A new injectable cancer drug may offer hope to people with recurrent head and neck cancer
A simple injection of a new type of drug may offer new hope for patients whose head an neck cancers returns after chemotherapy and immunotherapy, results of an ongoing early phase clinical trial show.


A new blood test may detect HPV-linked throat cancer up to 10 years before diagnosis
A new blood test may detect throat cancer up to 10 years before diagnosis


Living near a Superfund pollution site may boost risk of aggressive types of breast cancer
Women diagnosed with breast cancer have a higher risk of aggressive and hard to treat cancers if they live near an EPA designated Superfund site.


Young adults with rectal bleeding linked to 8.5 times higher risk of colorectal cancer
Patients under age 50 who undergo colonoscopy to investigate rectal bleeding have been found to have eight times the risk of colorectal cancer


Radiation may boost response in some immunotherapy resistant lung cancers
Clinical results suggest that radiation therapy might help overcome immunotherapy resistance in certain lung cancer patients


Immunotherapy before and after surgery may open door to better outcomes for mesothelioma patients
Mesothelioma of the left lower lung on X-ray. Image by James Heilman, MD under Creative Commons license on Wikimedia CANCER DIGEST –...





















