Oncology News

Past-year Pap smear testing rates were lower in 2022 than in 2019, highlighting the need to increase screening access, especially in rural areas, to prevent cervical cancer, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.

In this episode of Meeting Mic, we bring you pearls and perspectives from the 2024 ASCO Annual Meeting, as well as Healio’s top headlines from the meeting.

Greater adherence to the planetary health diet was associated with a lower risk for an early death from several causes and produced a significantly lower environmental impact, a study showed.

In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with MOLLI Surgical co-founder and CEO, Ananth Ravi, about inventing surgical technology to provide better patient care, addressing inequities in surgical tool access and more.

Living in the most deprived neighborhoods was associated with increased breast cancer mortality among white, but not Black, women, according to a cohort study published in JAMA Network Open.

BOSTON — People with primary ovarian insufficiency have higher risk for breast cancer and borderline increased risk for ovarian cancer compared with the general population, and risks for some cancers extend to their relatives, data show.

New evidence suggests that a novel, benign nail finding may facilitate the detection of BRCA1-associated protein tumor predisposition syndrome which leaves patients at risk for certain cancers, according to a study.

Endometriosis was significantly associated with higher risks for both ovarian and endometrial cancers, but was not significantly associated with cervical cancer risk, according to an analysis published in Current Oncology.

First-line prostate-specific antigen testing with second-line multiparametric MRI was a more cost effective screening strategy for prostate cancer than biparametric MRI as a first-line approach, a study showed.

In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Cyclacel CEO, Spiro Rombotis, MPH, about developing techniques and therapies for drug development, how technology has affected these advancements and more.