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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 8-Jul-2025 16:10 ET (8-Jul-2025 20:10 GMT/UTC)

ASCO 2025: Alcohol-fueled cancer deaths are on the rise in the US

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Reports and Proceedings

A new study led by experts at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, is the first to look at trends over time in alcohol-linked cancer mortality across the United States. The findings, titled “Escalating Impact of Alcohol-Related Cancer Mortality in the U.S.: A call for action,” will be presented May 31 at ASCO 2025.

ASCO 2025 STUDY: New standard of care emerges for multiple myeloma

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Reports and Proceedings

A new four-drug combination is highly effective and safe in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma. Data from the ADVANCE clinical trial will be presented at ASCO June 3. The randomized, multi-center trial tests the effects of adding the targeted drug daratumumab to the standard three-part therapy regimen, called KRd (carfilzomib, lenalidomide and dexamethasone).

University of Cincinnati Cancer Center study sheds light on enzyme’s role in driving lymphoma growth

University of Cincinnati
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A study led by University of Cincinnati Cancer Center researchers sheds new light on the mechanisms by which a major oncogene promotes and sustains lymphoma development and progression, paving the way for novel targeted therapies.

Journal: Redox Biology

Scholastic performance is a key concern for young cancer patients, study finds

University of Florida
Reports and Proceedings

Young patients with cancer need support when it comes to scholastic performance, which can be an empowering and motivating force during the challenges of cancer treatment

Meeting: 2025 ASCO Annual Meeting

New understanding of a decades-old bladder cancer treatment could help improve immunotherapies more broadly

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A team of researchers from MSK and Weill Cornell Medicine is expanding the understanding of how a decades-old treatment for bladder cancer works — an understanding that could help improve the effectiveness of immunotherapies more broadly.

Journal: Cancer Cell
Funder: National Institutes of Health

Poorly functioning blood vessels lead to muscle wasting in cancer

University of Illinois Chicago
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A dysfunction in muscle blood vessels could be to blame for the weak muscles and weight loss that most cancer patients experience, according to a new study from University of Illinois Chicago researchers.

Journal: Nature Cancer

New insights into bladder cancer treatment could help improve immunotherapies

Weill Cornell Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

More than three decades ago, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) as the first immunotherapy against cancer. And it is still used today to treat early-stage bladder cancer.

Now, a team of researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) and is expanding the understanding of how the treatment works — an understanding that could help improve the effectiveness of immunotherapies more broadly.

Journal: Cancer Cell

Most Americans unaware of cancer risks associated with drinking alcohol

University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Alcohol is a leading preventable cause of cancer, but public awareness of the connection remains strikingly low in the U.S., with just 40% of American adults recognizing alcohol as a cancer risk, according to a new study from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Journal: JAMA Oncology

Public awareness of the association between alcohol and cancer in the U.S.

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: The findings of this study that fewer than half of U.S. adults are aware and about one-fifth are unsure of their awareness of the association between alcohol and cancer emphasize the need to implement the recently updated Surgeon General’s recommendation to reduce the alcohol-related cancer burden in the U.S.

Journal: JAMA Oncology

Acupuncture for nocturia in survivors of prostate cancer

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: In this pilot trial, acupuncture produced greater reductions in nocturia (waking up 1 or more times to urinate) relative to usual care in survivors of prostate cancer. The nocturia reduction was comparable to other treatments, such as desmopressin, α-blockers, and antimuscarinic medications; however, acupuncture was associated with fewer adverse events. Nocturia affects more than half of survivors of prostate cancer.

Journal: JAMA Oncology

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