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MedAustron demonstrates safety and efficacy of ion therapy for treating skull based chordomas

The MedAustron Center for Ion Therapy has demonstrated the safety and efficacy of both, proton and carbon ion therapy for the treatment of skull based chordomas, a bone located cancer.

21 Aug 2023

Cleveland Clinic London performs first augmented reality-assisted total knee replacement

Cleveland Clinic London is the first hospital in London to successfully perform a total knee replacement procedure with the assistance of an augmented reality-based surgical platform that was designed with artificial intelligence and machine learning.

18 Aug 2023

Medicaid expansion increases cancer clinical trial participation

The Medicaid expansion under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act resulted in a 19% annual increase in Medicaid-insured cancer patients participating in publicly funded clinical trials, according to researchers from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, the SWOG Statistics and Data Management Center and Columbia University.

18 Aug 2023

Lorazepam linked to shorter progression-free survival in pancreatic cancer patients

Patients with pancreatic cancer who took the benzodiazepine lorazepam (Ativan), commonly prescribed to treat anxiety during cancer treatment, had a shorter progression-free survival than patients who did not, according to results published in Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR).

17 Aug 2023

Moffitt receives NCI grant to investigate virus-associated tumors among HIV patients in sub-Saharan Africa

The Center for Immunization and Infection Research in Cancer at Moffitt Cancer Center is expanding its viral infection research in Africa. The cancer center has received a $5.5 million, five-year specialized research center grant (U54CA277834) from the National Cancer Institute to investigate virus-associated tumors that disproportionately impact men and women living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa.

17 Aug 2023

Can machine learning algorithms identify patients at risk of a delay in starting cancer treatment?

Multi-level machine learning models for estimating the risk of delay between cancer diagnosis and treatment initiation in a large group of cancer patients.

17 Aug 2023

MD Anderson awarded four CPRIT grants for cancer prevention programs and recruitment

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center was awarded four grants totaling nearly $4.9 million from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) to support the expansion of physical activity programs for survivors, the dissemination of targeted tobacco cessation programs and the recruitment of a first-time, tenure-track faculty member.

16 Aug 2023

SIO and ASCO recommend mindfulness-based interventions for anxiety, depression in cancer patients

The Society for Integrative Oncology (SIO) and the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) formally recommend mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) and other integrative therapies to manage anxiety and depression symptoms in adults living with cancer.

16 Aug 2023

Cancer Treatment News and Research

MedAustron demonstrates safety and efficacy of ion therapy for treating skull based chordomas

Cleveland Clinic London performs first augmented reality-assisted total knee replacement

Medicaid expansion increases cancer clinical trial participation

Lorazepam linked to shorter progression-free survival in pancreatic cancer patients

Moffitt receives NCI grant to investigate virus-associated tumors among HIV patients in sub-Saharan Africa

Can machine learning algorithms identify patients at risk of a delay in starting cancer treatment?

MD Anderson awarded four CPRIT grants for cancer prevention programs and recruitment

SIO and ASCO recommend mindfulness-based interventions for anxiety, depression in cancer patients

Rutgers scientists discover first lipid vascular 'zip code' in the lungs

High cardiorespiratory fitness may protect against 9 types of cancer in men

Many cancer drugs approved without clear evidence of benefit, study shows

Proton radiotherapy used for the first time in Switzerland to treat esophageal tumor

Epigenetic manipulation may improve breast cancer treatment responses

Researchers design one-step procedure for improving effective of adoptive cell immunotherapy against solid tumors

What is the prevalence of current alcohol consumption and of risky alcohol consumption among cancer survivors in the US?

Gut microbiota could affect the responsiveness and efficacy of cancer treatment

Study explores the use of existing medicines to revolutionize cancer treatment

New gene-editing tool helps to study single-base mutations in cancer

Study explores the diverse expression patterns of T cell priming markers across cancers

Deep-learning technology could help scientists to develop personalized immunotherapies and vaccines

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Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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