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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 4-May-2025 13:09 ET (4-May-2025 17:09 GMT/UTC)

Home testing kits and coordinated outreach substantially improve colorectal cancer screening rates

University of North Carolina Health Care
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Colorectal cancer screening is an effective tool for catching the disease early when it's most treatable, yet it is underutilized at federally qualified health centers (FQHC). A new study by UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers demonstrated that a targeted intervention that paired mailing at-home colorectal cancer screening kits with coordinated follow-up tripled screening completion rates compared to usual care at FQHCs

Journal: JAMA Network Open
Funder: NIH/National Cancer Institute, University Cancer Research Fund

Chromosomal chaos promotes therapy resistance in leukemia cells and opens up new treatment approaches

German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ)
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Chromosomal instability plays a crucial role in the progression of cancer: it shapes the properties of tumor cells and drives the development of therapy resistance. Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), the Heidelberg Stem Cell Institute HI-STEM* and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) used state-of-the-art single-cell analysis methods to analyze the cellular heterogeneity of a specific form of acute myeloid leukemia. Their data show how genetic and non-genetic factors determine the functional heterogeneity of blood cancer cells and reveal new therapeutic targets.

Journal: Nature Genetics

Addressing barriers to advance care planning by adults with advanced cancers

Regenstrief Institute
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In one of the first studies to test the utility of mindfulness to support advance care planning by adult cancer patients and their family caregivers, researchers from Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University have found that mindfulness showed promise in improving quality of life and advance care planning outcomes in patients and their family caregivers coping with advanced cancer.

Journal: BMC Palliative Care
Funder: Indiana University Health, Walther Cancer Foundation, NIH/National Cancer Institute

How race impacts patients’ response to cancer immunotherapy

Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Clinical trials testing cancer immunotherapies significantly under-represented Black patients. So while these treatments have resulted in dramatically improved outcomes for some patients, researchers from the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center wanted to understand whether that success holds true for patients who are Black.

Journal: The Lancet Oncology
Funder: LUNGevity Foundation, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

ASTRO issues update to clinical guideline on radiation therapy for rectal cancer

American Society for Radiation Oncology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) issued today an updated clinical guideline for physicians who use radiation therapy to treat patients with locally advanced rectal cancer. This update incorporates new data on patient selection and best practices from several practice-changing clinical trials published since the prior guideline was issued in 2020. The updated ASTRO guideline is published in Practical Radiation Oncology.

Journal: Practical Radiation Oncology

Scientists find why tamoxifen works better for some people

American Society for Microbiology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Tamoxifen is a common and important treatment to prevent breast cancer from recurring. A new study shows that variation in a patient’s gut microbiome can impact how effective the treatment is.

Journal: mBio

Launch of the Gustave Roussy Prize to honor scientific innovation in oncology

Comprehensive Cancer Centre Gustave Roussy
Grant and Award Announcement

For this inaugural edition of the Gustave Roussy Prize, applications must be submitted by December 20, 2024, at the following link: https://forms.office.com/e/rBSaqphxwG

Funder: Les Laboratories Pierre Fabre

Therapeutic potential of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) derived from metastatic lymph nodes in advanced cervical cancer

Sichuan International Medical Exchange and Promotion Association
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A recent study published in Molecular Biomedicine has revealed the promising therapeutic potential of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) derived from metastatic lymph nodes in treating advanced cervical cancer. Conducted by researchers from the Biotherapy Center and Cancer Center of the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University and Grit Biotechnology in Shanghai, the study provides crucial insights into personalized immunotherapy for patients with refractory solid cancers.

Journal: Molecular Biomedicine

The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer & Lung Cancer Research Foundation award first $2.5 million team science grant to advance lung cancer cure

International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer
Grant and Award Announcement

The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) and The Lung Cancer Research Foundation (LCRF) announce the first grant recipient of the IASLC LCRF Team Science Research Grant on the Next Step in the Cure of Oncogene-Driven Lung Cancers Award. Patients with oncogenic-driven lung cancer account for approximately 40-50% of the lung cancer population.

New MUSC Hollings Cancer Center research shows how Golgi stress affects T-cells' tumor-fighting ability

Medical University of South Carolina
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers investigating ways to reduce exhaustion in cancer-fighting T-cells found that the Golgi apparatus can be used as a simple marker - more Golgi means a more robust cell.

Journal: Science Advances
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