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Estimation of cancer deaths averted from prevention, screening, and treatment efforts, 1975-2020

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In this model-based study using population-level cancer mortality data, an estimated 5.94 million cancer deaths were averted for breast, cervical, colorectal, lung, and prostate cancers combined from 1975 to 2020. Prevention and screening accounted for 8 of every 10 averted deaths, and the contribution varied by cancer site. Despite progress, efforts to reduce the U.S. cancer burden will require increased dissemination of effective interventions and new technologies and discoveries.

Journal: JAMA Oncology

UNC researchers awarded up to $10M to leverage data science to accelerate cancer diagnosis and optimize delivery of precision oncology

University of North Carolina Health Care
Grant and Award Announcement

UNC-Chapel Hill researchers have been awarded up to $10 million in Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health funding to create the Cancer Identification and Precision Oncology Center. This project will use AI to improve cancer diagnosis, personalize treatments, and support research. It aims to provide better cancer care, improve equity, and be accessible for health providers across diverse locations and resources.

Funder: Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health

Opioids interfere with cancer immunotherapy but these drugs could help

University of Pittsburgh
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Opioids are often first-line treatments for cancer-related pain, but they can suppress the immune system and reduce the effectiveness of immunotherapy. New research from the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC Hillman Cancer Center found that a type of drug called peripherally restricted OPRM1 antagonists (PAMORAs) blocked opioid-induced immunosuppression and improved response rates to immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy in a mouse model of head and neck cancer.

Journal: Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health

Virginia Tech researcher receives collaborative grant to improve cancer therapies

Virginia Tech
Grant and Award Announcement

Chemical engineering Professor Padma Rajagopalan is designing 3D liver organoids to test the effects of chemotherapy.

Trio of studies yield new insights into AML treatment for various high-risk subtypes

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Reports and Proceedings

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researchers are leading three studies that yield new insights to help improve treatment for patients with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). The research teams will present their findings at the 66th American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting & Exposition in San Diego, Dec. 7 – 10, 2024. ASH is the is the world's largest and most comprehensive hematology event of the year.

Cancer research: Small change with a big impact

University of Konstanz
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A research team at the University of Konstanz, led by toxicologist Ivano Amelio, has demonstrated how differently individual mutations of the tumour suppressor p53 affect pancreatic carcinomas.

Journal: Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research

Break through cancer launches team to prevent lung cancer recurrence with the hope of long-term cures

Break Through Cancer
Business Announcement

Top cancer researchers unite in radical collaboration to target residual lung cancer cells remaining after initial therapy

Funder: Break Through Cancer

A new method for efficient synthesis of anti-cancer drugs

Tokyo University of Science
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The Horner–Wadsworth–Emmons (HWE) reaction is commonly used in organic chemistry to synthesize conjugated aldehydes. However, traditional HWE reaction methods sometimes have inconsistent (E)- and (Z)-selectivity, and (E)-isomers of conjugated carbonyl compounds are important for the synthesis of hynapene analogues, which have anti-cancer properties. Researchers have developed a new HWE reaction using a Weinreb amide–type HWE reagent, featuring high robustness, scalability, and (E)-selectivity. Additionally, its key intermediate can be isolated and is exceptionally stable.

Journal: The Journal of Organic Chemistry
Funder: Suntory Foundation for Life Sciences, Japan Science and Technology Agency

Women pay for AI to boost mammogram findings

Radiological Society of North America
Reports and Proceedings

More than a third of women across 10 health care practices chose to enroll in a self-pay, artificial intelligence (AI)-enhanced breast cancer screening program, and the women who enrolled were 21% more likely to have cancer detected, according to research being presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

Meeting: 110th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America

Possible colon cancer vaccine target uncovered in bacteria

Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
Peer-Reviewed Publication

By comparing cancer incidence rates with genomic surveillance data, researchers suggest that higher rates of certain cancers in the UK and other countries may be linked to two bacterial strains. These strains are also among the most frequent causes of urinary tract infections.

Journal: The Lancet Microbe
Funder: Wellcome Trust, Research Council of Norway, Academy of Finland