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.

Cancer Research News: July 31 – August 13

MRI allows for real-time gene therapy for brain cancer, performed at the University of California, San Diego.
Some autistic patients have a mutation of the gene PTEN, which can lead to cancer as well.
In a recent editorial in JAMA, authors suggest the word “cancer” be eliminated altogether from some common diagnoses.
From PLoS Medicine, there is research that proposes new statistical models for cancer decision-making. An editorial co-written by MSKCC’s Dr. Andrew Vickers has also been published.