Cancer

Dolly's Cancer Death; Mammogram Safety Alert; Chemo Drug Shortage Worsens
(MedPage Today) -- Representatives for entertainer Dolly Parton acknowledged that she died of cancer but did not identify the type of cancer; her sister, Stella, revealed that the singer and actress volunteered to take experimental drugs that might...
Dolly Parton's Health Struggles; Fauci Prosecution Stalled; Germany's Malaria Deaths
(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Before her death, Dolly Parton disclosed she had let her own health slide while taking care of her terminally ill husband. (CNN) The Republican effort to hold Anthony...
U.S. Women Increasingly Not Screened for Cervical Cancer
(MedPage Today) -- The proportion of women never screened for cervical cancer increased by more than 5% per year from 2005 to 2023, a cross-sectional study showed. Over this time period, the proportion of women ages 21 to 29 never screened for...
3 Deaths Linked to Device; Nurses Strike in 8 Cities; Rare Skin Cancer Mimics Rash
(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Abiomed flagged a heart pump controller purge cassette problem associated with three of its products, the FDA alerted. The company sent a letter to customers recommending...
Nonsurgical Options for Early Rectal Cancer Continue to Show Promise
(MedPage Today) -- Almost 80% of patients with early-stage rectal cancer remained surgery-free for a year or longer after treatment with chemoradiation therapy (CRT), a large randomized study showed. Among 341 patients who chose not to have upfront...
'Grand Slam' Pancreatic Cancer Drug Wins FDA Approval
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved the first-in-class RAS inhibitor daraxonrasib (Rasonque) for metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), the most common form of pancreatic cancer. The approval stipulates use in adults with PDAC previously...
Dolly Parton's Cause of Death; 14 Newborns Killed in Hospital Fire; GLP-1 Coverage
(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Country music superstar Dolly Parton, 80, died Tuesday after a brief battle with an undisclosed type of cancer, according to her family. She had also been dealing...
First Drug OK'd for Warm Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved nipocalimab (Imaavy) as the first treatment for warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia (wAIHA), the most common form of autoimmune hemolytic anemia. Approval of the immunoselective neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn) blocker...
'Practice-Changing' Data Expand Zanidatamab's Approval to Gastroesophageal Cancer
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved zanidatamab (Ziihera) plus tislelizumab (Tevimbra) and chemotherapy as first-line treatment for unresectable/metastatic HER2-positive gastroesophageal cancer. The approval stipulates use in adults with unresectable...
Study Warns on Alpha-Gal Syndrome and Blood Transfusions
(MedPage Today) -- In areas with high prevalence of tick-induced alpha-gal syndrome (AGS), patients with blood type O appeared to be at significantly increased risk for allergic transfusion reactions to B or AB blood units, according to a retrospective...