Julie Ehlers

2 weeks ago | pulmonologyadvisor.com | Jen Smith |Mark L. Fuerst |Julie Ehlers |Rachelle R. Ramsey

Cancer apps — smartphone applications targeted to cancer patients — can be helpful tools, keeping patients informed about their disease, helping them track their medications and symptoms, and facilitating connections with health care providers and other patients.1-3  Experts note, however, that cancer apps have limitations and may even be detrimental in certain cases.

4 weeks ago | cancertherapyadvisor.com | Julie Ehlers

An online training platform integrated with artificial intelligence (AI) can help pathologists identify HER2-low and HER2-ultralow breast cancers with more accuracy, according to research presented at the ASCO Annual Meeting 2025. Use of AI assistance reduced the misclassification of HER2-low and HER2-ultralow breast cancers as HER2-null by 24%, said study presenter Marina De Brot, MD, PhD, of A.C. Camargo Cancer Center in São Paulo, Brazil.

1 month ago | pulmonologyadvisor.com | Julie Ehlers

City of Hope and the American Cancer Society (ACS) are calling for changes to combat the rising cancer rates observed among young women in the United States.1,3 According to ACS data, the cancer incidence in women increased 23% during 1978-2021, and cancer rates among women younger than 50 years of age were 82% higher than cancer rates among men in the same age group in 2021.1,2 “For more than 20 years, we’ve been seeing a concerning and steady trend, which is rising cancer rates among...

1 month ago | pulmonologyadvisor.com | Julie Ehlers

The Women’s Health Initiative — a long-term study that has led to discoveries about cancer risks and other health conditions in women — recently came under threat.1 In April, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that it would cut funding for the Women’s Health Initiative, a move that was expected to have a major impact on ongoing research. However, the HHS ultimately reversed this decision, and the initiative can continue — at least for now.

1 month ago | cancertherapyadvisor.com | Julie Ehlers

City of Hope and the American Cancer Society (ACS) are calling for changes to combat the rising cancer rates observed among young women in the United States.1,3 According to ACS data, the cancer incidence in women increased 23% during 1978-2021, and cancer rates among women younger than 50 years of age were 82% higher than cancer rates among men in the same age group in 2021.1,2 “For more than 20 years, we’ve been seeing a concerning and steady trend, which is rising cancer rates among...