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Outcomes With Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors Similar for Older, Younger Patients

TUESDAY, April 29, 2025 – Patients with cancer aged 65 years and older receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) derive similar clinical outcomes as younger patients, according to a study...

AI Predicts Wasting Syndrome In Cancer Patients

MONDAY, April 28, 2025 – A newly developed AI can predict which cancer patients are at risk for a life-threatening wasting syndrome, a new study says. The syndrome, called cachexia, accounts for...

Ready-Made Immune Therapy Effective Against Leukemia

MONDAY, April 28, 2025 – A ready-made version of a cutting-edge cancer immunotherapy can effectively defeat blood cancers, a new study says. Researchers have prepared an off-the-shelf version of CAR...

Cancer Prevention Not Yet Recovered From Pandemic-Era Declines, Report Says

THURSDAY, April 24, 2025 – The effects of COVID-19 continue to reverberate in the cancer risk factors of Americans, a new American Cancer Society (ACS) study says. Screening for breast and colon...

Prevalence of Most Cancer Risk Factors Unchanged Before, After Pandemic

THURSDAY, April 24, 2025 – Smoking rates continued to decline during the COVID-19 pandemic, but other major risk factors for cancer remained stable, according to a study published online April 23 in...

Immune Therapy Works As Well In Senior Cancer Patients As In Younger Adults

TUESDAY, April 22, 2025 — It’s well-known that a person’s immune system wears down over time, becoming less effective as folks progress through middle age and become seniors. But that doesn’t appear t...

Cancer Death Rates Higher for Children in Neighborhoods With Persistent Poverty

MONDAY, April 21, 2025 – The risk for cancer death is higher among children diagnosed in neighborhoods marked by persistent poverty, according to a study published online April 21 in Pediatrics....

Lung Cancer Remains At Bay Long After Immune Therapy Is Dropped

MONDAY, April 21, 2025 — Immunotherapy might help keep lung cancer at bay for months or even years after the treatment has been abandoned due to side effects, a new study says. Immune checkpoint i...

Cancer Mortality Continuing to Decline

MONDAY, April 21, 2025 – Overall cancer mortality rates declined from 2001 through 2022, while cancer incidence rates decreased from 2001 through 2013 and stabilized through 2021, according to the...

Cutting-Edge Cancer Treatment, CAR T-Cell Therapy, Isn't Known By Most Americans

MONDAY, April 21, 2025 – Chris Vogelsang has had a long and terrible fight with cancer. Fourteen years ago, the 70-year-old man was first diagnosed with an aggressive form of lymphoma. His cancer...

Smoking/Vaping Combo Poses Health Risks

THURSDAY, April 17, 2025 – People might think they can reduce their risk of cancer by occasionally swapping their cigarettes for a vape pen — but they would be wrong, a new study says. So-called “d...

Disparities Evident in Treatment, Survival for Patients With Pancreatic Cancer

THURSDAY, April 17, 2025 – Among patients with metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (mPDAC), racial and ethnic minority patients and socially vulnerable populations are less likely to achieve...

CT Scans Can Increase Your Cancer Risk

WEDNESDAY, April 16, 2025 – Considering a trendy whole-body CT scan after hearing celebrities like Kim Kardashian, Paris Hilton and Jason Bateman tout their benefits? Weigh the cancer risk from the...

Cancer Screening Rates Down Among American Adults

MONDAY, April 14, 2025 – Cancer screenings are literal life savers, catching tumors early enough to cure patients and prevent deaths. Unfortunately, routine cancer screening rates have declined...

Natural Disasters Increase Cancer Risk

MONDAY, April 14, 2025 – Natural disasters fueled by climate change might wind up increasing cancer deaths, a new study suggests. Rates of colon cancer diagnoses dropped during and after Hurricanes...

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