THURSDAY, May 30, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Even as suicide rates have risen among Americans generally, one group appears to be bucking that trend: People diagnosed with cancer. Experts are crediting improved access to counseling and other “psychosocial care” with easing the emotional toll of cancer and keeping more patientsContinue Reading
THURSDAY, May 30, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Cancer patients receive less effective treatment at hospitals that mainly serve minority communities, a new study shows. More than 9% of cancer patients are treated at hospitals where a significant percentage of patients are from minority groups, researchers say. Those patients are lessContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, May 29, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Research suggests that tattoo ink spurs inflammatory changes that might contribute to the development of lymphoma. The findings are early, however, and more study must be done to confirm any links between tattooing and the blood cancer, Swedish researchers stressed. “People will likelyContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, May 29, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A 4,000-year-old skull provides evidence that ancient Egyptians might have tried to treat cancer, a new study claims. Microscopic observation of the skull revealed 30 or so lesions scattered across its surface that are consistent with cancer, researchers report. They were stunned toContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, May 29, 2024 (HealthDay News) — People battling advanced colon cancers might have a new treatment option that could extend their survival, a new trial finds. A combination of two experimental immunotherapy drugs plus standard chemotherapy led to a median 19.7 month survival for patients, compared to the medianContinue Reading
TUESDAY, May 28, 2024 (HealthDay News) — An older drug used in a new way could open the path for more patients with potentially deadly blood cancers to receive a lifesaving stem cell transplant, a new study finds. The drug, cyclophosphamide, could help patients receive a stem cell transplant evenContinue Reading
MONDAY, May 27, 2024 (HealthDay News) — If you’re one of the millions of Americans walking around with a new knee or hip, your odds for an infection in that joint rise if you ever have to undergo cancer chemotherapy, researchers report. “Given the number of people of receiving totalContinue Reading
FRIDAY, May 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Colon cancer is increasingly hitting Americans under the age of 50, and a new study outlines the warning signs that these young patients first encounter. The analysis was based on data from 80 different studies, involving almost 25 million patients under the ageContinue Reading
FRIDAY, May 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel on Thursday recommended the approval of a new blood test that can spot colon cancer. The panel voted 7-2 that the benefits outweighed the risks when using the Guardant Health’s Shield test for colon cancer. “TheContinue Reading
FRIDAY, May 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Development and uptake of the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine has been crucial in reducing rates of virus-linked cervical cancers in women. Now, the accumulated data suggests the vaccine is saving men from fatal cancers, too. Overall, men who got the vaccine [typicallyContinue Reading