Study: Immunotherapy costs drive increase in Medicare spending for outpatient cancer care at the end of life

by American Society for Radiation OncologyCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA new study finds that recent increases in Medicare spending on outpatient cancer care at the end of patients' lives

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Study: Immunotherapy costs drive increase in Medicare spending for outpatient cancer care at the end of life

by American Society for Radiation OncologyCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA new study finds that recent increases in Medicare spending on outpatient cancer care at the end of patients' lives

Updated on:February 18,2024 18

Cancer patients may face greater risk of shingles

(HealthDay)—Newly diagnosed cancer patients may be at increased risk for the painful skin condition shingles, a new study finds.Experts say development of new vaccines might help prevent shingles in&n

Updated on: March 01,2024 19

Cancer patients may face greater risk of shingles

(HealthDay)—Newly diagnosed cancer patients may be at increased risk for the painful skin condition shingles, a new study finds.Experts say development of new vaccines might help prevent shingles in&n

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New breast cancer screening guidelines call for earlier and more-intensive screening for high-risk women

byElsevierCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainNew American College of Radiology breast cancer screening guidelines now call for all women—particularly Black and Ashkenazi Jewish women—to have risk

Updated on: January 12,2024 10

New breast cancer screening guidelines call for earlier and more-intensive screening for high-risk women

byElsevierCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainNew American College of Radiology breast cancer screening guidelines now call for all women—particularly Black and Ashkenazi Jewish women—to have risk

Updated on:January 12,2024 10

Combined epigenetic and immunotherapy for blastic and classical mantle cell lymphoma

by Impact JournalsMechanisms of SCR resistance and characterization of the CD20 negative MCL cell lines 353. Credit: LeBlanc et al,Oncotarget(2022). DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.28258A new res

Updated on: January 02,2024 9

Combined epigenetic and immunotherapy for blastic and classical mantle cell lymphoma

by Impact JournalsMechanisms of SCR resistance and characterization of the CD20 negative MCL cell lines 353. Credit: LeBlanc et al,Oncotarget(2022). DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.28258A new res

Updated on:January 02,2024 9

In breast-cancer prevention, race matters

by The Ohio State UniversityCredit: CC0 Public DomainAfrican-American women at high risk of breast cancer are less likely than white women to pursue potentially life-saving preventive care, and r

Updated on: April 22,2024 11

In breast-cancer prevention, race matters

by The Ohio State UniversityCredit: CC0 Public DomainAfrican-American women at high risk of breast cancer are less likely than white women to pursue potentially life-saving preventive care, and r

Updated on:April 22,2024 11

Deep learning and radiomics allow precise differentiation in brain tumors

by Karl Landsteiner University of Health SciencesGeneral diagram of the proposed radiomics and radiophysiomics approach, showing the major steps: MRI data acquisition, calculation of MRI biomarker map

Updated on: January 04,2024 6

Deep learning and radiomics allow precise differentiation in brain tumors

by Karl Landsteiner University of Health SciencesGeneral diagram of the proposed radiomics and radiophysiomics approach, showing the major steps: MRI data acquisition, calculation of MRI biomarker map

Updated on:January 04,2024 6

Researchers find link between obesity and blood cancer

by Jackie Maupin,Indiana University School of MedicineCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainIndiana University School of Medicine researchers studying clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential

Updated on: February 01,2024 16

Researchers find link between obesity and blood cancer

by Jackie Maupin,Indiana University School of MedicineCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainIndiana University School of Medicine researchers studying clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential

Updated on:February 01,2024 16

Researchers discover connection between stress-activated signaling and immune cell evasion in melanoma

by H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research InstituteGraphical abstract. Credit:Cancer Cell(2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2022.08.016Anti-cancer immune cells are critical to inhibiti

Updated on: February 18,2024 14

Researchers discover connection between stress-activated signaling and immune cell evasion in melanoma

by H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research InstituteGraphical abstract. Credit:Cancer Cell(2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2022.08.016Anti-cancer immune cells are critical to inhibiti

Updated on:February 18,2024 14

Leukemia, lymphoma squarely in sights of new class of drugs

by Will Sansom,University of Texas Health Science Center at San AntonioCredit: CC0 Public DomainUT Health San Antonio researchers, working with collaborators at the University of Florida, have d

Updated on: March 08,2024 20

Leukemia, lymphoma squarely in sights of new class of drugs

by Will Sansom,University of Texas Health Science Center at San AntonioCredit: CC0 Public DomainUT Health San Antonio researchers, working with collaborators at the University of Florida, have d

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New immunotherapy targeting tumor macrophages to tackle lung cancer

by Germans Trias i Pujol Research InstituteRImAb modifies the intratumoral myeloid cell compartment in a mouse model of LLC. a) Myeloid cell gating classification using the expression of surface marke

Updated on: February 18,2024 15

New immunotherapy targeting tumor macrophages to tackle lung cancer

by Germans Trias i Pujol Research InstituteRImAb modifies the intratumoral myeloid cell compartment in a mouse model of LLC. a) Myeloid cell gating classification using the expression of surface marke

Updated on:February 18,2024 15

Trial: Standard chemoradiation superior to de-intensification approaches for HPV-related oropharyngeal cancer

byAmerican Society for Radiation OncologyCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainResearchers looking to de-intensify radiation treatments for people with early-stage, HPV-associated oropharyngeal canc

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Trial: Standard chemoradiation superior to de-intensification approaches for HPV-related oropharyngeal cancer

byAmerican Society for Radiation OncologyCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainResearchers looking to de-intensify radiation treatments for people with early-stage, HPV-associated oropharyngeal canc

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Researcher looks at molecular changes for clues to disparities in breast cancer outcomes

by Medical University of South CarolinaPeggi Angel, Ph.D., is in looking at how socioeconomic stressors may influence metabolic processes that could in turn create a "tumor permissive"

Updated on: February 18,2024 19

Researcher looks at molecular changes for clues to disparities in breast cancer outcomes

by Medical University of South CarolinaPeggi Angel, Ph.D., is in looking at how socioeconomic stressors may influence metabolic processes that could in turn create a "tumor permissive"

Updated on:February 18,2024 19