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April 20, 2022
Patients have options to restore their voice after head and neck cancer treatmentFor patients with head and neck cancers, cancer symptoms and treatment side effects often complicate two innate tasks that are usually taken for granted—speaking and swallowing.
March 23, 2022
For prostate cancer patients, it’s always good to know the scoreThe Gleason score is a critical calculation designed to help determine the extent of the disease, the aggressiveness of the cancer cells and how it may be treated.
July 20, 2021
Why do sleeping cancer cells awaken?When cancer recurs in patients who were told after treatment they have no evidence of disease, it’s often because dormant, cancer cells have been awakened.
June 15, 2021
Are cancer clinical trials safe? Answers to common patient concernsThinking of participating in a cancer clinical trial? This article explains how they work, who they're for, and the risks and benefits for patients.
April 22, 2021
Using DNA sequencing to uncover more inherited cancer mutationsScientists are expanding use of genomic testing to also detect potentially inherited DNA mutations, an effort that may lead to additional treatment options for the patients being tested.
April 20, 2021
Does the DNA editing tool CRISPR have a future in cancer treatment?Scientists are studying new ways to use DNA in the medical care setting, exploring a state-of-the-art gene-editing tool called CRISPR.
February 18, 2021
Doctors, researchers re-thinking metastatic cancer treatmentsMetastatic cancer accounts for up to 90 percent of all cancer deaths in the United States each year.
January 26, 2021
Immunotherapy for cancer: How it works, who's a candidate, and where to get itFind out how immunotherapy for cancer helps the immune system recognize and fight cancer, who’s a good candidate for it and where to get immunotherapy treatment.
November 18, 2020
How does cancer do that? Pancreatic cancer cells find ways to surviveIn recent years, science has cracked open the door on some of pancreatic cancer’s mysteries.
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