Clinical trial of personalized cancer vaccine demonstrates feasibility, safety, immune activation

byHarvard UniversityThe personalized biomaterial-based cancer vaccine consists of a porous biomaterial scaffold the size of an aspirin tablet that is infused with immune cell-recruiting and activating

Updated on: January 28,2026

Clinical trial of personalized cancer vaccine demonstrates feasibility, safety, immune activation

byHarvard UniversityThe personalized biomaterial-based cancer vaccine consists of a porous biomaterial scaffold the size of an aspirin tablet that is infused with immune cell-recruiting and activating

Updated on:January 28,2026

Black patients diagnosed with aggressive leukemia experience worse outcomes

byUniversity of Maryland School of MedicineCredit: Ninthgrid from PexelsCompared with white patients, Black patients with an aggressive form of leukemia—called acute myeloid leukemia (AML)—were on ave

Updated on: January 14,2026

Black patients diagnosed with aggressive leukemia experience worse outcomes

byUniversity of Maryland School of MedicineCredit: Ninthgrid from PexelsCompared with white patients, Black patients with an aggressive form of leukemia—called acute myeloid leukemia (AML)—were on ave

Updated on:January 14,2026

Combination treatment may help cut lifelong ibrutinib for chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients

byAmerican Association for Cancer ResearchCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainChronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is the most prevalent adult leukemia in the Western Hemisphere, affecting approximately 20

Updated on: February 08,2026

Combination treatment may help cut lifelong ibrutinib for chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients

byAmerican Association for Cancer ResearchCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainChronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is the most prevalent adult leukemia in the Western Hemisphere, affecting approximately 20

Updated on:February 08,2026

Alcohol-linked DNA damage tied to cancer risk: Study reveals repair enzyme's role

byInstitute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the CASModel of alcohol metabolism leading to acetaldehyde interstrand crosslink (AA-ICL). Credit:Communications Biology(2025). DOI: 10.1038/s42003

Updated on: January 08,2026

Alcohol-linked DNA damage tied to cancer risk: Study reveals repair enzyme's role

byInstitute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the CASModel of alcohol metabolism leading to acetaldehyde interstrand crosslink (AA-ICL). Credit:Communications Biology(2025). DOI: 10.1038/s42003

Updated on:January 08,2026

Doctors provide new hope for pancreatic cancer patients with less invasive radiofrequency ablation

byUniversity of Texas at San AntonioCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainUT Health San Antonio Multispecialty and Research Hospital became the first in South Texas to use an emerging and less-invasive tr

Updated on: February 17,2026

Doctors provide new hope for pancreatic cancer patients with less invasive radiofrequency ablation

byUniversity of Texas at San AntonioCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainUT Health San Antonio Multispecialty and Research Hospital became the first in South Texas to use an emerging and less-invasive tr

Updated on:February 17,2026

Blood test can detect single lung cancer calls using infrared technique

by Meg Cox,Loughborough UniversityThis figure shows how the technique identifies a single circulating tumor cell (CTC) in a lung cancer patient's blood sample. The sample is first viewed under a m

Updated on: January 18,2026

Blood test can detect single lung cancer calls using infrared technique

by Meg Cox,Loughborough UniversityThis figure shows how the technique identifies a single circulating tumor cell (CTC) in a lung cancer patient's blood sample. The sample is first viewed under a m

Updated on:January 18,2026

30-year smoking duration-based criteria could increase lung cancer screening

by Elana GotkineThirty-year smoking duration-based criteria could reduce eligibility gaps for all races relative to whites, while improving six-year lung cancer detection sensitivity, according to a s

Updated on: January 01,2026

30-year smoking duration-based criteria could increase lung cancer screening

by Elana GotkineThirty-year smoking duration-based criteria could reduce eligibility gaps for all races relative to whites, while improving six-year lung cancer detection sensitivity, according to a s

Updated on:January 01,2026

Giving less chemotherapy can still cure lymphoma patients in their 80s, study says

by Leslie Orr,University of Rochester Medical CenterCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainPeople aged 80 and older with a common type of lymphoma can take a half-dose of chemotherapy and be cured or signif

Updated on: February 28,2026

Giving less chemotherapy can still cure lymphoma patients in their 80s, study says

by Leslie Orr,University of Rochester Medical CenterCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainPeople aged 80 and older with a common type of lymphoma can take a half-dose of chemotherapy and be cured or signif

Updated on:February 28,2026

AI can help detect kidney cancer faster

byEstonian Research CouncilVariability between individual radiologists' measurements. Credit:Communications Medicine(2025). DOI: 10.1038/s43856-025-01264-0Researchers have developed an AI-based to

Updated on: January 06,2026

AI can help detect kidney cancer faster

byEstonian Research CouncilVariability between individual radiologists' measurements. Credit:Communications Medicine(2025). DOI: 10.1038/s43856-025-01264-0Researchers have developed an AI-based to

Updated on:January 06,2026

Factoring in frailty and age could improve pancreatic cancer treatment

bySanford-Burnham PrebysAging accelerates tumor progression in a syngeneic orthotopic PDAC mouse model. Credit:Cancer Research(2025). DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-25-1904While some risk factors for canc

Updated on: February 22,2026

Factoring in frailty and age could improve pancreatic cancer treatment

bySanford-Burnham PrebysAging accelerates tumor progression in a syngeneic orthotopic PDAC mouse model. Credit:Cancer Research(2025). DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-25-1904While some risk factors for canc

Updated on:February 22,2026

Blood analysis shows whether brain cancer treatment is working

by Kate McAlpine,University of MichiganDesign and validation ofGlioExoChip using EVPs from GBM cell lines. Credit:Nature Communications(2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-65681-4The effectiveness of chemo

Updated on: January 14,2026

Blood analysis shows whether brain cancer treatment is working

by Kate McAlpine,University of MichiganDesign and validation ofGlioExoChip using EVPs from GBM cell lines. Credit:Nature Communications(2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-65681-4The effectiveness of chemo

Updated on:January 14,2026

Combination therapy shows potential to treat pediatric brain cancer ATRT

bySt. Jude Children's Research HospitalAs published inNeuro-Oncology Pediatrics, a combination therapy may offer a new treatment strategy for atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor (ATRT), a rare pediat

Updated on: February 05,2026

Combination therapy shows potential to treat pediatric brain cancer ATRT

bySt. Jude Children's Research HospitalAs published inNeuro-Oncology Pediatrics, a combination therapy may offer a new treatment strategy for atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor (ATRT), a rare pediat

Updated on:February 05,2026