June 12, 2023 Cancer/Oncology To sugar or to not sugar, that is the 50,000 soda-pop-can question. An excellent review from @GidMK that debunks a study’s claim using simple math that sucralose (Splenda) is genotoxic, that is, it can cause cancer.
May 10, 2023 AI Artificial intelligence can be trained to spot pancreatic cancer risk three years before diagnosis: study
March 29, 2023 Cancer/Oncology For the first time in years, researchers have identified a new susceptibility gene for breast cancer: study
March 27, 2023 Cancer/Oncology Prostate cancer: New combination therapy could reduce progression risk
February 8, 2023 AI AI system developed to assist oncologists by predicting the effectiveness of breast cancer chemotherapy. This is just the beginning of AI forays into medicine.
February 6, 2023 Cancer/Oncology Study prompts doctors to renew recommendations for fallopian tube removal to prevent ovarian cancer
January 12, 2023 Cancer/Oncology Canadian doctors perform world-first delivery of treatment for inoperable brain tumour in kid using ultrasound
January 10, 2023 Cancer/Oncology Observational study of self-reported vitamin D intake and melanoma risk states, “In conclusion, regular use of vitamin D associates with fewer melanoma cases, when compared to non-use, but the causality between them is obscure.”
December 14, 2022 Cancer/Oncology Moderna and Merck report that a new mRNA anti-cancer vaccine under investigation used in combination with standard therapy to treat stage IV melanoma reduces risk of relapse compared to standard therapy alone.