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Acute Cystitis Tied to Higher Risk for Urogenital Cancers
FRIDAY, Sept. 26, 2025 – Acute cystitis may signal the presence of urogenital cancers in middle-aged adults, according to a study published online Sept. 16 in BMJ Public Health. Filip Jansåker, M...
Young Adult Cancer Survivors Face Higher Social Risks
FRIDAY, Sept. 26, 2025 – Young adult cancer survivors face elevated social risks, according to a study presented at the 18th AACR Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities, held from...
App May Improve Palliative Care for Adults With Incurable Cancer
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 24, 2025 – A palliative care educational app improves health-related quality of life (HRQoL) at two months among adult patients with incurable cancer, according to a study published o...
Cancer Patients Getting Needed Painkillers Despite Opioid Crisis Response
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 24, 2025 — The fight against America’s opioid crisis does not appear to have cost cancer patients the painkillers they need, a new study says. There was a decline in opioid pre...
Low Metastasis Rate Seen for Radiation Plus Silicone Oil in Uveal Melanoma
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 24, 2025 – Patients with uveal melanoma mainly treated with plaque brachytherapy with vitrectomy and silicone oil for radiation attenuation have low rates of metastases, according...
Remote Monitoring Improves Recovery From Cancer Surgery
TUESDAY, Sept. 23, 2025 — Remote monitoring of cancer patients can improve their recovery after surgery, a new study says. People whose health team tracked their symptoms remotely wound up recovering ...
Teen Develops Rare Vaginal Cancer Typically Found In Older Women
TUESDAY, Sept. 23, 2025 — Liliana “Lili” Casteneda had what she thought was her first period at the age of 14, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. But then her monthly bleeding turned into dai...
Declines Seen in New, Additional Prescribing of Opioids in Patients With Cancer
TUESDAY, Sept. 23, 2025 – Among patients with newly diagnosed cancer, new and additional prescribing of opioids has decreased, according to a study published online Sept. 22 in Cancer. Laura Van...
Advances in Cancer Research Described in 15th Cancer Progress Report
MONDAY, Sept. 22, 2025 – Progress in cancer research, including approval of 20 new anticancer therapeutics in the past year, is described in the 15th edition of the AACR Cancer Progress Report,...
10-Year-Old Boy Donates Stem Cells To Father Fighting Cancer
MONDAY, Sept. 22, 2025 — A Los Angeles-area dad is surviving leukemia thanks to his 10-year-old son, who earlier this year became the youngest-ever stem cell donor at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. S...
Radiation Exposure From Medical Imaging Linked to Hematologic Cancer Risk in Children
FRIDAY, Sept. 19, 2025 – Exposure to radiation from medical imaging is associated with a small but significantly increased risk for hematologic cancer among children, according to a study published...
Daily Aspirin Cuts Colon Cancer Recurrence Risk By Half
THURSDAY, Sept. 18, 2025 — Aspirin can cut by more than half the risk that colon cancer will come back following initial treatment, a new clinical trial has found. Daily aspirin reduced by 55% the r...
Evidence Insufficient to Determine Benefits of Multicancer Screening Tests
THURSDAY, Sept. 18, 2025 – No controlled studies report benefits of screening with multicancer detection (MCD) tests, according to a study published online Sept. 16 in the Annals of Internal...
Many Clinicians Not Comfortable With Hormone Therapy in Patients With History of Gynecologic Cancer
TUESDAY, Sept. 16, 2025 – Many gynecologists and some gynecologic oncologists are uncomfortable prescribing hormone therapy to patients with a history of endometrial or epithelial ovarian cancer,...
Researchers: Too Soon To Tell If 'Liquid Biopsies' Help More Than Harm In Cancer Screening
TUESDAY, Sept. 16, 2025 — “Liquid biopsy” tests using blood samples to screen for multiple types of cancer are attracting much attention, for their potential to catch unseen tumors. But it's too soon ...
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