Cancer Currents
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Blog topics cover the biology of cancer, cancer risk, childhood cancer, clinical trial results, prognosis, screening & early detection, survivorship & supportive care, and treatment. National Cancer Institute (NCI) is the lead federal agency for cancer research.
Cancer Currents
3d ago
For people with inherited changes in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes, regular MRI scans and undergoing a surgery called a salpingo-oophorectomy appear to lower their chances of dying from breast and ovarian cancer, according to results from two studies ..read more
Cancer Currents
5d ago
NCI periodically provides updates on new websites and other online content of interest to the cancer community. See selected content that has been added as of April 2024 ..read more
Cancer Currents
1w ago
Although TP53 mutations help drive the growth of most cancers, there are no FDA-approved therapies that target altered p53 proteins. Now a drug combination has shown promise in mice and is being tested in a clinical trial ..read more
Cancer Currents
2w ago
Adding rusfertide to treatment for polycythemia vera cut phlebotomy rates from nine to less than one per year in a recent clinical trial. The finding may improve the quality of life for those who manage the blood cancer with frequent blood draws ..read more
Cancer Currents
3w ago
For some people with early-stage cervical cancer, a surgical procedure called a simple hysterectomy may be a safe and effective alternative to treatment with a radical hysterectomy, results from the SHAPE trial show ..read more
Cancer Currents
1M ago
Adding a fusion of parts of two genes helped engineered T cells divide faster, kill more tumor cells, and survive longer in mice without making the T cells behave like cancer cells ..read more
Cancer Currents
1M ago
In a clinical trial, an injectable form of nivolumab (Opdivo) was as effective against kidney cancer as the intravenous form of the drug. Side effects were also similar and treatment time was shorter. Injectable immunotherapies, several experts said, if found to be comparable to IV forms, can be more convenient to receive and accessible to more people ..read more
Cancer Currents
1M ago
Adding Lu 177-dotate to the initial treatment of certain advanced neuroendocrine tumors nearly tripling the length of time people survive without their tumors getting worse, according to new clinical trial results ..read more
Cancer Currents
1M ago
Results from a new study suggest that the presence of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) in blood samples can predict which patients with colorectal cancer should and shouldn’t get chemotherapy after surgery to remove their tumors ..read more
Cancer Currents
1M ago
Using two different techniques, researchers showed they could temporarily boost ctDNA levels in the blood of mice with tumors. With more ctDNA in collected blood draws, a liquid biopsy could better detect cancer, the research team found ..read more