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Major progress in fertility preservation after treatment for cancer of the lymphatic system

Young patients with advanced Hodgkin's lymphoma, a cancer of the lymphatic system, now have a better chance of having their own children after treatment.

Oncology & Cancer

Decades of data reveal no clear liver cancer link to oral contraceptive pills

The National Cancer Institute and University of Oxford report that oral contraceptive use is not associated with increased liver cancer risk, based on a population-based analysis of more than 1.5 million women and a review ...

Oncology & Cancer

A key protein helps liver cancer resist heat-based treatment

A new study led by investigators at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center may help explain why certain liver tumors return quickly after thermal ablation, a widely used minimally-invasive, image-guided technique ...

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New AI model could help scientists pinpoint signs of cancer cells

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) reports its latest AI model aimed at helping researchers better understand how cells behave by focusing on the key networks that control cell behavior, making complex biological problems, ...

Oncology & Cancer

Breathing dirty air may raise the risk of a common brain tumor

People exposed to higher levels of air pollution may be more likely to develop meningioma, a typically noncancerous brain tumor, according to a large study published in Neurology. This common type of brain tumor forms in ...

Oncology & Cancer

Real-time trial shows AI could speed cancer care

A new study by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and collaborators, suggests that artificial intelligence (AI) could significantly improve how doctors determine ...

Oncology & Cancer

Updated guidelines improve throat cancer staging

Cedars-Sinai investigators led an update of staging guidelines for HPV-positive throat cancer—now more common in the U.S. than cervical cancer, according to the American Cancer Society—that will make treatment of early-stage ...