Tag: Cancer: Misc.
FDA Approves At-Home Cervical Cancer Test for Women Ages 25 to 65
By I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
MONDAY, May 12, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Women now have a new way to check their risk for cervical cancer...
Multicancer Early Detection Screening Improves Patient Outcomes
More favorable diagnostic yield seen with annual versus biennial screening
American Association for Cancer Research, April 25-30
By Beth Gilbert HealthDay Reporter
The annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research was held this year from April 25 to 30 in Chicago, drawing...
Exercise Helps Reduce Side Effects From Cancer Treatment
Some benefits include mitigation of cardiac toxicity, peripheral neuropathy, cognitive impairment, and dyspnea
Outcomes With Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors Similar for Older, Younger Patients
Older patients have divergent immune phenotypes at baseline that persist during immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy
AACR: Nonsurgical Treatment Feasible for Mismatch Repair-Deficient Tumors
Neoadjuvant PD-1 blockade with dostarlimab enables nonoperative management strategy for large proportion of patients
Landmark Women’s Health Study Saved From Funding Cuts
By I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
MONDAY, April 28, 2025 (HealthDay News) — In a sudden about-face, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)...
Melphalan/Hepatic Delivery System Beneficial for Metastatic Uveal Melanoma
Melphalan/HDS efficacious, has favorable risk-benefit profile for unresectable metastatic uveal melanoma
Prevalence of Most Cancer Risk Factors Unchanged Before, After Pandemic
Prevalence of smoking continued to drop during pandemic, but prevalence of excess body weight, HPV vaccination remained stable
Annual Whole-Body, Low-Dose CT Aids Management of Smoldering Multiple Myeloma
One in 10 progressed solely with bone lesions, highlighting the importance of early detection
