ESMO: Pfizer’s Ibrance flop in early breast cancer shouldn’t hurt metastatic sales, exec says Pfizer talked up Ibrance’s potential in early breast cancer for years before getting the bad news this May: The Pallas study, examining the drug in stage 2 and stage 3 patients with the HR-positive, HER2-negative form of the disease, was a […]

Golf Pro Sues Monsanto, Claims Roundup Caused Cancer By James Parker A Washington state golf pro who says exposure to Roundup caused his cancer has filed a lawsuit against Monsanto. The suit comes just months after German agricultural and pharmaceutical giant Bayer, which bought Monsanto in 2018, agreed to settle thousands of similar Roundup cancer […]

Meta-analysis of Duration of Adjuvant Trastuzumab in Early Breast Cancer By Matthew StengerPosted: 9/16/2020 11:39:00 AM Last Updated: 9/16/2020 2:09:15 PM Advertisement In individual participant data and trial-level meta-analyses reported in JAMA Network Open, Gulia et al found that disease-free survival with adjuvant trastuzumab given for less than 1 year was noninferior to 1 year […]

Breakthrough discovery could turn cancer into a treatable disease Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Sep 16 2020 Professor Michael Lisanti and Professor Federica Sotgia have made a discovery that could turn cancer into a treatable disease and remove the fear from a cancer diagnosis. Despite years of research and billions of pounds of investment, there are […]

Breastfeeding can reduce breast cancer risk Breast cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer death in women worldwide accounting for almost 1 in 4 cancer cases among women. In India, more than 80,000 women lose their lives every year due to Breast Cancer.  However, certain factors can help in preventing or reducing the […]

State declares Kentucky ‘Childhood Cancer Awareness Month’ David Turner Jr. during one of his appearances at Gov. Andy Beshear’s daily coronavirus briefings. FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ) – Gov. Andy Beshear signed Tuesday a proclamation declaring September as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month in Kentucky. “Today, I want to support and recognize a special group of individuals in […]

New biomarker can reliably predict aggressiveness of biliary tract cancer Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Sep 15 2020 The cancer called biliary tract cancer (BTC) is not the most widespread form of cancer. In western countries, about 1.6 in 100.000 gets the diagnose every year. It is, however, a very aggressive form of cancer. The majority […]

How to Prevent Breast Cancer Pharmacologically Women with a family history of breast cancer, who are statistically at higher risk for breast cancer, may want to consider taking one of several preventive medications, according to an article published in JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association. Breast cancer, the most common non–skin cancer diagnosed […]

72-year-old New Zealand Cancer Survivor Walking Towards A Cure Monday, 14 September 2020, 7:16 amPress Release: Medianet Dianne Wynyard. A 72-year-old New Zealand woman has captured the hearts of the town of Russell in the Bay of Islands, walking her way to better health and raising money for cancer research. Dianne Wynyard is raising funds […]

Cancer tests and operations dropped up to 50 per cent during April lockdown, data shows For 60-year-old Geoff Voller, 2020 has been a particularly difficult year. Key points: Data from Cancer Australia shows between March and April this year there was a 55 per cent drop in colonoscopies In the same time period there was […]