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Cisplatin Shortage Eases; Air Pollution Linked to Breast Cancer; Pap Test Confusion

— News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues

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Onco Break over a computer rendering of a cancer cell.

The nation's has almost returned to pre-shortage levels. (Becker's Hospital Review)

The FDA announced a for temozolomide (Temodar) in anaplastic astrocytoma.

Reality-TV celebrity , daughter of musician John Mellencamp, revealed that she has had "11 or 12" melanoma lesions in recent years. (NBC News)

Living in areas with was associated with an increased risk of breast cancer. (Journal of the National Cancer Institute)

Testing for might represent a liquid biopsy for early diagnosis of breast cancer during pregnancy or the postpartum period. (Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology, Cancer Discovery)

A group of independent oncologists sued Jefferson Health, alleging the health system violated with a "concerted campaign to eliminate" the group's "presence in the oncology marketplace." (STAT)

The HHS Office of Research Integrity concluded that two cancer researchers who formerly worked at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City engaged in by publishing fake data in a dozen since-retracted journal articles. (Retraction Watch)

Health policy researchers called on the FDA to strengthen the agency's by requiring randomized controlled trials as the "preferred approach" to support accelerated approval of cancer drugs. (Regulatory Focus, New England Journal of Medicine)

Estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer has in Black and white women, a potential clue to the higher rate of aggressive disease and higher breast cancer mortality among Black patients. (University of Illinois, Nature Scientific Reports)

More than 70% of women mistakenly believe that an annual includes testing for ovarian cancer, according to a survey by Myriad Genetics.

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    Charles Bankhead is senior editor for oncology and also covers urology, dermatology, and ophthalmology. He joined ľֱ in 2007.