Faced with a , 7.4% of patients ignored standard practice of undergoing colonoscopy and had a second fecal blood test, and a majority of those patients delayed colonoscopy for more than a year. (Kaiser Permanente, Journal of General Internal Medicine)
A Delaware jury unanimously decided that AstraZeneca with the lung cancer drug osimertinib (Tagrisso) and agreed on $107.5 million in damages for Pfizer. (BioSpace)
A group of cancer survivors has sued Johnson & Johnson over its efforts to use a to resolve thousands of lawsuits alleging that the company's talc products cause cancer. (Reuters)
Inflammatory tongue conditions had a significant association with subsequent development of . (Journal of Clinical Oncology)
An for detecting breast cancer metastasis. (UT Southwestern)
CAR T-cell therapy for a type of showed early promise in navigating to the tumor site and improving anticancer activity. (Baylor College of Medicine, Journal of Clinical Oncology)
A specialized survey questionnaire may provide more insight into the little-studied issue of . (NYU Langone Health, European Urology Oncology)
A laboratory study suggested that exercise increases the , which might improve the anticancer activity of immune therapy. (Medical Dialogues, Brain Behavior and Immunity)
Acupuncture showed promise for (dry mouth) associated with radiation therapy for head and neck cancer. (University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, JAMA Network Open)
Consumption of a was associated with multiple health benefits and improved well-being of patients with metastatic breast cancer. (University of Rochester Wilmot Cancer Center, Breast Cancer Research and Treatment)