Ethnic minorities and the elderly are underrepresented in cancer clinical trials
ATLANTA -- Many ethnic minority groups and elderly Americans are underrepresented in cancer clinical trials, according to results of a study presented at the 10th...
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People of Mexican decent in US have more liver cancer risk factors than those living in Mexico
ATLANTA -- Mexican-Americans living in the United States demonstrated more risk factors for liver cancer than their counterparts in Mexico, according to results of a...
Religiously tailored educational intervention lead more Muslim women to get mammograms
ATLANTA -- A religiously sensitive educational effort designed to address barriers to mammography for Muslim women increased the women's perceived likelihood of getting the breast...
Tumor microenvironment of TNBC varies between African-American and European-American women
ATLANTA -- The presence of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) varied significantly in the tumors of African-American and European-American women with triple negative breast cancer (TNBC), suggestin..
Halving radiation therapy for HPV-related throat cancer offers fewer side effects, similar outcomes
SAN DIEGO - Mayo Clinic researchers have found that a 50 percent reduction in the intensity and dose of radiation therapy for patients with HPV-related...
Trial confirms pelvic radiation as standard of care for high-risk endometrial cancer
Credit: Marcus Randall, M.D., FASTRO SAN DIEGO, September 25, 2017 - In a new phase III trial report from the National Clinical Trial Network group,...
Prostaglandin EI inhibits leukemia stem cells
Two drugs, already approved for safe use in people, may be able to improve therapy for chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), a blood cancer that affects...
Radiation+immunotherapy can slow tumor growth for some patients with metastatic NSCLC
Credit: James Welsh, MD SAN DIEGO, September 24, 2017 - A new study involving patients with stage IV cancer finds that treatment with radiation therapy...
Streamlined process opens drug development to a new class of steroids
Researchers at Dartmouth College have developed a technique to produce synthetic steroids that could pave the way for a cascade of new drug discoveries. The...
Study finds 75 percent of depressed cancer center patients were previously undiagnosed
Credit: Jason Domogauer, PhD SAN DIEGO, September 24, 2017 -- A new study of patients at an urban cancer center points to a potentially serious...
Adding radiation to chemotherapy may dramatically improve survival for advanced NSCLC
Credit: Puneeth Iyengar, MD, PhD SAN DIEGO, September 24, 2017 - Combining radiation therapy with chemotherapy for patients with limited metastatic non-small cell lung cancer...
Shorter course of radiation treatment safe for breast cancer patients under 50
A higher-dose, shorter form of radiation is safe, effective, and no more damaging to the breast tissue or skin of breast cancer patients under age...
Breast cancer patients largely find radiation therapy experience better than expected
Credit: Narek Shaverdian, M.D. SAN DIEGO, September 25, 2017 -- A new survey finds breast cancer patients' actual radiation therapy experiences largely exceeded their expectations....
International trial confirms safety, effectiveness of HDR brachytherapy for cervical cancer
Credit: May Abdel-Wahab, MD, PhD, FASTRO SAN DIEGO, September 24, 2017 - Findings from a new multicenter, international clinical trial confirm the effectiveness of high-dose...
Long-term survival rates double previous estimates for locally advanced lung cancer
Credit: Jeffrey D. Bradley, MD, FASTRO SAN DIEGO, September 24, 2017 -- Long-term results of a phase III clinical trial indicate that survival rates for...
