Oncology

For the first time, a large study of young women had no new cases of cervical cancer after receiving the human papillomavirus vaccine.

Philadelphia-based Fox Chase Cancer Center has documented the first case of myxoid leiomyosarcoma in the rectum.

Patients who live farther away from a designated comprehensive cancer center may be more likely to receive a late-stage diagnosis, according to an analysis of medical records from researchers at Baltimore-based John Hopkins Medicine.

Rising drug prices and inflationary effects have escalated the price tag of a cancer diagnosis for both hospitals and patients. Now, 47% of cancer patients accumulate debt as a result of their medical needs, The Wall Street Journal reported May…

In April, the FDA published three new draft guidelines for cancer clinical trial eligibility criteria that aim to improve the representation of participants.

New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health has reduced the number of days that pancreatic cancer patients wait until they receive a biopsy, oncology visit and treatment initiation with its new navigation and artificial intelligence program.

FDA advisers have recommended the approval of Guardant Health's blood test to detect colon or rectal cancers — but it also raised some concerns, NBC News reported May 23.

A recent study from the University of Miami's Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center found that women oncologists who graduated from international medical schools report experiencing roughly 10 times as much discrimination as their male counterparts.

UC San Francisco is launching the first long-term study of cancer among Asian Americans.

The Markey Cancer Center in Lexington, Ky., part of the University of Kentucky, has inked a new partnership with Ukraine's Kyiv Regional Oncology Dispensary, according to a May 22 news release.