Study suggests that germline genetics may influence lung cancer risk in this patient population. Native American ancestry was associated with increased mutations in the EGFR gene in lung cancer patients from Latin American countries,...
Steroid used to prevent swelling in the brains of patients with glioblastoma may have “detrimental effect” on treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors.
Artificial intelligence may help predict response to immunotherapy among patients with metastatic melanoma, study reports.
Disproportionate share of the burden of premature cancer deaths in the United States falls on racial and ethnic minorities and on younger people. More than 4 million potential years of life were lost to...
nce thought sterile, lungs can harbor microbes that may affect lung cancer pathogenesis and prognosis.
A draft recommendation from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force calls for colorectal cancer screening to start at age 45, rather than 50.
Study results show importance of considering age of the patient in cancer treatment.
A new study reports that an inexpensive way to analyze DNA isolated from cells in urine is more sensitive than urine cytology, a microscopic examination of cells in the urine. When a doctor suspects...
Long-term social and economic factors contribute to disparities in cancer mortality in U.S. counties with "persistent poverty".
Patients with bladder cancer who are treated with an immunotherapeutic may face worse outcomes if they also take proton pump inhibitors.
AACR Fellow Lewis C. Cantley, PhD, leads a national effort targeting triple-negative breast cancer and ovarian cancer with a novel drug combination.
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