Oncology News

AACR 101st Annual Meeting

Data from an ongoing hospital-based case-control study indicate that women with a prior history of hypothyroidism may be at an increased risk for liver cancer. However, researchers are unclear about whether and why hypothyroidism causes liver cancer.

As liver cancer rates continue to increase globally, researchers have focused on identifying mortality factors and options to improve overall survival following treatment and transplantation.

This month’s cover story gives us a glimpse into the changing face of hepatocellular carcinoma from causes to diagnosis to treatments, including newly approved antibodies.