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May 21, 2024
How wearable fitness trackers may help cancer patients and survivorsThe four most important health uses for wearable trackers are monitoring, screening, detecting and predicting.
February 1, 2024
5 bold predictions about the future of cancer careCancer researchers are optimistic that in 2024 more people will benefit from cancer breakthroughs, including research that unlocks the biology behind cancer disparities, wider access to CAR T-cell therapy and better access to clinical trials.
September 26, 2023
Bringing viruses to the frontlines of cancer treatmentSome viruses not only have a talent for killing cancer cells, but they also may improve the body’s immune system response to the disease.
August 17, 2023
Cancer treatments often may include more alternatives to chemotherapyChemotherapy is still regularly used in cancer treatment—either by itself or in combination with other therapies—but oncologists also have a variety of newer cancer-fighting drugs at their disposal.
August 1, 2023
Bispecific antibodies: New hope for hard-to-treat blood cancersNew therapies are available to bolster the immune system by using novel lab-produced antibodies that handcuff cancerous cells to disease-fighting T-cells.
March 21, 2023
How quickly does cancer spread?Because every cancer is different, there’s no universal rate at which all cancers grow. Some cancers tend to remain in place and not grow much at all. Others grow slowly—so slowly that they may never require treatment. Aggressive cancers may grow and spread so quickly that they metastasize before the cancer has been diagnosed.
December 27, 2022
HPV vaccine compliance still lags as researchers eye a one-shot protocolVarious factors and a growing mistrust of vaccines are among some of the reasons why HPV vaccine rates may lag behind traditional recommended childhood vaccines
April 20, 2022
Patients have options to restore their voice after head and neck cancer treatmentFor patients with head and neck cancers, cancer symptoms and treatment side effects often complicate two innate tasks that are usually taken for granted—speaking and swallowing.
March 23, 2022
For prostate cancer patients, it’s always good to know the scoreThe Gleason score is a critical calculation designed to help determine the extent of the disease, the aggressiveness of the cancer cells and how it may be treated.
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