Cancer

Smart Speaker Therapy Helps Breast Cancer Survivors Sleep Better

Smart Speaker Therapy Helps Breast Cancer Survivors Sleep Better

What did the research discover? Researchers tested if a voice-activated therapy using cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) could help breast cancer survivors who have trouble sleeping. CBT-I is a type of talk therapy that teaches ways to improve sleep by changing habits and thoughts that make it hard to rest. This therapy was delivered through a smart...

New Drug Shows Promise for Treating Advanced Endometrial Cancer

New Drug Shows Promise for Treating Advanced Endometrial Cancer

What Did the Research Discover? Researchers studied sacituzumab govitecan (SG) as a possible treatment for advanced endometrial cancer (EC) in patients who had already undergone chemotherapy and immunotherapy. The study was part of the TROPiCS-03 trial, which included patients with various metastatic solid tumors. In this phase II study, 41 patients with advanced EC...

Do All Men with Prostate Cancer Get the Same Treatment? A Look at Racial and Ethnic Gaps

Do All Men with Prostate Cancer Get the Same Treatment? A Look at Racial and Ethnic Gaps

What Are Current Prostate Cancer Treatments? Treating advanced prostate cancer often involves lowering the levels of male hormones (called androgens) in the body. This is because prostate cancer cells usually need these hormones to grow. One common treatment is called androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), which uses special medicines to stop the body from making these...

New Combination Therapy Shows Promise for Advanced Urinary Tract Cancer

New Combination Therapy Shows Promise for Advanced Urinary Tract Cancer

What Did the Research Discover? Researchers conducted a phase 3 clinical trial to evaluate whether adding nivolumab, an immune therapy, to the standard chemotherapy drugs gemcitabine and cisplatin would improve survival for patients with advanced urothelial carcinoma (a type of bladder cancer). The study included 608 patients with unresectable or metastatic...