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Oncology & Cancer

Chemo toxicity: A common gene test could save hundreds of lives each year

One January morning in 2021, Carol Rosen took a standard treatment for metastatic breast cancer. Three gruesome weeks later, she died in excruciating pain from the very drug meant to prolong her life.

Oncology & Cancer

Discovery suggests new strategy against follicular lymphoma

A team led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine has identified important drivers of the transformation of a type of blood cancer called follicular lymphoma from a slow-growing form to the aggressive form it takes in some ...

Oncology & Cancer

Predicting infection risk in childhood cancer

A statistical model can accurately predict the risk of bloodstream infections in a subset of children with cancer, according to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Medications

Improving the world's most potent cancer drug

Fourteen mice scurried around in laboratory cages, eating, sniffing, and running peacefully. You would never guess that, several weeks earlier, half of them had received five times the lethal dose of a leading chemotherapy ...

Oncology & Cancer

Malpractice trends involving active surveillance across cancers

Active surveillance is an established practice for managing certain low-risk cancers that are unlikely to cause harm. It is an increasingly common and effective way to manage certain early-stage cancers, including those in ...

Oncology & Cancer

Investigating mechanisms of aggressive glioblastoma tumor growth

Northwestern Medicine investigators have identified a metabolism-related gene that may play a role in recruiting immune cells to support the growth of aggressive brain tumors, according to a study recently published in Nature ...