About half of adults can identify cigarettes and e-cigarettes, but just one in four would recognize oral nicotine pouches, and these easily available products are growing increasingly popular among teens and young adults, according to a recent study commissioned by The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC – James).

When someone is diagnosed with cancer, their first thought is often not of themselves – but how to tell their loved ones about their diagnosis. This is especially the case for parents or grandparents of young children, for which the hospital can be an especially scary place to visit.

In 2020 during pandemic-caused lockdowns, Andrea Najas, then 17, was trying online exercises from her home in Ecuador.

Although lung cancer is traditionally thought of as a “smoker’s disease,” a surprising 15-20 percent of newly diagnosed lung cancers occur in people who have never smoked, many of whom are in their 40s or 50s. 

Immunotherapy is extending life for many patients with cancer, but the treatments often come with side effects that can negatively impact quality of life. A new clinic at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC – James) and Pelotonia Immuno-Oncology Institute aims to help manage the autoimmune side effects of immunotherapy-based cancer treatment and allow patients to live the fullest life possible both during cancer treatment and long-term as a survivor. 

A new cancer treatment that uses a person’s own immune cells has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for treating the most dangerous type of skin cancer. Now this form of cellular therapy (tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte – or TIL therapy) is showing promise in advanced lung cancers through clinical trials underway at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC – James). 

Digital pathology has both sped up and increased the accuracy of cancer diagnosis over the past 10 years, and now artificial intelligence (AI) could improve these tools even more.

A promising new targeted cancer therapy will soon be available to certain patients with advanced pancreatic cancer – from the comfort of their home. The treatment will be available through a first-of-its-kind, entirely telehealth-based cancer clinical trial at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC – James).

An overwhelming majority of adults (93 percent) recognize a lump as a symptom of breast cancer, but less than half recognize other common symptoms associated with the disease, according to a consumer survey commissioned by The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC – James).

Black women are at increased risk for aggressive forms of breast cancer and have a 42-percent higher death rate compared to white women. Many of these same women also face increased barriers to genetic testing, including financial stress, other health concerns and minimal access to specialists who are likely to recommend risk-reduction methods, according to a study published by experts at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC – James).

3D printing is improving functional and cosmetic treatment outcomes for patients with difficult-to-treat head and neck cancers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC – James).

Not all breast cancers begin with a lump, and during National Breast Cancer Awareness Month this October oncologists at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC – James) want women to be aware of unusual symptoms associated with a particularly aggressive and deadly form of the disease known as inflammatory breast cancer.

Experts are concerned about rapidly rising rates of HPV-related throat and mouth cancers, noting that if this trend continues they could quickly be among the most common forms of cancer in adults between the ages of 45 and 65.

Sunday, June 4 was National Cancer Survivors Day, a day where we pause to honor people living with a history of cancer. Thanks to timely cancer screening and early detection, the National Cancer Institute estimates 18.1 million people in the United States are cancer survivors, and that number is expected to grow to 26 million by 2040.