The Latest Breaking News from Chemotherapy

Two New Drug Combinations Win Approval as the First Treatment for an Aggressive Stomach and Esophageal Cancer

The FDA approved two Ziihera regimens as first-line treatment for HER2-positive advanced gastroesophageal cancer, plus two companion diagnostic tests.

Medical Daily · Aug 26

Emerging Clinical Considerations in Gastric Cancer Treatment for Healthcare Professionals

Gastric cancer treatment is increasingly personalized, with decisions guided by tumor biology, cancer stage, patient factors, and evolving therapies.

Medical Daily · Aug 25

A Rare Breast Cancer Can Read as Probably Benign on a Mammogram, and Mastectomy Is Not the Treatment It Needs

Primary breast lymphoma is treated with chemotherapy, not surgery, and published cases show imaging repeatedly pointing clinicians the wrong way.

Medical Daily · Aug 21

‘The Office’ star Lucy Davis reveals incurable cancer diagnosis: ‘I’m trying to live out whatever might be left of my life’

The Office star Lucy Davis has revealed that she was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer around a year and a half ago, with the disease having spread to her spine, right hip and ribs. Describing the cancer as incurable and saying it is too late for chemotherapy, Davis said…

The Economic Times · Aug 12

The Office actor Lucy Davis says she has incurable stage four breast cancer

Star, 53, says disease has metastasised to her bones and it is too late for chemotherapy

The Guardian - UK · Aug 11

Large Trial Finds High-Dose Vitamin D Did Not Slow Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

A phase 3 trial in 455 patients found high-dose vitamin D3 did not improve survival in metastatic colorectal cancer, reversing an earlier signal.

Medical Daily · Aug 7

Researchers Are Printing Bone Cancer Cells into Gel Cubes to Study a Tumor That Ignores Chemotherapy and Radiation

Rowan researchers are 3D printing chondrosarcoma cells into a hydrogel to study how the tumor recruits stem cells. Flat cell culture cannot answer this.

Medical Daily · Aug 7

Three Injectable Drug Recalls Landed on the Same Day, Including a Widely Used Cancer Drug

Three injectable medicines were recalled July 24, including a chemotherapy drug with steel particles. What patients and caregivers should know.

Medical Daily · Aug 3

Ovarian Cancer Cells That Survive Chemotherapy Send a Sugar Signal That Helps Neighbors Break Away

Wistar researchers found that chemo-surviving ovarian cancer cells release fructose that loosens neighboring cells. The work is preclinical and has not been tested in patients.

Medical Daily · Jul 31

Common sugar identified as surprise cancer driver

Findings raise questions about unintended effects of statins, especially in cancer patients

The Independent UK · Jul 31