Psychological stress may increase the risk of cancer in BRCA mutation carriers. (British Journal of Cancer)
Former Major League Baseball All-Star pitcher Bobby Jenks, 44, a member of the 2005 Chicago White Sox World Series championship team, died July 4 of gastric cancer. (ESPN)
Actor Julian McMahon, 56, who starred in the TV series “Nip/Tuck” and the “Fantastic Four” movie franchise, died last week of metastatic head and neck cancer. (Fox News)
Despite effective treatment that can eradicate the infection, Helicobacter pylori will cause almost 12 million gastric cancers worldwide among people born from 2008 to 2017. (Nature Medicine)
The combination of overweight and cardiovascular disease further increased the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women compared with overweight alone. (Cancer)
Studies involving mice showed that Janus kinase inhibitors, widely used to treat autoimmune inflammatory conditions such as psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis, might be able to reverse diabetes caused by immunotherapy drugs used to treat cancer. (UCLA Health, JCI Insight)
A first-of-its kind tool to test for cancer-inducing mutations overlooked by other tests passed a validation trial and was implemented in the management of pediatric leukemia and solid tumors. (Nature Biotechnology)
Older men with newly diagnosed localized prostate cancer had a 90% chance of reaching their normal life expectancy when treated according to National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines. (Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network)
Renowned leukemia researcher and clinician Hagop Kantarjian, MD, will step down as chair of leukemia at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston after more than 30 years in the position. (Houston Chronicle)
Pfizer and Astellas announced that men with high-risk non-metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer lived significantly longer with the combination of enzalutamide (Xtandi) and leuprolide versus leuprolide and a placebo.
As more states push for Medicaid work requirements, many cancer patients’ access to the government insurance program could be threatened, according to the Association for Clinical Oncology, which has advocated for waivers for people with cancer.
Studies of turtles, which appear largely immune to cancer, could provide insights into new strategies to prevent and treat human cancers. (BBC)
