Category: Cancer
Some Primary Care Doctors Not Prepared to Help with Cancer Treatment Decisions
By Nicolle Fawcett, Michigan Medicine Up to one-third of primary care providers discussed breast cancer treatment options with patients but many report gaps in their knowledge. The idea of team-based cancer care most often focuses on involving primary care physicians in…
Exposure to chemical in Roundup increases risk for cancer
Exposure to glyphosate — the main ingredient in the weedkiller Roundup — ups the risk of some cancers by more than 40%.
Obesity-Related Cancers up in Young Adults
Rates up for six of the 12 obesity-related cancers: colorectal, endometrial, gallbladder, kidney, multiple myeloma, and pancreas.
Vitamin D Supplements Don’t Reduce Cancer Incidence, Study
In the largest-ever randomized clinical trial testing vitamin D for cancer prevention, the supplement did not reduce the risk of developing cancer.
Fish Oil And Vitamin D Pills No Guard Against Cancer Or Serious Heart Trouble
A widely anticipated study has concluded neither vitamin D nor fish oil supplements prevent cancer or serious heart-related problems in healthy older people.
Pricey precision medicine can be financially toxic
The high cost of cutting-edge treatments threatens to keep precision medicine, one of the most celebrated areas in cancer care, out of reach for many patients.
States Act To Safeguard Young Cancer Patients’ Chances To Have Children
Health insurance doesn’t typically cover fertility preservation care, so patients and their families may be deterred by the cost.
Blacks, Native Americans left out of cancer drug trials
Black people and Native Americans are under-represented in clinical trials, even when the drugs are aimed at a cancer that disproportionately affects them.
Closing the rural-urban cancer survival gap
Rural cancer patients would likely survive just as long as their city-dwelling counterparts if they received “guideline care” available in clinical trials.
Gene-editing technique CRISPR identifies dangerous breast cancer mutations
CRISPR was used to introduce mutations into cells that see what effects these mutations have on the cell.
Top Cancer Researcher Resigns After Failing to Disclose Industry Ties
Dr. José Baselga resigned on amid reports that he had failed to disclose millions in payments from health care companies in dozens of research articles.
Is ‘Precision Medicine’ The Answer To Cancer? Not Precisely.
Doctors and hospitals love to talk about patients saved with precision medicine, and reporters love to write about them, but success is, in fact, rare.
Top Cancer Researcher Fails to Disclose Financial Ties to Corporations
One of the world’s top breast cancer doctors failed to disclose millions of dollars in payments from drug and health care companies in recent years.
Cancer, Schmancer. In California, Coffee Is King
At issue is a chemical called acrylamide, a byproduct of coffee roasting also present in many other foods that are roasted, fried or baked.
For Nursing Home Patients, Breast Cancer Surgery May Do More Harm Than Good
For frail nursing home residents, breast cancer surgery can harm their health and even hasten death.