Cancer Research News

The latest cancer news from the U.S. government's principal agency for cancer research.
  1. While new cancer diagnoses largely returned to pre-pandemic levels in 2021, they don’t account for the missed diagnoses in early 2020 that resulted from disruptions in cancer screening and other medical care.
  2. A new study suggests, for men with West African genetic ancestry, living in a disadvantaged neighborhood was associated with a higher risk of prostate cancer. The researchers posit that chronic stress—such as from racial profiling, housing discrimination, and exposure to violence—may be a possible driver.
  3. An NCI trial shows that giving patients pembrolizumab after surgery for high-risk muscle invasive bladder cancer doubles the median length of time that they remain cancer free, compared with observation alone after surgery.
  4. A new cellular immunotherapy approach shrank tumors in 3 of 7 patients with metastatic colon cancer, in a small NCI clinical trial. Normal white blood cells from each patient were genetically engineered to produce receptors that recognize and attack their specific cancer cells.
  5. A large analysis of data from nearly 400,000 healthy U.S. adults followed for more than 20 years has found no association between regular multivitamin use and lower risk of death.
  6. More than half of clinical trial participants treated with venetoclax, ibrutinib, prednisone, obinutuzumab, and lenalidomide (ViPOR) had substantial tumor shrinkage. Of those, 38% had tumors that disappeared completely.
  7. An NCI study explores the causes and effects of a phenomenon known as mosaic loss of chromosome X, or mLOX, which may lead to several health conditions, including cancer.
  8. AI tool developed by NCI researchers uses routine clinical data, such as that from a simple blood test, to predict whether someone’s cancer will respond to immune checkpoint inhibitors, a type of immunotherapy.
  9. An international team of researchers has identified 50 new areas across the genome that are associated with the risk of developing kidney cancer. The analysis identified genetic variants associated with the risk of developing papillary renal cell carcinoma and clear cell renal cell carcinoma.
  10. An artificial intelligence tool called PERCEPTION developed by NCI researchers could one day be used to help doctors more precisely match patients with drugs that will be effective for their cancer.