Past studies have documented that smoking rates remained essentially unchanged in people with substance use disorders, major depression or other psychiatric disorders.
Cancer
NIH launches program to offer molecular characterization of childhood cancers
The Molecular Characterization Initiative is offered through NCI’s Childhood Cancer Data Initiative, which was launched in 2019 to promote data sharing and collection of new data among researchers who study childhood cancers.
A high-fiber diet may improve the response of melanoma patients to immunotherapy
A diet rich in fiber may help some people being treated for melanoma respond to immunotherapy treatment by influencing the gut microbiome, according to a new study led by researchers at the Center for Cancer Research at the National Cancer… Read More ›
WHO and St. Jude to dramatically increase global access to childhood cancer medicines
“Close to nine in ten children with cancer live in low- and middle-income countries,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General.
Quitting smoking after lung cancer diagnosis may extend life without cancer recurrence
A prospective cohort study found that quitting smoking after being diagnosed with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer may slow disease progression and decrease mortality. Given that about half of all smokers continue to smoke after a lung cancer diagnosis, these… Read More ›
Children of cancer patients are too often excluded from the disease journey, research shows
Ignorance is not bliss when a parent has cancer
FDA grants accelerated approval to mobocertinib for metastatic non-small cell lung cancer with EGFR exon 20 insertion mutations
The Food and Drug Administration has granted accelerated approval to mobocertinib for adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) exon 20 insertion mutations, as detected by an FDA-approved test,… Read More ›
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