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Genetics of Nearby Healthy Tissue May Help Catch Lung Cancer’s Return

Genetic information collected from seemingly healthy tissue near lung tumors may be a better predictor of whether cancer will come back after treatment than analysis of the tumors themselves, according to new research led by NYU Langone Health and its…

Chemotherapy before surgery reduces risk of colon cancer recurrence, finds Cancer Research UK-funded trial

Administering chemotherapy before surgery can significantly reduce the risk of colon cancer recurrence, according to a Cancer Research UK-funded trial. The FOxTROT trial, led by the University of Birmingham and the University of Leeds, involved 1,053 colon cancer patients from…