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Colorectal Cancer

Does a New Blood-Based Screening Test Accurately Detect Colorectal Cancer Risk?

Colorectal cancer is the second most common cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. This year, it’s expected that more than 53,000 individuals will die of the disease.


Lung Cancer

Anatomic Lung Resection May Be Linked to Improved Survival in Early-Stage NSCLC

Anatomic lung resections such as lobectomy and segmentectomy may be associated with improved long-term survival...

Colorectal Cancer

Novel Combination Targeted Therapies, Chemotherapy in BRAF-Mutated Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

First-line treatment with the targeted therapies encorafenib and cetuximab plus a modified leucovorin, fluorouracil, and oxaliplatin...


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Colorectal Cancer

New Findings on Aspirin and Risk of Colorectal Cancer Recurrence

According to one of the first biomarker-driven randomized study in people with nonmetastatic colorectal cancer, taking 160 mg of aspirin daily...

Colorectal Cancer

New Research Explores Blood Test to Determine Prognosis, Benefit of Celecoxib in Stage III Colon Cancer

Previous research has shown that nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), including aspirin and COX-2 inhibitors...

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Hematologic Malignancies

Rami S. Komrokji, MD, on Myelodysplastic Neoplasms: Classifying Risks Among Subsets of Disease

Issues in Oncology

Cancer Mortality Rates Continue to Decline, Incidence Rates in Women Rise, and Racial Disparities Persist

The findings in the American Cancer Society (ACS) annual report, Cancer Statistics, 2025,1 showed a mixed trend in cancer incidence and mortality rates. Although cancer mortality declined by 34% from 1991 to 2022 in the United States—largely because of smoking reductions, earlier detection, and...

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Cancer Mortality Rates Among Black Patients vs Other Racial, Ethnic Groups

Although the cancer mortality rate among Black patients in the United States has dropped over the past 30 years, this patient population may continue to experience a disproportionately elevated cancer burden compared with other patient populations, according to a recent study published by Saka et...

Paolo Corradini, MD, on PMBCL and DLBCL: Comparing Outcomes With Axicabtagene Ciloleucel

Felix Feng, MD, Leader in Genitourinary Cancer, Dies at Age 48

NRG Oncology, the RTOG Foundation, and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), announced the death of Felix Feng, MD, from cancer at age 48 on December 10, 2024. Dr. Feng was a George and Judy Marcus Distinguished Professor; Professor of Radiation Oncology, Urology and Medicine; Vice...

Breast Cancer

I’m a 2.0 Version of Myself After Cancer

LaShae Rolle, MPH, BS, CPH Although there’s no history of breast cancer in my family, when I was 10, my pediatrician introduced me to breast self-exams, so I would become familiar with my breasts and learn to spot any unusual changes as I got older. I remember her telling me this was an...

The Death of Alexei Navalny and the Discovery of Cancer Chemotherapy

Remembering  Alexi Anatolyevich Navalny: The Russian opposition leader, lawyer, anticorruption activist, and political prisoner, Alexi Navalny died in the Arctic Wolf prison in Siberia approximately 1 year ago on February 16, 2024.  He was designated a Prisoner of Conscience by Amnesty...

Hematologic Malignancies
Leukemia

Nigel Russell, MD, on Acute Myeloid Leukemia: New Findings on FLAG-Ida and Gemtuzumab Ozogamicin

Former UNMC Cancer Center Director, Kenneth H. Cowan, MD, PhD, Dies at 77

Kenneth H. Cowan, MD, PhD Kenneth H. Cowan, MD, PhD, served for 24 years as Director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated cancer center at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), now called the Nebraska Medicine Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center in Omaha. Dr....

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Ageism and Its Role in the Treatment of Cancer

Age discrimination, often referred to as ageism, is an increasingly pressing issue within society. Although it can impact individuals across all age groups, older adults are particularly vulnerable. According to the U.S. Census Bureau projections, by 2040, individuals aged 65 and older will...

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