Formed in 1984, the USPSTF is an independent panel of volunteers with expertise in preventive medicine, internal medicine, family medicine, behavioral health, pediatrics, obstetrics, gynecology and ...

A woman with multiple sclerosis wanted to be able to walk up the stairs at home. Her doctor prescribed medicine that helped, but then approval from her insurance plan for the drug expired.

Therapeutic vaccines train the immune system to recognize and attack malignant cells.

Meanwhile, across the country, members of the Los Angeles Pink Dragons, trained in the summer for the annual International Dragon Boat festival in Long Beach, California, held in July, and the 10 th ...

The global cancer burden is estimated to have risen to 18.1 million new cases and 9.6 million deaths in 2018. One in 5 men and one in 6 women worldwide develop cancer during their lifetime, and one in ...

Galleri, a blood test that aims to detect over 50 cancers, illustrates the promise and popularity of an emerging technology to screen for cancer. Although the blood test is not approved by the Food ...

In December, the same research group published another study showing a survival benefit for small-cell lung cancer patients who received checkpoint inhibitors before mid-afternoon. A morning advantage ...

Published in JAMA Open Network, the new research showed minimal improvement in racial disparities. In fact, data from 2005 to 2019 showed that Black patients were 13% to 15% less likely to receive ...

The original IV infusion formulation of Opdivo is approved for the treatment of 11 different types of cancer. The new injectable formulation is indicated—alone or in combination regimens—for most of ...

“These updated recommendations will help to improve compliance with screening and reduce the risk of cervical cancer,” said Dr. Robert Smith, senior vice president, early cancer detection science at ...

John Haanen, MD, PhD, of the Netherlands Cancer Institute in Amsterdam, and colleagues, in collaboration with Ugur Sahin’s team at BioNTech in Germany, tested a novel type of CAR-T therapy that ...

Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center will present new data at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) 2025 Annual Meeting demonstrating that stereotactic body ...