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Talc-Cancer Lawsuits on Hold; Diet & Prostate Cancer; Active Surveillance Deep Dive

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Onco Break over a computer rendering of a cancer cell.

A federal bankruptcy judge alleging that Johnson & Johnson's baby powder and other talc-containing products cause cancer, giving J&J subsidiary LTL Management another shot at reaching a settlement. (CNBC)

A small but statistically significant group of patients with cancer, especially younger and lower-income minorities, disproportionately reported because of racial, sex, and cultural differences between patient and clinician. (Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, JAMA Oncology)

A House proposal to raise the federal debt ceiling by making significant cuts in federal spending, including healthcare, would harm cancer research and create barriers to cancer care, according to a from the Association for Clinical Oncology.

Men who had survived childhood cancer expressed significantly as compared with siblings who never had cancer. (Cancer)

Adherence to a healthy diet did not reduce the . (BJU International)

was associated with worse survival. (Cancer)

A patient with prostate cancer and two doctors who treat the disease talk about the pros, cons, and emotions of . (New England Journal of Medicine)

Laboratory studies involving animal models have produced new insight to to allow the brain cancer cells to grow freely. (Corewell Health, Nature Communications)

Adolescents and young adults with a history of cancer have an increased risk of developing . (Huntsman Cancer Institute, Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention)

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    Charles Bankhead is senior editor for oncology and also covers urology, dermatology, and ophthalmology. He joined ѻýҕl in 2007.