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
FRIDAY, May 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — New AI can help detect breast cancer that is spreading to other parts of the body, without the need for biopsies, a new study finds. The AI analyzes MRI scans to detect the presence of cancer cells in the lymph nodes under theContinue Reading
TUESDAY, May 21, 2024 (HealthDay News) — If you’ve quit smoking and have switched to vaping instead, your odds for lung cancer won’t fall as steeply as if you quit nicotine altogether, new research suggests. “This is the first large population-based study to demonstrate the increased risk of lung cancerContinue Reading
TUESDAY, May 21, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Giving patients a choice between screening methods could help doctors detect colon cancer earlier, a new study shows. More than double the number of patients underwent colon cancer screening if they were given a choice of the type of test they’d prefer, researchersContinue Reading
TUESDAY, May 21, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Gallbladder cancer rates are steadily increasing among Black Americans, even as they remain stable or decline for most other Americans, a new study warns. Further, growing numbers of cases among Black people are not being diagnosed until later stages, according to the findingsContinue Reading
FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved a new drug to treat patients with an advanced form of deadly lung cancer. Importantly, tarlatamab (Imdelltra) is only for patients who have exhausted all other options to treat extensive-stage small cell lung cancer.Continue Reading
FRIDAY, May 17, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Cutting-edge cancer treatments are essentially useless for patients barely clinging to life, a new study shows. Chemotherapies, immunotherapies, targeted therapies and hormone therapies do not improve survival rates in patients with very advanced tumors near the end of life, according to findings publishedContinue Reading