The aim of following patients with cancer over many years is to catch tumors that recur, improve outcomes, even reveal important trends. However, long-term cancer follow-ups require extensive human resources and will inevitably decrease over time. Is the information researchers ultimately acquire worth the heavy lift? A recent analysis of…
Prostate cancer drugs could be effectively repurposed to inhibit melanoma in men
New research shows that testosterone promotes melanoma proliferation by activating a newly recognized nonclassical testosterone receptor in melanoma cells called ZIP9 (encoded by the SLC39A9 gene), a zinc transporter that is not intentionally targeted by any available therapeutics but is widely expressed in human melanoma. The new study from researchers…
Some pancreatic cancer clinical trial eligibility criteria may be more likely to disqualify Black patients
A simulated pancreatic cancer clinical trial screening process showed that Black patients were significantly more likely than white patients to be excluded from clinical trials for a wide range of eligibility criteria, according to results presented at the virtual 14th AACR Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in…
People with cancer and cancer survivors in low-income and rural areas face greater risk of suicide
Cancer is an unwelcome blow for anyone, but those diagnosed with cancer who live in low-income and rural areas face an increased risk of suicide compared with those living in high-income and urban areas, according to a study by The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston)….
From COVID to cancer: High hopes for ‘versatile’ mRNA
The coronavirus pandemic has made vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna and the mRNA technology that they use into household names. These types of jabs are new but researchers have been working for decades to try to figure out how to use messenger RNA for other vaccinations and to treat illnesses…
Your October Horoscope Predictions Are Here
Read every sign's current 2021 horoscope predictions to see what's in store for you this year or check out each sign's personality profile to learn more about the zodiac. It's October, which means that we officially entered Halloween season, beautiful star babies. Yes, Mercury is currently retrograde, but that (and…
New AI-based tool improves the diagnosis of breast cancer tumors
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have developed an AI-based tool that improves the diagnosis of breast cancer tumors and the ability to predict the risk of recurrence. The greater diagnostic precision can lead to more personalized treatment for the large group of breast cancer patients with intermediate risk tumors….
NCI-Sponsored Trials Have Added 14 Million Years of Life for Cancer Patients
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Over the past four decades, randomized clinical trials run by the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI’s) National Clinical Trials Network (NCTN) has generated substantial gains in life-years for patients with cancer, according to a new analysis. They have also had an “enormous influence on the cancer…
Babies can be born with cancer – and I dread it returning in my precious girl
It was a total whirlwind as I prepared for my first born’s arrival in the run-up to Christmas 2017 – but my pregnancy gave no warning of what was to come. I had some morning sickness in the first trimester – nothing out of the ordinary. From then on it…
Cancer surgeon LIZ O'RIORDAN: Sarah Harding was just bloody unlucky
Sarah Harding believed she was dying because she put off going to the doctor. The truth is the Girls Aloud singer was just bloody unlucky, says breast cancer surgeon LIZ O’RIORDAN who’s had the disease twice A week ago today, pop star Sarah Harding died of breast cancer, aged only…
Management of Malignant Alimentary Tract Obstruction
The American Gastroenterological Association published a clinical practice update expert review for managing malignant alimentary tract obstructions (MATOs) that includes 14 best practice advice statements, ranging from general principles to specific clinical choices. “There are many options available for the management of MATOs, with the addition of new modalities as…