Cancer Research News: August 14 – August 27

  • Researchers at Weill Cornell have shown that treatment-resistant lymphomas can be reprogrammed to respond to cancer drugs by using low concentrations of DNA methyltransferase inhibitors.
  • A patient addresses the many aspects of cancer survivorship, including dealing with anxiety regarding followup screening.
  • NPR reviews a new book, The Cancer Chronicles, in which journalist George Johnson gains insight from the latest SEER cancer incidence data.
  • San Francisco researchers recommend that thyroid biopsy guidelines be simplified, in an effort to reduce unnecessary biopsies.