The development of head and neck cancer is increasingly linked to HPV infection, which is a sexually transmitted disease. Oropharyngeal cancer is a type of head and neck cancer that is associated with preconceptions regarding the high-risk sexual behavior of the affected individuals. Circumventing some potential sources of bias related to case-control studies, researchers at […]

Rapidly increasing risk factors for cancer mortality worldwide, 1990–2019 The number of cancer deaths attributable to HFPG worldwide in 2019 was 419,340 (95% CI 115,730–848,480). In the global range, tobacco consumption, dietary risks, and alcohol consumption (top three from high to low) were still risk factors that caused the most cancer deaths in 2019 when […]

George Nahas, DO, attending physician, and hematology and oncology specialist at Miami Cancer Institute, discusses recent and ongoing research that has impacted the current treatment landscape for patients with multiple myeloma. According to Nahas, the use of immunotherapy has proven to be beneficial in this space. Specifically, treatment with chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy […]

Photo: Tom Eversley (Shutterstock) The World Health Organization has said three different things about aspartame this year. First, they said not to use sweeteners like aspartame for weight loss. Next, they designated aspartame, the sweetener in Diet Coke, a “possible” carcinogen. Now, the branch responsible for deciding which food additives are safe has confirmed that […]