An ultrasound test may more reliably detect ovarian cancer in premenopausal women than the Risk of Malignancy Index
1. This cohort study found that the IOTA ADNEX ultrasound model at a 10% risk threshold detected more ovarian cancers...
Oncology
Reports of high-impact oncology studies by medical professionals
Human papillomavirus vaccination may allow longer cervical cancer screening intervals
1. In this individual-based modeling study, fewer cervical cancer screens for HPV-vaccinated women were the most cost-effective strategy. 2. Fewer...
Palbociclib as adjunct maintenance therapy prolongs progression-free survival in some types of metastatic breast cancer
1. This randomized controlled trial found that, in patients with hormone-receptor-positive, HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer, the addition of palbociclib to...
Sacituzumab govitecan plus pembrolizumab improves survival in advanced triple-negative breast cancer
1. Among patients with previously untreated programmed death-ligand 1 positive, triple-negative breast cancer, first-line sacituzumab govitecan plus pembrolizumab significantly prolonged...
AstraZeneca moves to own multimodal oncology AI with Modella
1. AstraZeneca is acquiring Modella AI to embed multimodal foundation models into oncology R&D and strengthen biomarker driven trial strategy....
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2MM: AI Roundup – Lilly and NVIDIA’s $1B AI lab, Illumina’s Billion Cell Atlas, AstraZeneca’s Modella deal, and Claude for Healthcare [Jan 19th, 2026]
NVIDIA and Lilly put $1B behind AI as core drug infrastructure During the JPMorgan Healthcare Conference week in mid January...
FDA highlights flexible chemistry manufacturing controls expectations for cell and gene therapies
1. New FDA communication introduces a more flexible, risk‑based chemistry, manufacturing, and controls (CMC) framework for cell and gene therapies,...
Surgery-induced weight loss may be associated with lower mortality rates in women with obesity but not men
1. Surgery-induced weight loss was associated with lower cancer incidence and mortality rates in women with obesity, but not men....
New model enhances prediction of prostate cancer-specific mortality
1. In this cohort study, a novel prognostic model was developed to estimate prostate cancer-specific mortality (PCSM) while accounting for...
High-flow nasal therapy with room air and fan therapy provide modest relief of dyspnea in advanced cancer patients who are not hypoxemic
1. In patients with advanced cancer who are not hypoxemic, high-flow nasal therapy using room air and simple fan therapy...
