September 25, 2026   (View All Issues)

Prostate Cancer

MEG BARBOR, MPH  / September 25, 2026

Plant-Based Diet Linked to Lower Risk of Prostate Cancer Progression on Active Surveillance

For many men with low-risk prostate cancer, active surveillance means living with cancer while delaying—or potentially avoiding—surgery or radiation therapy. It also leaves many patients asking what they can do beyond “wait and watch.”

Findings presented at the 2026 American Urological Association...

Supportive Care

MEG BARBOR, MPH  / September 25, 2026

ASCO Breakthrough Studies Target Supportive Care Problems That Can Derail Treatment

Three studies presented at the 2026 ASCO Breakthrough conference in Singapore focused on problems that can derail cancer care even when treatment is otherwise on track: nausea after starting morphine, continued smoking after a cancer diagnosis, and unrecognized frailty in older adults.

Although the ...