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Diet and Nutrition for Managing Cancer Symptoms
Date Posted: May 27, 2025

EASTER Project Phase 1: Advancing Affordable AI-Driven Systems for Cervical Cancer Screening, Triage, and Treatment
Date Posted: May 15, 2025

Targeting Aging Biology to Optimize the Long-Term Health of Cancer Survivors
Date Posted: May 15, 2025

Harnessing Studies of Diet and the Gut Microbiome to Reduce Colorectal Cancer Burden
Date Posted: April 29, 2025

Personalised Risk in Lung Screening
Date Posted: April 24, 2025

Immunotherapy’s Skin Side Effects: Are Microbes to Blame?

POSTED: July 13, 2022
NCI Cancer Currents blog article

Drugs called immune checkpoint inhibitors are a type of immunotherapy that have transformed the treatment of many cancers. But for many patients, these drugs can cause a wide range of side effects, including itching and painful skin…

Severe Side Effects of Cancer Treatment Are More Common in Women than Men

POSTED: March 15, 2022
NCI Cancer Currents blog article

Women are more likely than men to experience severe side effects from cancer treatments such as chemotherapy, targeted therapy, and immunotherapy, a new study suggests.

Cannabis, Cannabinoids, and Cancer Research

POSTED: November 27, 2021
JNCI monograph

The Division of Cancer Prevention sponsored a special issue of the JNCI Monographs entitled “Cannabis, Cannabinoids, and Cancer Research”. Volume 2021, Issue 58, December 2021.