PARP Drugs Help Some Breast Cancer Patients, But They’re No Magic Bullet
For patients with metastatic breast cancer, doctors don’t yet know how to predict long-term responses to this PARP drug.
Which Patients Will Be Helped By Immune Cancer Drugs? This Test May Tell
It’s possible that tumor mutation burden (TMB) predicts if cancer―of any type―will respond to treatment with immune drugs, but this remains to be tested.
At Penn State, THON—The World’s Largest Student-Run Charity—Helps Kids with Cancer
Dancing for cancer may seem a crazy idea, paradoxical, and wildly inefficient as a fundraising scheme. But it’s become the thing to do, a good karma-generating phenomenon, and year-round source of pride for the Penn State community.
MammaPrint, Agendia’s Breast Cancer Test, Is Having A U.S. Moment. Can It Reduce Overtreatment?
The potential to reduce overtreatment, in women with a low chance of recurrence for which chemo is unlikely to be of benefit, is huge.
Breast Cancers Are Rising in Younger And In Older Women: Reasons For Concern
The increasing invasive, ER+ breast cancers in women who are otherwise healthy can’t be ignored.
Miami Beach Offers Free Sunscreen: Spreading Prevention?
“We want a safer and healthier community,” Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine said. “Whether it’s reducing pre-cancer or sunburns, it’s a way of helping our tourists and our residents.”
‘Shower Shirt’ Takes Innovation Prize, Enables Women To Shower After Mastectomy
The Shower Shirt is made of waterproof parachute material on the outside, with microfiber on the inside of the neck, a water-resistant zipper, flap, and Velcro all the way down in front.
For Colon Cancer Screening, Cologuard Test Offers A Solid New Option
Getting checked, one way or another, has even been deemed cost-effective. The question for colorectal cancer, if you choose to be screened, is how: what’s the best method?
Why Some Ebola Patients Bleed, And How Plasma Might Help Recovery
U.S. doctors are scrambling to understand how the virus affects humans, and how best to treat those infected.
What in the Air Causes Lung Cancer?
Many have assumed that air pollution causes cancer, but proof was lacking. Until now.
Ambitious ‘Lung-MAP’ Trial Aims to Evaluate Biomarkers and New Drugs in Squamous Cell Lung Cancer
The Lung-MAP trial will identify molecular abnormalities in tumors specimens from thousands of patients with squamous cell lung cancer.
Does It Matter Who Is The Doctor Who Performs Screening Colonoscopy?
Gastroenterologists vary widely in their “pick-up” rates. Although it’s widely accepted that colon cancer screening by colonoscopy can be life-saving, it’s unknown to what extent the doctors’ skills make a difference.
Leprosy: An Ancient Disease That Continues to Linger
Though there are antibiotics to counter its effects, we haven’t eradicated Hansen’s Disease, which is why it’s so disconcerting that few physicians are able to identify—and thus treat—the condition.
The Physician Burnout Epidemic: What It Means for Patients and Reform
In a large analysis published this week in Archives of Internal Medicine , researchers at the Mayo Clinic surveyed 7,288 physicians on their quality of life and job satisfaction.
