Dieselgate Is A Cancer Problem
“Exhaust from diesel engines contributes to air pollution and is a cancer hazard to humans,” said Dr. Kurt Straif.
In A First, Kidney Cancer Drug Extends Survival
Taken together, the findings raise many possibilities – and questions about strategy, and expense – for testing and prescribing new small drugs and immune-targeting antibodies to patients with kidney and, potentially, other advanced cancer forms.
Can Journalists Be Too Skeptical About Progress Against Cancer?
On Twitter this week, I happened upon a discussion having to do with the possibility of curing cancer.
Can Antibiotics Prevent Deaths From Stomach Cancer?
In the 1980s, doctors linked H. pylori infection to stomach cancer. In infected adults, a brief course of antibiotics lessens cancer risk.
How To Avoid Overdiagnosis And Overtreatment Of Breast Cancer
If overtreatment is the problem, the solution is not by avoidance of breast cancer detection, but by better education of physicians and patients.
A Perfect Blood Test For Pancreatic Cancer?
If confirmed, this method of liquid biopsy would enable monitoring and genetic evaluation of pancreatic cancer from blood.
‘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.
Lynparza, First In A New Class Of Cancer Drugs, Is Surprisingly Active In A Wide Range Of Tumors
So far, the studies demonstrate that Lynparza has activity in cancer patients with and without inherited BRCA mutations.
Automated Ultrasound Can Improve Breast Cancer Detection In Women With Dense Breasts
Automated whole breast ultrasound screening has the potential to improve breast cancer screening of women with dense breasts.
Thinking Ahead: From ‘The Emperor Of All Maladies’ To Precision Medicine In Cancer
We’re in the 1950s of precision medicine, so to speak. Modern oncology care helps some, many but not all.
Chatting With Anne Parker: A Patient’s View On How Cancer Care Has Changed Since The 1960s
Anne Parker’s perspective on cancer care – as a family member, patient and advocate – spans over 50 years.
Understanding Angelina Jolie Pitt’s Cancer Risk And Her Decision To Tell About It
By telling her story, she helps break the mystery and stigma that deter honest and needed discussion about cancer-causing, inherited genetic mutations.
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?
Novel Drug Expands Treatment Options For Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer
The FDA’s decision on palbociclib immediately expands treatment options for a large fraction of people living with metastatic breast cancer. What limits enthusiasm is how much this oral drug will cost.
Oncotype Test Could Reduce Overtreatment Of Early Stage Breast Cancer
A low Oncotype DCIS score predicts a low chance that non-invasive breast cancer will recur. The study supports that many women with DCIS can safely forgo radiation.
Tamoxifen As A Breast Cancer Preventive — Mixed Results In Long-Term Follow-Up
The IBIS-1 trial shows a dramatic, reductive effect of tamoxifen in preventing breast tumors.
What’s Intriguing And Concerning About Early Results For Keytruda In Breast Cancer
What’s concerning about the preliminary findings is that the median time to response was 18 weeks. For patients to wait four months or longer to see if there’s a benefit seems like a lot; these are women without much time to spare.
‘Lily,’ A Film About A Young Artist With Breast Cancer, And What’s Next In Her Life
What this movie gets right is the loneliness of having cancer – the feeling that kicks in when you’re awake and alive in some sort of hyper-sterile place receiving therapy, where there’s no one else.
For Treatment Of Polycythemia Vera, FDA Approves Jakafi, A Targeted Therapy
The kinase inhibitor offers a new option for people with polycythemia vera, a condition for which few drugs have been available.
So What About That Acrylamide In Your French Fries?
In 2002, scientists reported that acrylamide forms when seemingly healthy carbohydrate-rich foods like potatoes, other root vegetables and grains are cooked at high temperatures by frying, roasting, broiling, toasting or baking.
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.
Ebola, Hygiene And Your Health: Practical Questions For The CDC
Quarantines don’t work. We have to stop Ebola with science. Meanwhile, we need to take care and not down-play risks.
Perjeta Works In A Form Of Metastatic Breast Cancer: Active In Other Tumors?
Perjeta extends survival in patients with Her2 positive breast cancer. Might drugs targeting Her2 be effective in other malignancies?
The (Unmet) Potential Value of Cancer Genome Testing
Genome sequencing is not routine in oncology practice. But maybe it should be, advocates suggest.
Genetic Testing For BRCA Is A Personal Decision
BRCA genetic test results inform but don’t dictate an individual woman’s risk of developing cancer.
Ovarian Cancer Awareness: A Declining Disease Rate, And Looking Ahead to New Drugs
September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. You might not notice.
With So Many Terrific New Drugs For Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Why Worry?
CLL patients face an astonishing array of new medical options. These terrific advances, while beneficial for some, raise the possibility of overtreatment.
Are 3-D Mammograms a Better Way to Screen for Breast Cancer?
A key question about tomosynthesis is whether it’s worth investing in so many new machines and educating radiologists to interpret 3-D breast images.
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.
Don’t Judge Her
What’s great about this piece, and what’s wrong about it, is that it comes from an individual woman.
Why Hurricanes Remind Me of Patient Care
Cancer can be hard to predict; each case is a little different. Still, there are patterns and trends, and insights learned from experience with similar cases and common ways of spreading.
Is Oral Sex to Blame for the Surge in Cancer of the Mouth and Throat?
“The ideal would be to prevent HPV infection in the first place,” Gillison says.
Unlocking the Mystery of Cancer Stem Cells
Scientists research whether cancer stem cells are the key to eradicating the disease.
A Play About the Life and Work of Dr. Rosalind Franklin
Franklin’s story starts like this: She was born in 1920 to a Jewish family in London. She excelled in math and science. She studied physical chemistry at Cambridge, where she received her undergraduate degree in 1941. After performing research in…
Henrietta’s Cells Speak
“One of the ways that I gained the trust of the family is that I gave them information.” (R. Skloot, a journalist, speaking about her interactions with Henrietta Lacks’ family…