FDA Sets Sights on Animal Testing; AI Privacy Threat; Chewing Gum for Cancer?

FDA and Animal Testing

The FDA issued draft guidance aimed at reducing unnecessary use of animal testing for cancer drugs.

Personal Sharing of Cancer Diagnosis

Former U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, 60, acknowledged that she has been diagnosed with thyroid cancer.

Impact of Medicaid Work Requirements

Work requirements for Medicaid beneficiaries could lead to a dramatic increase in missed cancer screenings.

Advances in Cancer Detection

A test for circulating tumor DNA identified patients at risk of breast cancer recurrence more than a year before the relapse became apparent by conventional testing methods.

AI and Patient Privacy

Growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) in radiology may pose new threats to patient privacy.

Integrity of Healthcare Task Force

In an open letter to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 60 organizations representing cancer patients and survivors called for protections to maintain the integrity of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force after the Trump administration dismissed its key leaders.

Cybersecurity Breach in Cancer Clinics

The Oncology Institute, which owns and operates 100 cancer clinics in five states, acknowledged a cybersecurity breach involving patient data accessed by an unauthorized third party.

Chewing Gum and Cancer Prevention

Does bioengineered chewing gum have a role in preventing head and neck cancers?

FDA and Drug Approval Controversy

Who got it right on the oral breast cancer drug camizestrant? The FDA, whose Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee gave it a thumbs down, or the European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use, which recommended approval?

Meanwhile, AstraZeneca said the FDA has decided to delay making a decision on camizestrant, pending a review of additional data.

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Fuente: https://www.medpagetoday.com/hematologyoncology/othercancers/121497