Oncology
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Cancer researcher banned from federal funding for faking data in nearly 400 images in 16 grant applications
The former basic medical sciences professor will be banned from receiving federal grants for a decade.
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Terminally ill cancer patients struggle to access psilocybin
“I think what we have here is a confluence of events that are driving toward the mandatory opening of a path to access psilocybin for therapeutic...
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Capivasertib/fulvestrant improves progression free survival in breast cancer
The combination of the investigational AKT inhibitor capivasertib and estrogen receptor antagonist fulvestrant, doubled progression-free survival...
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Gene signature may spare some breast cancer patients from radiation
The POLAR 16-gene mRNA signature accurately identified patients who were unlikely to benefit from radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery.
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Lifestyle choices could curb genetic risk for thyroid cancer
Unhealthy lifestyle factors increased thyroid cancer risk overall, especially in those with a genetic predisposition.
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Melanoma mortality rates fell in 2010s as new therapies took hold
Immunotherapy and targeted therapy appear to be paying dividends, new study finds.
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High response rates with T-DXd in early HER2-low breast cancer
Nearly 70% of patients with hormone receptor-positive breast cancers with low levels of HER2 had pathological response to the antibody-drug...
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Oral SERD camizestrant prolongs PFS vs. fulvestrant in breast cancer
The investigational selective estrogen receptor degrader showed efficacy in advanced ER+/HER2– breast cancers, including patients with ESR1...
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Chemotherapy meets its match against aggressive ER+/HER2– breast cancers
Ribociclib plus endocrine therapy resulted in high response rates and double progression-free survival over combo chemotherapy.
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Potential cause of worse outcomes among Black breast cancer patients found
Tumor microenvironment of metastasis doorways predicted worse outcomes in Black women with residual ER+/HER2– cancer after neoadjuvant...
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Subset of patients with melanoma have very low mortality risk
The authors were interested in identifying lesions that are currently diagnosed as melanoma but might lack the capacity for metastasis.