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Men undergoing radiation therapy for prostate cancer who experience side effects early in treatment may face a higher risk of developing more serious long-term urinary and bowel health issues, accord…

Researchers at UC San Francisco have found that some cancers, like glioma, make unique, jumbled proteins that make them stand out. These newly recognized cancer-specific proteins, or antigens, could …

An enzyme called cyclin-dependent kinase 2 (CDK2) regulates the cell cycle and may have the potential to drive therapeutic resistance to common breast cancer drugs – including a class of targeted tre…

An 18-year survivor of neuroblastoma, a solid childhood tumor that develops in immature nerve cells, is believed to represent the longest reported remission to date in a patient treated with chimeric…

Emory University chemists invented a reaction to streamline the total synthesis of a compound, phaeocaulisin A, extracted from a plant used in traditional Chinese medicine. In laboratory dish experim…

In a randomized clinical trial, researchers from Huntsman Cancer Institute have found that short-course, higher dose vaginal brachytherapy for endometrial cancer had similar effectiveness to more fre…

Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers, with colleagues from Moffitt Cancer Center, recently published an updated review of guidelines governing the use of neoadjuvant and adjuvant therapy for patients …

In two studies, University of Michigan researchers are the first to demonstrate in the U.S. that self-sampling is just as effective as speculum-based testing for human papillomavirus (HPV) detection.

By characterizing the demographics and comorbidities of patients screened for lung cancer in three states, a new study led by the UF Health Cancer Center lays the groundwork for a personalized approa…

A team of scientists at The University of Kansas Cancer Center’s Cancer Biology research program are exploring ways to improve the CA125 blood test, one of the primary tools for detecting ovarian can…

A team of researchers from the University of Maryland School of Medicine and the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center have analyzed the pre-treatment CT s…

In patients with high-risk HER2-positive breast cancer, postsurgery, or adjuvant, treatment with trastuzumab emtansine reduced the long-term risk of death or invasive disease by 46 percent and improv…

Through the Global Platform for Access to Childhood Cancer Medicines, the World Health Organization (WHO) and St. Jude have begun distributing critically-needed childhood cancer medicines in two of s…

Season 9 of the Patient Advocate Foundation's (PAF) acclaimed podcast, Advocates in Action, is now streaming. Please listen to the first episode, featuring PAF's Gwen Darien in conversation with Fred…

OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center has launched a mobile lung cancer screening bus, in collaboration with the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust and others, to bring critical early detection capabili…

At Markey Cancer Center, we’re breaking down barriers to advance innovations in cancer research on a global scale. Read the full story at ukhealthcare.com/cancer.

Dan Theodorescu, MD, PhD, has been appointed director of the University of Arizona Cancer Center. Dr. Theodorescu is a leader in bladder cancer research. He has also served as director of Cedars-Sina…