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Big Drop in Cervical Cancer Deaths; Publication Hijackers; A Win for CRC Home Tests

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

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Onco Break over a computer rendering of a cancer cell.

Cervical cancer mortality in American women younger than 25 declined by 62% from 2016 to 2021, coinciding with uptake of the . (JAMA)

An oncologist fends off burnout with . (Oncology News Central)

Adding capivasertib (Truqap) to abiraterone (Zytiga) and androgen deprivation therapy improved in PTEN-deficient de novo metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer, AstraZeneca announced.

Roche said that adding the TIGIT inhibitor tiragolumab to atezolizumab (Tecentriq) in untreated PD-L1-high metastatic non-small cell lung cancer.

, once targeting mostly small and independent publishers, have expanded their sights to include major labels. (Retraction Watch)

More evidence that improve screening rates for colorectal cancer. (UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, JAMA Network Open)

Women with cancer reported after participating in a program of yoga and psychological skill development. (UF Health Cancer Center, Integrative Cancer Therapies)

An experimental reduced tumor size and improved survival in laboratory studies. (Wistar Institute, Journal of Experimental Medicine)

Meanwhile, adjuvant therapy that included chemotherapy led to better survival in patients with that had been upstaged from T2 to T3. (Fox Chase Cancer Center/Temple Health, Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery)

Guardant Health announced that a California jury awarded the company almost $300 million after unanimously deciding that Natera intentionally about the Guardant Reveal test for early colorectal cancer detection in favor of Natera's Signatera test.

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