September 2020 - Cancer Currents Blog
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Melanoma Cells Are More Likely to Spread after a Stopover in Lymph NodesMelanoma cells that pass through the lymphatic system before entering the bloodstream are more resistant to cell death and spread more readily than cells that enter the bloodstream directly. The finding could lead to new treatment approaches.
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Reducing Cancer’s Global Burden: A Conversation with NCI’s Dr. Satish GopalDr. Satish Gopal, director of NCI’s Center for Global Health, discusses opportunities for making progress against cancer worldwide, particulary in low- and middle-income countries, many of which are seeing increasing cancer incidence and deaths.
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ACS’s Updated Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines ExplainedUpdated cervical cancer screening guidelines from the American Cancer Society recommend HPV testing as the preferred approach. NCI’s Dr. Nicolas Wentzensen explains the changes and how they compare with other cervical cancer screening recommendations.
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Are Cancer Patients Getting the Opioids They Need to Control Pain?Efforts to contain the opioid epidemic may be preventing people with cancer from receiving appropriate prescriptions for opioids to manage their cancer pain, according to a new study of oncologists’ opioid prescribing patterns.
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Pazopanib Shows Promise for Children, Adults with Soft Tissue SarcomasFor children and adults with advanced soft tissue sarcoma, adding pazopanib (Votrient) to chemotherapy and radiation before surgery may be a promising treatment option, early results from a clinical trial suggest.
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New on NCI’s Websites for September 2020See selected content that has been added to NCI’s websites as of September 2020, in this Cancer Currents post.