Cancer Health

This is one tasty, easy meal. Softer salad greens like lettuce would wilt from sitting in citrus juice, but raw kale actually gets better. The citrus dressing “cooks” the kale, softening the tough leaves, while adding a tangy flavor to the whole salad. Creamy avocado, sweet roasted corn, and protein-packed black beans round out this filling and colorful salad.

Country music star Toby Keith has been battling stomach cancer, also known as gastric cancer, for the past six months, he announced June 12 on social media. “Last fall I was diagnosed with stomach cancer,” the 60-year-old musician wrote in a statement on Twitter and Instagram. “I’ve spent the last 6 months receiving chemo, radiation, and surgery. So far, so good. I need time to breathe, recover and relax.”

Patient navigation, trained individualized assistance that guides patients, families and caregivers through a complex care system, is one of the only evidence-based interventions to eliminate health disparities and improve health equity across the cancer continuum. A new supplement to the journal Cancer, “A Decade Later: The State of Patient Navigation in Cancer Care” published [June 14] by the National Navigation Roundtable (NNRT) includes 13 free articles outlining the impact of patient navigation and the critical role it plays in improving outcomes for cancer patients.

Harmony is not often found between two of the most boisterous senators on Capitol Hill, Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.). But it was there at [the June 14] Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee markup of legislation to reauthorize the Food and Drug Administration’s user fee program, which is set to expire September 30.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved azacitidine (Vidaza) for pediatric patients 1 month and older with newly diagnosed juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML). JMML is an uncommon blood cancer that accounts for 1–2% of all childhood leukemia cases and most often occurs in infants and children younger than 4...

Facebook has been receiving private medical data thanks to the tracking tool Meta Pixel, which is installed on many hospital websites, according to a report published June 16 by The Markup, a nonprofit newsroom. The next day, a class-action lawsuit was filed against Facebook parent company Meta, alleging that the company violated health privacy rules.

Researchers have discovered that infiltrating gliomas, a common brain and spinal cord tumor, are shaped by their genetic evolution and microenvironment, a finding that could lead to more targeted treatments. “We have identified epigenetic alterations at recurrence that are not only prognostic in some cases, but may lead to different...

A large randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial led by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) shows that treating adults hospitalized with COVID-19 with infliximab or abatacept – drugs widely used to treat certain autoimmune diseases – did not significantly shorten time to recovery but did substantially improve clinical status and reduce deaths.

The Cancer Health 25 is an annual list that honors individuals who have made a difference in the lives of people with cancer. This year’s theme is quality of life. To see the full list, click here. Reproductive endocrinologist and infertility specialist Terri Woodard, MD, 46, is dedicated to...

The Cancer Health 25 is an annual list that honors individuals who have made a difference in the lives of people with cancer. This year’s theme is quality of life. To see the full list, click here. At a young age, Christine Verini, watched as a loved one fought...

The Cancer Health 25 is an annual list that honors individuals who have made a difference in the lives of people with cancer. This year’s theme is quality of life. To see the full list, click here. Not every cancer survivor has been able to get a bill through...

The Cancer Health 25 is an annual list that honors individuals who have made a difference in the lives of people with cancer. This year’s theme is quality of life. To see the full list, click here. You can tell what matters most to Kathryn Schmitz, PhD, MPH, by...

The Cancer Health 25 is an annual list that honors individuals who have made a difference in the lives of people with cancer. This year’s theme is quality of life. To see the full list, click here. Smitha Mallaiah, MSc, C-IAYT, 35, has helped people affected by cancer make...

The Cancer Health 25 is an annual list that honors individuals who have made a difference in the lives of people with cancer. This year’s theme is quality of life. To see the full list, click here. In his first year of medical school at the University of Chicago,...

The Cancer Health 25 is an annual list that honors individuals who have made a difference in the lives of people with cancer. This year’s theme is quality of life. To see the full list, click here. Ann Partridge, MD, MPH, 52, the vice chair of medical oncology at...

The Cancer Health 25 is an annual list that honors individuals who have made a difference in the lives of people with cancer. This year’s theme is quality of life. To see the full list, click here. Twenty-seven years ago, a clinical trial for an experimental cancer treatment saved...

The Cancer Health 25 is an annual list that honors individuals who have made a difference in the lives of people with cancer. This year’s theme is quality of life. To see the full list, click here. Maryam Lustberg, MD, MPH, is a national leader in supportive care for...

The Cancer Health 25 is an annual list that honors individuals who have made a difference in the lives of people with cancer. This year’s theme is quality of life. To see the full list, click here. Reducing distressing symptoms of cancer and its treatments is the life’s work...

The Cancer Health 25 is an annual list that honors individuals who have made a difference in the lives of people with cancer. This year’s theme is quality of life. To see the full list, click here. Growing up in Queens, New York, and later northern New Jersey, Bonnie...

The Cancer Health 25 is an annual list that honors individuals who have made a difference in the lives of people with cancer. This year’s theme is quality of life. To see the full list, click here. It may seem counterintuitive to befriend cancer, but that is exactly what...