New funding backs pioneering research to make brain cancer treatment more effective
Adelaide researchers are challenging decades-old assumptions about brain cancer treatment in a bid to make radiation therapy more…
New drug delivers promising survival gains in pancreatic cancer
About 90% of people with pancreatic cancer have pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), which is driven by an activating mutation in…
AI reveals effective combination therapy for advanced rectal cancer
Artificial intelligence developed by researchers at UCL has revealed a promising combination of cancer treatments that could help…
Rural radiation oncology clinic closures threaten cancer patient care
A new study led by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai found that although…
Proton cancer therapy arrives in Bay Area
Stephen De La Torre, 7, is usually all smiles. But on a recent Wednesday at Stanford Medicine’s cancer…
Implanted collagen tiles double survival for brain metastasis patients
A multicenter clinical trial led by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has found…
Defining the limits of immunotherapy in early small-cell lung cancer
Immunotherapy given during and after chemoradiation did not improve survival for study participants with limited-stage, small-cell lung cancer…
Assessing long-term cognitive risks in ependymoma survivors
A study led by St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital assessed cognitive and communication abilities in children treated for…
Proton therapy improves survival in oropharyngeal cancer patients
A new study published today in The Lancet showed a significant survival benefit for patients with oropharyngeal cancers…
National initiative helps reduce missed radiation appointments for cancer patients
A national quality improvement program led by the American College of Surgeons (ACS) found that transportation barriers and…
Research identifies biomarkers in blood to fine-tune breast cancer interventions
Doctors may be able to spare patients unnecessarily aggressive breast cancer treatments by collecting and testing cancer cells…
Randomized trial finds both proton and photon therapies preserve post-treatment well-being
The first randomized trial to compare photon- and proton-based radiation therapy for breast cancer finds that patients report…