Cancer society stops urging docs to offer PSA test
New advice from the American Cancer Society puts a sharper focus on the risks of prostate cancer screening, emphasizing that annual testing can lead to unnecessary biopsies and treatments that do more... Read more
Sunitinib Benefit Explored in Poor-Prognosis Kidney Cancer
The oral cancer drug sunitinib (Sutent) has shown promising results in advanced kidney cancer patients who have a poor prognosis, new research says. Previous clinical trials showed that sunitinib was effective... Read more
Urine Test Could Gauge Smokers’ Lung Cancer Risk
Someday, a simple urine test might spot smokers at highest risk for lung cancer, scientists report. The research is still in its preliminary stages, and it may be years before such a test becomes publicly... Read more
Pill as good as chemo on lung cancer, but costlier
Health · Tags: Cancer, Drugs, Lung Cancer
Some advanced lung cancer patients already treated with chemotherapy might be able to skip some of the bad side effects of another series of chemo by taking a pill instead, a study suggests. An international... Read more
Statins Lower Risk of Clots in Cancer Patients
A class of drugs widely used to lower cholesterol may have a future in preventing blood clots in patients with breast, lung, colon and other solid-organ cancers. Research from scientists at the Albert... Read more
