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Colorectal cancer latest screening guidelines

July 6th 2021 : Colorectal cancer is the among most prevalent cause of cancer death in the the world. Regular screening, on the other hand, can detect colorectal cancer while it is tiny, hasn't sprea...

Cancer associated with AIDS

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is a potentially life threatening condition caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and is transmitted from human to human as a sexually transmitted ...

Lonsurf is approved by FDA for recurrent, metastatic gastric and gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma

Trifluridine/tipiracil tablets (LONSURF, Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.) were approved by the Food and Drug Administration on February 22, 2019 for adult patients with metastatic gastric or gastroesop...

Pembrolizumab is approved by FDA for adjuvant treatment of melanoma

On February 15, 2019, pembrolizumab (KEYTRUDA, Merck) was approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the adjuvant treatment of patients with melanoma with the involvement of lymph node(s) after ...

Cabozantinib is FDA-approved for hepatocellular carcinoma

  On January 14, 2019, cabozantinib (CABOMETYX, Exelixis, Inc.) was approved by the Food and Drug Administration for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who have previously been treat...

Saliva test aims to detect HPV throat cancer

A Queensland University of Technology (QUT) researcher is developing a simple saliva test to detect human papillomavirus (HPV) in laryngeal cancer. This is an extension of cooperation with Johnson...

Pabosini plus cetuximab for head and neck cancer treatment with 70% focal reduction

According to the results announced at the 2018 ASCO annual meeting, the CDK4/6 inhibitors pabociclib (Ibrance) and cetuximab (Erbitux) combined treatment of platinum-resistant and HPV-independent  re...

Both e-cigarettes and ordinary tobacco are associated with oral cancer

At the 96th Congress of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR), Benjamin Chaffee of the University of California, San Francisco published a report on nicotine and carcinogens in toba...

New ways to fight recurrent head and neck cancer

Even with surgery,  radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and/or gene-targeted therapy (such as cetuximab), the five-year survival rate for locally advanced head and neck cancer is only 46%. Usually, the treat...

Citrus oil may help relieve dry mouth symptoms caused by radiation therapy in head and neck cancer

According to a new study by Stanford University School of Medicine, a compound found in citrus oil may help relieve dry mouth symptoms caused by radiation therapy in head and neck cancer patients. Th...

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