Gynecologic Cancer News

Among four preventable risk factors for cancer mortality, smoking tobacco resulted in the most deaths and years of life lost in seven countries, according to data published in eClinicalMedicine.

Women who underwent active surveillance for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2 had an increased long-term risk for cervical cancer compared with women who received immediate treatment, according to findings published in The BMJ.

For individuals diagnosed with cancer, guideline-concordant exercise reduced all-cause mortality by 25% compared with patients with cancer who did not exercise, study results published in Journal of Clinical Oncology showed.

Higher BMI increased the risk for obesity-related cancer among a cohort of European adults, irrespective of cardiometabolic disease status, according to study results.

MADRID — This year’s ESMO Congress included research updates that provide valuable data on chemotherapy-free treatment options being explored in recurrent ovarian cancer.

To address ongoing chemotherapy drug shortages, ASCO convened a multidisciplinary panel of oncologists, ethicists and patient advocates to expedite clinical guidance for navigating care where rationing or alternative therapies are needed.

Compared with white women, Black women with a low-risk form of endometrial cancer less frequently received a hysterectomy and had lower survival rates, according to research conducted at Cedars-Sinai Cancer Center.

Precision oncology therapies requiring biomarker testing comprised 43% of all FDA oncology drug approvals between 1998 and 2022, study results published in Cancer Discovery showed.

President Joe Biden today announced his intention to appoint oncologist, researcher and educator, W. Kimryn Rathmell, MD, PhD, as director of the NCI.

Cancer-related mortality and leading causes of cancer death occurred more frequently in nonmetropolitan areas and among individuals with limited education, according to biennial report from the American Cancer Society.