Cancer

HPV Vaccines Prevent Cancer in Men as Well as Women

New research suggests the HPV vaccine is preventing cancer in men, as well as in women, but fewer boys than girls are getting the shots in the United States. The HPV vaccine was developed to prevent cervical cancer in women and experts give it credit, along with screening, for lowering cervical cancer rates. Evidence that the shots …

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NIH develops AI tool to better pair cancer patients with drugs

Researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), have developed an artificial intelligence tool that predicts whether a patient will respond to cancer treatment drugs using individual tumor cells, according to a study published in Nature Cancer. Traditional approaches to drug-patient matching focus on bulk sequencing of tumor …

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How to Manage Anxiety and Depression When You Have Kidney Cancer

When Katie Coleman was diagnosed at age 29 with a softball-sized tumor on her right kidney and a host of smaller growths in her liver, she was stunned. That astonishment quickly gave way to feelings of hopelessness. “I felt like my entire world was being pulled out from under me,” Coleman, now 32, says. “I …

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More Studies by Columbia Cancer Researchers Are Retracted

Scientists in a prominent cancer lab at Columbia University have now had four studies retracted and a stern note added to a fifth accusing it of “severe abuse of the scientific publishing system,” the latest fallout from research misconduct allegations recently leveled against several leading cancer scientists. A scientific sleuth in Britain last year uncovered …

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Hologic AI-powered cancer screening system wins FDA approval

Medical technology firm Hologic has been granted clearance from the FDA to market its Genius Digital Diagnostics System, powered by the company’s Genius Cervical AI algorithm. The digital cytology system–a medical diagnostic tool used to examine cells under a microscope to detect abnormalities or diseases–integrates deep learning-based AI with advanced volumetric imaging technology to aid …

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How AI is reshaping cancer care and diagnosis

Artificial intelligence could have profound implications for the field of oncology, concluded panelists speaking to journalist and moderator Katie Couric at The Constellation Forum 2023 at Northwell Health last week. Dr. Richard Barakat, physician in chief and executive director of cancer services and research division at Northwell Health, noted that using AI in imaging will …

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Higher Cancer Rates Found in Military Pilots and Ground Crew

WASHINGTON — A Pentagon study has found high rates of cancer among military pilots and for the first time has shown that ground crews who fuel, maintain and launch those aircraft are also getting sick. The data had long been sought by retired military aviators who have raised alarms for years about the number of …

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