Top in hem/onc: Cancer moonshot; lung cancer in non-smokers exposed to particulate matter
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President Joe Biden recently announced Renee Wegrzyn, PhD, as the inaugural director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health.
Biden also established the National Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Initiative. The two moves are part of his efforts to “reignite” the cancer moonshot initiative started by former President Barack Obama in 2016. It was the top story in hematology/oncology last week.
The second top story was about a study that found a heightened risk for lung cancer in never-smokers exposed to particulate matter.
“The same particles in the air that derive from the combustion of fossil fuels, exacerbating climate change, are directly impacting human health via an important and previously overlooked cancer-causing mechanism in lung cells,” Charles Swanton, MD, PhD, chief clinician at Cancer Research UK, said in a press release.
Read these and more top stories in hematology/oncology below:
Biden touts cancer moonshot as new ‘national purpose’
Biden detailed two new initiatives related to his administration’s cancer moonshot. Read more.
Particles associated with climate change may cause lung cancer in never-smokers
Exposure to increased concentrations of airborne particulate matter appeared to be associated with an increased risk for EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer among never-smokers, according to study results presented at ESMO Congress. Read more.
FDA approves Rolvedon to reduce infection incidence when taking certain anticancer drugs
The FDA approved eflapegrastim-xnst injection (Spectrum Pharmaceuticals) to reduce the incidence of infection, as manifested by febrile neutropenia, in adults with nonmyeloid malignancies taking certain anticancer drugs, according to a company-issued press release. Read more.
How high-income physicians can secure enough disability insurance
Between the loss of income and increases in medical care costs, disabling injuries suffered by high-income physicians can cause financial devastation that far exceeds that of their premature death. Read more.
Multicancer blood test shows efficacy for early cancer detection
A novel multicancer early detection blood test identified a common signal for more than 50 cancer types and predicted where the signal originated in the body among individuals with undiagnosed cancer. Read more.