between the American Cancer Society and the Melanoma Research Alliance will fund research aimed at decreasing side effects associated with checkpoint inhibitors in hopes of increasing further cancer immunotherapy benefits. FDA has approved use of checkpoint drugs to combat seven cancer types including lung, head and neck, kidney cancer, bladder cancer, Merkel...
The American Cancer Society’s 2026 annual statistics report trumpets a symbolic milestone for oncology—for the first time, the five-year relative survival rate for all cancers combined has reached 70% for people diagnosed between 2015 and 2021 in the U.S.
