Ignoring Colonoscopy Advice; Inflamed Tongue, Then Cancer; Acupuncture for Dry Mouth

Faced with a positive stool test, 7.4% of patients ignored standard practice of undergoing colonoscopy and had a second fecal blood test, and a majority of those patients delayed colonoscopy for more than a year. (Kaiser Permanente, Journal of General Internal Medicine)

A Delaware jury unanimously decided that AstraZeneca infringed on patent rights with the lung cancer drug osimertinib (Tagrisso) and agreed on $107.5 million in damages for Pfizer. (BioSpace)

A group of cancer survivors has sued Johnson & Johnson over its efforts to use a shell company’s bankruptcy to resolve thousands of lawsuits alleging that the company’s talc products cause cancer. (Reuters)

Inflammatory tongue conditions had a significant association with subsequent development of tongue cancer. (Journal of Clinical Oncology)

An AI model outperformed MRI and ultrasound for detecting breast cancer metastasis. (UT Southwestern)

CAR T-cell therapy for a type of pediatric brain cancer showed early promise in navigating to the tumor site and improving anticancer activity. (Baylor College of Medicine, Journal of Clinical Oncology)

A specialized survey questionnaire may provide more insight into the little-studied issue of sexual needs of partners of prostate cancer patients. (NYU Langone Health, European Urology Oncology)

A laboratory study suggested that exercise increases the number and potency of natural killer cells, which might improve the anticancer activity of immune therapy. (Medical Dialogues, Brain Behavior and Immunity)

Acupuncture showed promise for relieving xerostomia (dry mouth) associated with radiation therapy for head and neck cancer. (University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, JAMA Network Open)

Consumption of a whole-food, plant-based diet was associated with multiple health benefits and improved well-being of patients with metastatic breast cancer. (University of Rochester Wilmot Cancer Center, Breast Cancer Research and Treatment)

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