Archives: January 2017

• Education Matters for Cancer Prevention

  January 22, 2017
  As the U.S. government continues its work to curb the numbers associated with cancer through its Cancer Moonshot initiative, those actively involved in the undertaking are stressing the need for a greater focus on education meant to promote prevention. The Blue Ribbon Panel associated with the moonshot recently pointed out that many cancers are largely preventable. Unfortunately, strategies designed...read more

• New Drug Beating Out Chemo For Some Lung Cancer Patients: Study

  January 13, 2017
  Patients diagnosed with lung cancer may soon find a non-chemotherapy related drug available to help them combat the disease. An immunotherapy medication called Pembrolizumab is showing strong results in trials for use as a first-line treatment. Those results are so positive, in fact, they beat out the current first-line treatment of platinum-based doublet chemotherapy. The immunotherapy drug is designed to...read more