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Cancer Rates Rising in Gen Xers and Millennials. The Question Is Why?

Researchers analyzed cancer incidence and mortality rates across generations and found a significant increase in many types of cancer among Generation X and millennials.

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Epstein-Barr Virus Might Help Trigger Cancer After Kidney Transplant

Key Takeaways

  • Kidney transplant recipients who’ve never been exposed to the Epstein-Barr virus but receive organs from a donor who has been may develop a rare and aggressive cancer

  • As many as 1,200 patients a year could be at risk for that cancer, called post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD)

  • This risk may be much...

Therapeutic Vaccine May Fight Advanced Kidney Cancer

A small, early trial of a vaccine that mobilizes the immune system to battle advanced kidney cancers appears successful, researchers report.

The "personalized cancer vaccines" (PCVs) used by the nine patients in the trial were targeted to genes specific to their tumors, explained a team led by Dr. David Braun of the Yale Cancer ...

Combo Treatment Doubles Survival for Patients With Advanced Kidney Cancer

A small clinical trial suggests that a duo of drugs can extend survival for people battling advanced kidney cancer.

Researchers at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in Buffalo, N.Y., developed the new regimen, a combination of pazopanib (Votrient) and bevacizumab (Avastin).

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Injected Opdivo for Kidney Cancer Works Equally Well as IV Form: Study

Opdivo, one of the new generation of immunotherapy cancer treatments, appears to help kidney cancer patients equally well when given as a quick injection versus the current method of intravenous delivery, a new study finds.

The results of the new trial using injected Opdivo (nivolumab) could free up time and money for cancer patients, the research team said.

"The burden of treatment...