Accepting applications until August 1

City of Hope Intensive Course in Genomic Cancer Risk Assessment

Accepting applications until August 1

Neoadjuvant Nivolumab and Ipilimumab in Resectable Stage III Melanoma.

Christian U Blank, Minke W Lucas, Richard A Scolyer et al. N Engl J Med. 2024 Nov 7;391(18):1696-1708

In this phase 3 trial, we randomly assigned patients with resectable, macroscopic stage III melanoma to two cycles of neoadjuvant ipilimumab plus nivolumab followed by surgery or surgery followed by 12 cycles of adjuvant nivolumab... Read More

Global in cutaneous malignant melanoma incidence and mortality

Giuseppe De Pinto, Silvia Mignozzi, Carlo La Vecchia, et al. Melanoma Res. 2024 Jun 1;34(3):265-275

Mortality from cutaneous malignant melanoma (CMM) increased in the past, but trends have been favorable in more recent years in many high-income countries. However, incidence has been increasing in several countries. Mortality fro... Read More

A systematic review of economic burden of colorectal cancer

Abdosaleh Jafari, Fatemeh A Hosseini, Faride S Jalali et al.Health Sci Rep. 2024 Aug 21;7(8):e70002

Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in the Western Hemisphere. It is the third most common cancer in men after prostate and lung cancers and the second most common cancer in women after breast cancer. The data from 3... Read More

Breast cancer statistics 2024

Angela N Giaquinto , Hyuna Sung , Lisa A Newman , et al CA Cancer J Clin. 2024 Nov-Dec;74(6):477-495

Breast cancer incidence continued an upward trend, rising by 1% annually during 2012-2021, largely confined to localized-stage and hormone receptor-positive disease. A steeper increase in women younger than 50 years (1.4% annually... Read More