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medical provider in scrubs helps a patient position herself during a mammogram

Cancer screening may not extend lives, new study suggests. But experts say it's flawed.

By Emily Cooke published

A new analysis of screening tests for four types of cancer suggests that only one actually increases life span, on average. But what do scientists think?

Cancer
tightly coiled DNA shown in orange wrapped around a large blue protein, called a histone

DNA's 'topography' influences where cancer-causing mutations appear

By Rebecca Sohn published

The topographical features of DNA in the body may dictate where and when cancer-causing mutations appear in its code.

Cancer
spindle-shape muscle cells shown depicted in bright green and blue against a black background

CRISPR used to 'reprogram' cancer cells into healthy muscle in the lab

By Emily Cooke published

In a new study, stopping skeletal-muscle cancer cells from making a specific protein forced them to turn into healthy muscle cells.

Cancer
illustrated light red cancer cells being attacked by blue immune cells. an x chromosome can be seen in a cancer cell on the left side, which has no immune cells on it, while more immune cells are on another cancer cell to the right, which has both an x and a y chromosome

'Disappearing' Y chromosome in aging men may worsen bladder cancer, mouse study shows

By Kiley Price published

As men get older, they can lose Y chromosomes in a portion of their cells. This could be helping certain cancers evade the immune system.

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in the foreground, there's a computer screen showing a mammogram. Blurred in the background, we can see a medical provider in a white coat assisting a patient at a mammogram machine

AI predicts 5-year breast cancer risk better than standard tools — but we aren't sure how it works

By Carissa Wong published

Artificial intelligence models can use breast imaging data to pinpoint those at highest risk of getting breast cancer in the next five years, better than a standard approach.

Breast Cancer
A scan of human lungs, depicted in dark red and pink, with a cancerous tumor in the upper right lung shown in yellow and orange

Lung cancer pill drastically cuts risk of death after surgery

By Jennifer Nalewicki published

Taking the drug Tagrisso daily after surgery reduced non-small cell lung cancer patients' death risk by more than 50%.

Lung Cancer
a black woman with short straightened hair wears a hospital gown and is facing away from the camera. A white woman wearing scrubs is helping position the patient for a mammogram

Breast cancer screening should start at age 40, expert task force says

By Nicoletta Lanese published

A task force of experts recommended that female patients be screened for breast cancer starting at age 40.

Breast Cancer
image shows a still from an animated video. The still shows a human brain and skull; a small, flat device implanted in the top of the skull emits a pulse of energy into the brain

New ultrasound device helps powerful chemo reach deadly brain cancers, human trial shows

By Nicoletta Lanese published

An implanted ultrasound-emitting device helped chemotherapy drugs safely pass into the brains of cancer patients.

Brain Cancer
woman with dark brown skin sits in a doctor's office and receives chemotherapy. She is wearing a white head scarf, white undershirt and jean button up, as well as a blue surgical mask

Does it matter what time of day you get cancer treatment?

By Nicoletta Lanese published

The emerging field of "cancer chronotherapy" hints that it may be best to receive cancer treatment at a particular time of day.

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a medical provider's hand can be seen in silouette pointing to a mammogram displayed on a light board

Black patients may need breast cancer screenings earlier than what many guidelines recommend

By Nicoletta Lanese published

A study suggests that Black patients might benefit from breast cancer screenings starting at age 42, rather than age 50.

Breast Cancer
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