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Night Shift Workers Might Lower Cancer Risk With Melatonin
TUESDAY, Feb. 25, 2025 – Night shift workers face an increased risk of cancer, as their disrupted sleep cycle causes wear and tear on their DNA. But taking melatonin might help ward off this risk, a...
Hospice, Palliative Care Underused Among Advanced Cancer Patients
MONDAY, Feb. 24, 2025 – Many patients with incurable cancer aren’t getting care that could ease their suffering at the end of life, a new study suggests. Close to half of patients with advanced c...
Black Patients With Cancer Still Have Higher Mortality Rates Than Whites
FRIDAY, Feb. 21, 2025 – Cancer mortality has decreased among Black Americans, but they still have elevated mortality rates compared with White Americans, according to a study published online Feb....
Black Cancer Death Rate Declining, But Higher Risk Remains
FRIDAY, Feb. 21, 2025 – Cancer deaths among Black men and women in the U.S. have declined during the past decade in the United States, a new American Cancer Society (ACS) report says. The cancer...
NIH Research Funding Drops $1B Under Trump Administration
TUESDAY, Feb. 18, 2025 – Federal funding for medical research has dropped by roughly $1 billion this year, raising alarm among universities, medical centers and lawmakers who warn the shortfall...
What Cancer Screenings Do You Need? A Quick Guide
SATURDAY, Feb. 15, 2025 – Cancer screenings can save lives by detecting cancer early, when treatment is most effective. With an estimated 2 million new cancer cases expected in 2025, regular...
Cancer Incidence, Mortality Rates Declining in Appalachia
THURSDAY, Feb. 13, 2025 – Cancer incidence and mortality rates are declining in Appalachia, but they are still significantly higher than among non-Appalachian residents, according to a study...
Epstein-Barr Virus Might Help Trigger Cancer After Kidney Transplant
Key Takeaways Kidney transplant recipients who’ve never been exposed to the Epstein-Barr virus but receive organs from a donor who has been may develop a rare and aggressive cancer As many as 1...
American Cancer Society Calls for Restoration of Key CDC, FDA Data
FRIDAY, Feb. 14, 2025 – With certain government data currently being withheld, removed, or restored but partially redacted on the websites of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and...
Patient-Reported Symptom Monitoring Aids Cancer Treatment Outcomes
FRIDAY, Feb. 14, 2025 – Electronic symptom monitoring with patient-reported outcomes (PRO) meaningfully improves clinical outcomes for cancer treatment, according to a study published online Feb. 7...
'E-reporting' Daily Symptoms Boosts Cancer Patients' Well-Being
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 12, 2025 – Patients with advanced cancers who checked in daily with their care teams electronically gained a better quality of life, a new study concludes. This "patient-reported...
Cancer Rates Are Falling in Appalachia, But Not Enough
MONDAY, Feb. 10, 2025 – Appalachia has a rich history and gorgeous landscapes, but it has also experienced rates of cancer incidence and death that outstrip those of much of the rest of America....
Preterm Birth Slightly Higher for Offspring of Young Male Patients With Cancer
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 5, 2025 – The prevalence of preterm birth is slightly higher among liveborn offspring of male adolescents and young adults with cancer (AYAs; aged 15 to 39 years), according to a...
Lifetime Cancer Risk Might Be Set Before You're Born
MONDAY, Feb. 3, 2025 – A person’s lifetime risk of cancer might be partly established before they are even born, a new mouse study says. Researchers identified two distinct genetic states that arise ...
Opioid Painkillers Less Available To People Of Color
THURSDAY, Jan. 30, 2025 – People of color now have less access to prescription opioid painkillers than white patients, an unintended consequence of efforts to stem America’s opioid epidemic. C...
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