Oncology

Eight years ago, a team of researchers launched a project to carefully repeat early but influential lab experiments in cancer research.

For the retrospective study, researchers analyzed patients who took any of 40 different common pharmaceutical drugs while receiving immunotherapy.

Two trials—collectively known as the Canadian National Breast Screening Study (CNBSS)—found that mammograms for women in their 40s did not reduce death rates from breast cancer.

Calorie restriction altered immune cell activity to fight cancer cells. A study from Cancer Discovery.

Screening should continue into later years; older breast cancer patients face worse outcomes according to study of patients in South-Central Ontario.

While studies show associations between low vitamin D status and increased CRC risk, African Americans have the highest incidence and mortality rates of any other racial or ethnic group.

November is Prostate Cancer Awareness month. What do you know about prostate-specific antigen(PSA) testing and prostate cancer diagnosis?

Systematic review identifies 11 major and 16 minor subcategories of cutaneous immune-related adverse effects, each requiring individualized treatment.