Cancer

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.

Immunotherapy is a life-saving treatment for melanoma, but not all individuals have access to this treatment, according to a study.

DESTIN, Fla. — A simple mnemonic device can help providers remember to ask patients with rheumatoid arthritis about key multimorbidities driving early death, according to a speaker at the Congress of Clinical Rheumatology East .

As April is Skin Cancer Awareness Month, Healio has compiled the top skin cancer news and stories from 2024.

Those who live in rural areas face a higher risk for dying early from preventable deaths, but primary care providers can implement strategies to reduce these disparities, experts said during a CDC press conference.

The American Kidney Fund has chosen the recipients of this year’s Clinical Science in Nephrology fellowship program, which supports researchers working to improve the quality of care for patients with kidney disease.

DENVER – For older adults with MS and signs of cancer, treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors was safe and prevented relapse or disease progression, according to interim research.

Pfizer Inc. and its chairman/CEO, Albert Bourla, PhD, will be awarded the 2024 AACR Outstanding Achievement Award for Service to Cancer Science and Medicine during the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting in San Diego.

Lillian L. Siu, MD, FAACR, has been elected American Association for Cancer Research president-elect for 2024-2025.

This Sunday, most Americans will adjust their clocks 1 hour to “spring forward” into daylight saving time, at which time they will lose an hour of sleep but gain an hour of daylight.