(Reuters Health) – Asian-American adults are significantly less likely to consistently use sunscreen than non-Hispanic whites, a new U.S. study suggests. Researchers examined data on 7,173 participants from the 2011 to 2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) who answered a dermatology questionnaire, including 2,200 people who identified as Asian-American (9%) and 4,973 people […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Trade Commission will seek to stop Illumina Inc’s $7.1 billion proposed acquisition of cancer detection test maker Grail Inc, the agency said in a statement on Tuesday. The agency said the deal would slow innovation for tests that are designed to detect multiple kinds of cancer. Illumina, a life sciences […]
A hydrogel developed at Hokkaido University successfully reverted cancer cells back to cancer stem cells within 24 hours in six different human cancer types. This could lead to the development of anti-cancer stem cell drugs and personalized medicines. Cancer is the leading cause of death in developed countries, and more than 8.6 million people die […]
A new study is providing what researchers are calling “unique and important insights” into potential mechanisms contributing to the Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) also known as “broken heart syndrome.” Results from the retrospective case-control study suggest that chronically heightened stress-associated neurobiological activity may affect both the risk for, and timing of, subsequent TTS. “The findings suggest […]
Immunotherapy, which recruits the body’s own immune system to attack cancer, has given many cancer patients a new avenue to treat the disease. But many cancer immunotherapy treatments can be expensive, have devastating side effects, and only work in a fraction of patients. Researchers at the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering at the University of […]
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects about 37 million people in the United States (more than 1 in every 7 adults). Around 90 percent of people who have this condition are unaware they have it; 2 out of 5 adults don’t know they have severe chronic kidney disease. People with CKD can live for years without […]
Reluctance to attend hospital tests and come forward about symptoms could be contributing to delays in lung cancer diagnosis, a Cancer Research UK survey of GPs across the UK shows. The study of 1,000 GPs has helped to explain a decline in both diagnosis and treatment rates for the disease, with urgent referrals dropping by […]
This is the third in a series of articles on delivering cancer treatment at home. If providing cancer therapies at home means handing off patients to a home-infusion company, Tennessee Oncology wants no part of it. The Nashville-based practice, one of the largest community-based practices in the country, is built on a business model that […]
The scientist who won the race to deliver the first widely used coronavirus vaccine says people can rest assured the shots are safe, and the technology behind it will soon be used to fight another global scourge—cancer. Ozlem Tureci, who co-founded the German company BioNTech with her husband, was working on a way to harness […]
US regulators are stepping up scrutiny of cancer indications that were granted an accelerated approval on the basis of surrogate endpoints but that have failed to show clinical or survival benefits on more extensive testing. At issue are a number of cancer indications for immunotherapies. Four have already been withdrawn (voluntarily by the manufacturer), and […]
