Cancers of the blood can initiate in a variety of cells, including in white blood cells (giving rise to lymphoma and leukemia) or in plasma cells (giving rise to myeloma). In 2020 alone, there were an estimated 1.3 million new blood cancer cases worldwide, which accounted for more than 5 percent of all cancer diagnoses that...
Stool-based tests were favored over colonoscopy for colorectal cancer screening, according to research published in the AACR journal Cancer Prevention Research.
Cancer Survivors are more likely than others to walk slowly or have mobility problems that are also linked to higher risk of death, a study found.
Tool outperformed preexisting mathematical models and a previously established artificial intelligence tool
To learn more about cancer prevention and risk reduction, we talked to Raymond N. DuBois, MD, PhD, FAACR, co-editor in chief of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)’s journal Cancer Prevention Research and...
Many of the most common cancers are heralded by premalignant conditions. Treating premalignancy may prove to be the most promising tactic for cancer interception.
Esophageal adenocarcinoma increasingly found in adults under 50, study finds
Study suggests that germline genetics may influence lung cancer risk in this patient population. Native American ancestry was associated with increased mutations in the EGFR gene in lung cancer patients from Latin American countries,...
Steroid used to prevent swelling in the brains of patients with glioblastoma may have “detrimental effect” on treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors.
Artificial intelligence may help predict response to immunotherapy among patients with metastatic melanoma, study reports.
AACR Fellow Lewis C. Cantley, PhD, leads a national effort targeting triple-negative breast cancer and ovarian cancer with a novel drug combination.
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