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The analyses can provide important information that may help guide treatment.</p> <p><a href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2020/proteogenomic-core-needle-biopsy-breast">Continue Reading ></a></p> </div> </div> </li> </li> <li> <li class="general-list-item general list-item"> <div class="list-item-image image container"> <a class="item-image image" href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2020/bone-loss-chemotherapy-senescence"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/g/files/xnrzdm211/files/styles/cgov_thumbnail/public/cgov_image/media_image/2020-02/bone-loss-after-chemotherapy.jpg?h=7d6a2d28&itok=f0L1lVFo" width="228" height="171" alt="Bone scan showing bone loss after chemotherapy" /> </a> </div> <div class="title-and-desc title desc container"> <a class="title" href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2020/bone-loss-chemotherapy-senescence" onclick=""> <span>Mouse Study Points to Strategy for Preserving Bone During Chemotherapy</span> </a> <div class="description"> <div class="date-author"> <time datetime="2020-02-25T12:00:00Z">February 25, 2020</time>, by NCI Staff </div> <p>Bone loss associated with chemotherapy appears to be induced by cells that stop dividing but do not die, a recent study in mice suggests. The researchers tested drugs that could block signals from these senescent cells and reverse bone loss in mice.</p> <p><a href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2020/bone-loss-chemotherapy-senescence">Continue Reading ></a></p> </div> </div> </li> </li> <li> <li class="general-list-item general list-item"> <div class="list-item-image image container"> <a class="item-image image" href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2020/car-t-cell-therapy-lymphoma-reduced-side-effects"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/g/files/xnrzdm211/files/styles/cgov_thumbnail/public/cgov_image/media_image/2020-02/chimeric-antigen-receptor-structure.jpg?h=ffee7c04&itok=cjsGmbE9" width="228" height="171" alt="A diagram of a CAR T cell highlighting the changed components of the engineered receptor." /> </a> </div> <div class="title-and-desc title desc container"> <a class="title" href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2020/car-t-cell-therapy-lymphoma-reduced-side-effects" onclick=""> <span>Remodeled CAR T-Cell Therapy Reduces Side Effects in First Clinical Trial</span> </a> <div class="description"> <div class="date-author"> <time datetime="2020-02-20T12:00:00Z">February 20, 2020</time>, by NCI Staff </div> <p>A remodeled CAR T-cell therapy causes fewer neurologic side effects and is equally effective as the original form of the treatment, according to results from the first clinical trial testing the approach in patients with B-cell lymphomas.</p> <p><a href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2020/car-t-cell-therapy-lymphoma-reduced-side-effects">Continue Reading ></a></p> </div> </div> </li> </li> <li> <li class="general-list-item general list-item"> <div class="list-item-image image container"> <a class="item-image image" href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2020/prostate-cancer-disparities-veterans-affairs-study"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/g/files/xnrzdm211/files/styles/cgov_thumbnail/public/cgov_image/media_image/2020-02/african-american-senion-and-nurse.jpg?h=fd5c58ca&itok=LKyI-vUQ" width="228" height="171" alt="A nurse showing an African American man his test results." /> </a> </div> <div class="title-and-desc title desc container"> <a class="title" href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2020/prostate-cancer-disparities-veterans-affairs-study" onclick=""> <span>VA Study Finds No Disparities in Prostate Cancer Deaths with Equal Access to Care</span> </a> <div class="description"> <div class="date-author"> <time datetime="2020-02-18T12:00:00Z">February 18, 2020</time>, by NCI Staff </div> <p>In the Veterans Affairs health care system—where all patients have equal access to care—African American men did not appear to have more-aggressive prostate cancer when diagnosed or a higher death rate from the disease than non-Hispanic white men.</p> <p><a href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2020/prostate-cancer-disparities-veterans-affairs-study">Continue Reading ></a></p> </div> </div> </li> </li> <li> <li class="general-list-item general list-item"> <div class="list-item-image image container"> <a class="item-image image" href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2020/artificial-intelligence-brain-tumor-diagnosis-surgery"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/g/files/xnrzdm211/files/styles/cgov_thumbnail/public/cgov_image/media_image/2020-02/srh-brain-tumor-biopsy.JPG?h=ed6623fe&itok=cpdfgk1E" width="228" height="171" alt="Image of surgical staff reviewing an image of a brain tumor biopsy." /> </a> </div> <div class="title-and-desc title desc container"> <a class="title" href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2020/artificial-intelligence-brain-tumor-diagnosis-surgery" onclick=""> <span>Artificial Intelligence Expedites Brain Tumor Diagnosis during Surgery</span> </a> <div class="description"> <div class="date-author"> <time datetime="2020-02-12T12:00:00Z">February 12, 2020</time>, by NCI Staff </div> <p>A method that combines artificial intelligence with an advanced imaging technology can accurately diagnose brain tumors in fewer than 3 minutes during surgery, a new study shows. The approach can also accurately distinguish tumor from healthy tissue.</p> <p><a href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2020/artificial-intelligence-brain-tumor-diagnosis-surgery">Continue Reading ></a></p> </div> </div> </li> </li> <li> <li class="general-list-item general list-item"> <div class="list-item-image image container"> <a class="item-image image" href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2020/proton-therapy-safety-versus-traditional-radiation"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/g/files/xnrzdm211/files/styles/cgov_thumbnail/public/cgov_image/media_image/2020-01/proton-vs-imrt-lung-cancer.jpg?h=da778428&itok=Sbs33_aK" width="228" height="171" alt="Scans of the chest after traditional radiation therapy and after proton therapy, which show how much surrounding tissue is affected by each type of therapy." /> </a> </div> <div class="title-and-desc title desc container"> <a class="title" href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2020/proton-therapy-safety-versus-traditional-radiation" onclick=""> <span>Is Proton Therapy Safer than Traditional Radiation?</span> </a> <div class="description"> <div class="date-author"> <time datetime="2020-02-11T12:00:00Z">February 11, 2020</time>, by NCI Staff </div> <p>Some experts believe that proton therapy is safer than traditional radiation, but research has been limited. A new observational study compared the safety and effectiveness of proton therapy and traditional radiation in adults with advanced cancer.</p> <p><a href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2020/proton-therapy-safety-versus-traditional-radiation">Continue Reading ></a></p> </div> </div> </li> </li> <li> <li class="general-list-item general list-item"> <div class="list-item-image image container"> <a class="item-image image" href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2020/avapritinib-gist-pdgfra-alteration-fda-approval"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/g/files/xnrzdm211/files/styles/cgov_thumbnail/public/cgov_image/media_image/2020-01/avapritinib-selective-KITPDGFRA-inhibitor.jpg?h=0866251c&itok=eU2jS1O4" width="228" height="171" alt="Kinome trees with circles representing potency of binding for four targeted TKIs." /> </a> </div> <div class="title-and-desc title desc container"> <a class="title" href="/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2020/avapritinib-gist-pdgfra-alteration-fda-approval" onclick=""> <span>Avapritinib Approved to Treat GIST with a Rare Gene Alteration</span> </a> <div class="description"> <div class="date-author"> <time datetime="2020-02-06T12:00:00Z">February 6, 2020</time>, by NCI Staff </div> <p>Avapritinib (Ayvakit) has been approved for adults with gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) whose tumors have an alteration in a portion of the PDGFRA gene called exon 18. 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