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Colorectal Cancer Myths and Common Questions

Jeffrey Meyerhardt, MD, MPH, answers common questions about treatment and research, family history, and ways that you can reduce your risk.
Cancer treatment

Research Clears Up Mystery About Most Common Cancer Gene

Dana-Farber researchers have shown that the mutated copy of the gene TP53 sabotages the normal, healthy copy.

Does Burnt Food Cause Cancer?

The concern around burnt food increasing the risk of cancer relates to the chemicals that form when food is overcooked or burnt.
White blood cells

Immunotherapy for Pediatric Solid Tumors: What’s the Latest?

Scientists are combining immunotherapy agents to try to jump-start the immune system against solid tumors in children.
Catherine Wu, MD

Making the Immune System Work Against Cancer: A Pioneering Researcher’s Journey

When Dana-Farber’s Catherine Wu, MD, was a newly minted physician in the mid-90s, there was just one major form of immunotherapy for cancer.
Matthew Davids, MD, MMSc

“Curative Potential” of a Combination Therapy for Some Leukemia Patients

The combination of chemoimmunotherapy with a targeted drug represents a step toward a new standard of care for people with CLL.

Is There Evidence That GMOs Can Cause Cancer?

For now, there is insufficient evidence to conclude that consuming GMOs can increase your cancer risk.

Study Implicates Failure of DNA Damage Repair in BRCA1 Breast Cancer

Breast cells are deprived of a particular type of DNA damage repair, causing normals cells to change to a pre-malignant state.
Tammy Hshieh, MD, MPH; Nancy Stamper; her husband Walton; and Ginger Dalton, MS, APRN, who helps oversee Stamper’s care

Geriatricians Provide Older Cancer Patients With Care and Advocacy

Older adults facing cancer and blood disorders have specialized needs due to health and wellness issues inherent to aging.

Scientists Identify Genes Tied to Increased Risk of Ovarian Cancer

If the disease is caught early, survival rates increase dramatically, underscoring the need to identify those who may be at risk.

Which Professions Are Associated With Cancer Risk?

Though the rate of workplace-related cancers has decreased due to safety regulations, there are obvious and hidden health risks for workers.

Study Finds Advantage for African Americans With Multiple Myeloma

“What was unique in this study was that in the VA, everybody is equal, and everyone gets the same access to drugs.”
Kornelia Polyak, MD, PhD, in her lab

Minor Subsets of Tumor Cells Play Major Role in Metastasis

The study results also suggest that drugs targeting the two subsets could thwart the metastatic process in some cancers.

Worth the Shot: No, Vaccines Won’t Give You Cancer

In fact, there are even types of vaccines, known simply as cancer vaccines, that can prevent or potentially treat cancer.
Diane Dike and her mother, whom she lost to multiple myeloma in 2011

Standing Up Against Multiple Myeloma Starts With a PROMISE

The PROMISE study aims to identify people with conditions that are precursors of multiple myeloma and track their health over time.

Lung Cancer Screening Discussed Less With Women Patients, Study Finds

It is estimated that 12,000 lives could be saved annually in the U.S. if all individuals eligible for lung cancer screening received it.
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