Medical College of Wisconsin constructing cancer research building

Lung-MAP trial for NSCLC expands genomic screening options for patients

Most patients who enroll in the Lung-MAP precision medicine trial in non-small cell lung cancer can now be matched to a targeted investigational treatment based on the results of their prior genomic testing, without needing to submit new tumor or blood samples.

April 18, 2025

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Disasters likely delay early cancer diagnoses, study shows

Rates of colorectal cancer diagnoses dropped during and shortly after Hurricanes Irma and Maria and the COVID-19 pandemic in Puerto Rico, according to a recent analysis led by investigators at the University of Puerto Rico.

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Heated intraperitoneal chemotherapy associated with longer survival in ovarian cancer

Physicians at Tampa General Hospital and USF Health Morsani College of Medicine conducted a multicenter, retrospective cohort study and found that a highly specialized treatment—heated intraperitoneal chemotherapy delivered directly into the abdominal cavity, is associated with longer survival for women with metastatic epithelial ovarian cancer.

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Researchers identify novel molecular target for pancreatic cancer

Researchers at City of Hope have identified a new molecular target for treating pancreatic cancer, reports a Gastroenterologystudy published on April 8.

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Inherited cancer mutations may drive tumor growth, study shows

Most cancer genome studies have focused on mutations in the tumor itself and how such gene variants allow a tumor to grow unchecked. A study led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis takes a deep dive into inherited cancer mutations measured in a healthy blood sample and reports how those mutations might take a toll on the body’s cells starting at birth, perhaps predisposing a person to develop cancers at various stages of life.

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