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18-Dec-2025

Rice and MD Anderson build patient-specific models to guide complex pelvic cancer surgeries

Rice University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

When surgeons remove an aggressive bone tumor from the pelvis, saving a patient’s life can mean sacrificing a large portion of the spine and hip. Putting that fragile structure back together in a way that will let the patient sit, stand and walk safely is one of the most difficult challenges in orthopedic oncology and requires a team of experts with highly specialized skills. Now, a new collaboration between Rice University engineers and physicians at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is giving surgeons a powerful new way to plan those reconstructions before they ever step into the operating room. The research was recently published in the Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials.

Journal: Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

18-Dec-2025

New study finds more comfortable option for guiding breast cancer surgery

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study led by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Atrium Health Levine Cancer has found that a modern technique for locating breast tumors before surgery, called radioactive seed localization (RSL), is just as effective as the traditional wire localization (WL) method, while offering patients and surgeons a better overall experience.

Journal: Annals of Surgery
Funder: Bosom Buddies Benefit Organization

18-Dec-2025

Accelerated cancer drug approvals deliver limited survival gains at high cost

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute
Peer-Reviewed Publication

FDA’s accelerated pathway allows new drugs to enter the market based on interim measures rather than waiting for long-term results like overall survival. Pharmaceutical companies are required to run follow-up studies after initial approval to confirm the benefits, but these studies are not always completed. From 1992 to 2020, nearly half of the drugs approved through this pathway were still missing these follow-up studies.

Journal: BMJ Medicine

18-Dec-2025

MD Anderson shares latest research breakthroughs

University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Proton therapy improves survival and offers quality-of-life benefits over traditional radiation therapy for patients with head and neck cancers

Novel mitochondrial target improves antitumor responses in pancreatic cancer models

Diagnostic MRIs may be unnecessary for some patients with early-stage breast cancer

18-Dec-2025

Latin American research indicates a lower prevalence of a type of head and neck cancer

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Peer-Reviewed Publication

After analyzing over 1,400 cases of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck, the study found that more aggressive histopathological variants occur at a rate of 4.6%. Previous estimates pointed to a rate of up to 15%.

Journal: Annals of Diagnostic Pathology
Funder: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

18-Dec-2025

HPV vaccine can protect against severe lesions of the vulva and vagina

Karolinska Institutet
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Girls who are vaccinated against HPV are not only well protected against cervical cancer; they are also less likely to develop severe precancerous lesions of the vulva and vagina, particularly if they were vaccinated before the age of 17. This is shown in a new study from Karolinska Institutet published in JAMA Oncology.

Journal: JAMA Oncology

18-Dec-2025

UT Health San Antonio’s collaborative research program unites experts to revolutionize cancer treatment

The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center
Grant and Award Announcement

Researchers at UT Health San Antonio, the academic health center of the The University of Texas at San Antonio (UT San Antonio) were recently awarded a $10 million program project grant from the National Cancer Institute to investigate the connections between the APOBEC mutagenesis and cancer. The program is the only National Cancer Institute-funded program specifically targeting APOBEC.

18-Dec-2025

New Raman imaging system detects subtle tumor signals

Optica
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new compact Raman imaging system can differentiate between tumor and normal tissue.

Journal: Optica

18-Dec-2025

What prevents more cancer patients from enrolling in potentially life-saving clinical trials?

Case Western Reserve University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A study by Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals researchers has overturned long-held assumptions about why more cancer patients don’t enroll in clinical trials that could potentially save their lives. They found that financial factors—not race or demographics—are the strongest predictors of participation in cancer research studies.

Journal: Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network

18-Dec-2025

Promising target improves antitumor response in preclinical models of pancreatic cancer

University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have found that a mitochondrial enzyme, GFER, creates an immunosuppressive environment within pancreatic tumors, leading to treatment resistance.

Journal: Cancer Research