Scientists from Harvard Medical School and other institutions found that airline pilots and flight attendants may face a higher risk of dying from certain types of cancer linked to radiation exposure. For the study, researchers analyzed death certificate data for 12.7 million people who worked in...
Scientists at Tel Aviv University suggested that the erectile dysfunction drug sildenafil, sold as Viagra, may help stop cancer from spreading to other parts of the body. The study, involving researchers from the U.S. National Cancer Institute, Clalit Health Services, and Rabin Medical Center in...
According to a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO), about 20.6 million people are diagnosed with cancer every year, and nearly 10 million die from it, predicting that if the trend continues then the number of new cancer cases each year could rise to nearly 35 million by 2050. The WHO...
The World Health Organization has warned that the number of new cancer cases worldwide could rise to almost 35 million a year by 2050 unless countries take urgent action to strengthen prevention, early diagnosis and treatment. The stark warning appears in a new report from the UN health agency highlighting inequalities in cancer survival between high and low-income countries. The Global Status R
A new study has found that men are much more likely than women to be diagnosed with cancer at a later stage, when the disease has already spread and is harder to treat. "It is important to better understand how stage may differ between sexes as a way to explain sex differences in cancer mortality...
Artificial intelligence is reshaping the landscape of oncology, offering a glimpse into a future where cancer diagnosis and treatment are faster, more precise, and deeply personalized. A new review published in npj Precision Oncology explores how AI is transforming cancer care— from identifying early warning signs to designing individualized therapies.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Tregzi, the first regulatory T (Treg) cell-based immunotherapy for improving chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD)-free survival in adult patients with blood cancers undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT). It represents...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a proposed rule that, if finalized, would help strengthen the agency's ability to efficiently identify illegal foreign tobacco products — including youth-appealing e-cigarettes — and conduct on-site inspections abroad. Domestic tobacco product manufacturers...
A new study led by researchers at WashU Medicine suggests that younger generations may be aging faster biologically than older generations did at the same age, which might also be linked to a higher risk of developing cancer at a younger age. "Our ultimate goal is to decode how modern environments...
Wednesday, Quest Diagnostics Inc. (DGX) announced that the New York State Department of Health's Clinical Laboratory Evaluation Program has approved the company's Haystack MRD test for identifying residual or recurring disease in patients with a range of solid tumor cancers. Upon receiving this approval,...
A large scientific review suggests that sleeping too little or too much may not significantly raise overall cancer risk, challenging long-held assumptions about the role of sleep in cancer development.
Monday, Tango Therapeutics, Inc. (TNGX) announced positive initial data from its ongoing Phase 1/2 study of vopimetostat in combination with Revolution Medicines' RAS(ON) inhibitors daraxonrasib or zoldonrasib. During the study, patients with MTAP-deleted and RAS-mutant metastatic pancreatic ductal...
With 2.3 million new cases diagnosed annually worldwide, breast cancer remains the most common cancer affecting women. For decades, chemotherapy has been a cornerstone of breast cancer treatment. Though it has helped to save lives, persons undergoing that experience significant physical and emotional...
A new study by researchers at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington has provided one of the most detailed analyzes so far on how alcohol affects health. The researchers reviewed data from 843 studies published up to 2023 and used a special method that...
A study published in Nutrition & Diabetes suggests that eating late at night may raise the risk of cancer and other chronic diseases. Researchers analyzed data from the U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, looking at how meal timing, frequency, and food quality affected long-term health outcomes.
August 21, 2026 14:42 ET The minutes of the latest policy meeting of the Federal Reserve, housing market data and manufacturing sector survey results were the main news for the U.S. economy this week. In Europe, inflation data from the U.K. was the highlight, while consumer price data from Japan drew attention in Asia.