Cancerous tumors are composed of cells that may look the same but are in fact incredibly diverse. Mutations and changes in gene activity give rise to competing sub-populations of tumor cells with...
Oncologists often use the phrase "clinically meaningful benefit" to describe the effect of an experimental treatment. But is the benefit meaningful for patients? A new paper suggests that benefit...
Unlike the other major causes of cancer mortality, pancreatic cancer is increasing in both incidence and number of deaths each year. Despite improvements in early detection and therapy that have...
Breakthrough. Game changer. Revolutionary. Transformative. Life saver. A new analysis of media coverage found that half of new cancer drugs described with such superlatives had not received Food and...