Oncology

Therapeutics, diagnostics and evidence shaping cancer care.

Pope’s Latin America trip follows lung cancer surgery and rapid recovery

Pope Leo is traveling to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru three weeks after lung cancer surgery, after doctors removed the tumor and lower right lung lobe.

By Dr. Revathy Mohan V.R., MBBS · Nov 6, 2026 · 6 min read

Oncology·WHO

Pancreatic Cancer Risk Rises With Diabetes, Pancreatitis and Smoking

A multicenter case-control study links pancreatitis and newly diagnosed diabetes to higher pancreatic cancer risk, with allergy associated…

Nov 6, 2026

Oncology·BMJ Open

Penile Cancer Care Needs a Global Research Model

Penile cancer remains underfunded and fragmented, with trials concentrated away from high-prevalence regions and care gaps limiting progress.

Nov 6, 2026

Oncology·Cancer Disc

DNMT3B linked to neuroendocrine plasticity in aggressive prostate cancer

AACR research links DNMT3B to neuroendocrine lineage plasticity and aggressive progression in prostate cancer, implicating epigenetic reprogramming.

Nov 6, 2026

Oncology·Nature

Digestive Cancer Frailty Score Pathway Falls Short in Routine Care

A French real-world study found a frailty-guided supportive care pathway was feasible in fewer than half of digestive…

Nov 6, 2026

Oncology·Oral Health

Mouth cancer cases in England rise 40% in a decade

England recorded 9,673 mouth cancer diagnoses in 2024, a 40% rise in a decade, as clinicians urge earlier…

Nov 6, 2026

Oncology·Br J Cancer

KDM2A ablation restores liver cancer immunogenicity and CD8 T-cell infiltration

KDM2A silencing in liver cancer triggered DNA damage, immune pathway activation, and stronger CD8 T-cell infiltration in preclinical…

Nov 6, 2026

Oncology·Br J Cancer

Head and Neck Cancer Study Links DP CD8 T Cells to NACI Response

Single-cell and spatial analyses in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma link CD39+CD103+ CD8 T cells with neoadjuvant…

Nov 6, 2026

Oncology·Br J Cancer

Digital pathology risk score predicts nivolumab response in gastric cancer

A deep learning model from gastric tumor slides matched PD-L1 scoring and improved prediction of nivolumab benefit in…

Nov 6, 2026

Oncology·Br J Cancer

Hypoxic pancreatic cancer organoids preserve basal-like heterogeneity

Hypoxic culture preserved basal-like pancreatic cancer organoids and better matched primary tumour heterogeneity in spatial single-cell analysis.

Nov 6, 2026

Oncology

Therapeutics, diagnostics and evidence shaping cancer care.

In Brief The 5-minute rounds

New hypertension guideline lowers the treatment threshold to 130/80 mm Hg.
Phase 3 GLP-1 trial reports a 20% cut in major adverse cardiac events.
FDA clears a next-generation CAR-T therapy for relapsed lymphoma.
Meta-analysis links early mobilisation to shorter ICU length of stay.
Rapid guidance broadens empiric antibiotics for suspected sepsis.