A promising new targeted cancer therapy will soon be available to certain patients with advanced pancreatic cancer – from the comfort of their home. The treatment will be available through a first-of-its-kind, entirely telehealth-based cancer clinical trial at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC – James).

An overwhelming majority of adults (93 percent) recognize a lump as a symptom of breast cancer, but less than half recognize other common symptoms associated with the disease, according to a consumer survey commissioned by The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC – James).

Black women are at increased risk for aggressive forms of breast cancer and have a 42-percent higher death rate compared to white women. Many of these same women also face increased barriers to genetic testing, including financial stress, other health concerns and minimal access to specialists who are likely to recommend risk-reduction methods, according to a study published by experts at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC – James).

3D printing is improving functional and cosmetic treatment outcomes for patients with difficult-to-treat head and neck cancers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC – James).

Not all breast cancers begin with a lump, and during National Breast Cancer Awareness Month this October oncologists at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC – James) want women to be aware of unusual symptoms associated with a particularly aggressive and deadly form of the disease known as inflammatory breast cancer.

Experts are concerned about rapidly rising rates of HPV-related throat and mouth cancers, noting that if this trend continues they could quickly be among the most common forms of cancer in adults between the ages of 45 and 65.

Sunday, June 4 was National Cancer Survivors Day, a day where we pause to honor people living with a history of cancer. Thanks to timely cancer screening and early detection, the National Cancer Institute estimates 18.1 million people in the United States are cancer survivors, and that number is expected to grow to 26 million by 2040.