Here are a few highlights of cancer research news that have caught our attention the past two weeks:

• The New York Times reports how India struggles to make cancer care more affordable, while drug companies are involved in patent disputes.
• The difference in mortality rates between black women and white women with breast cancer has widened since 1975, according to the National Cancer Institute.
• According to a study published in Cancer Immunology Research, engineered immune cells showed antitumor activity in two patients with advanced cancers.
• According to a study published in Preventative Medicine, a diagnosis of cancer in a celebrity sharply increases efforts to quit smoking.