Side Effects | Heart Damage | HPV Vaccine: Cancer Information Highlights, April 15, 2020

Side Effects | Heart Damage | HPV Vaccine: Cancer Information Highlights, April 15, 2020

Cancer Information Highlights From the National Cancer Institute Updating you about cancer causes, prevention, screening, treatment, coping, and more New from NCI Women Have More Side Effects from Pelvic Radiation than Doctors Knew In a recent study, women who used an online tool reported more side effects from cancer treatment than they did when talking with their health care providers. Read more about the study, the online tool, and the results. Experimental Drug May Prevent Doxorubicin from Harming the Heart In a study with mice, a drug called BAI1 prevented heart damage caused by doxorubicin. It did so by targeting the BAX protein, which is involved in two processes that cause heart cells to die. Video: Colorectal Cancer Statistics Learn about the rates of new cases, survival, and deaths from colon and rectal cancers in the United States. This video also describes the symptoms and risk factors for this cancer and the role of screening. One Dose of HPV Vaccine Gives Long-Term Protection Results from an NCI-funded clinical trial show that, more than a decade after vaccination, women who got a single dose of the HPV vaccine were still protected against infection with many cancer-causing HPV types. Learn more about the possible benefits of a one-dose vaccine. FDA Approvals New Approval for Colorectal Cancer Food and Drug Administration approval for encorafenib (Braftovi) now includes treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer in adults who have already been treated with other cancer drugs.

Also of Interest Coronavirus: What People with Cancer Should Know Cancer and its treatment may increase your risk of having serious health problems from a coronavirus infection. Visit this page often and stay up to date. Feelings and Cancer Coping with cancer and other major life challenges can bring up a wide range of feelings you’re not used to dealing with. Learn more about feelings you may have and ways to cope with them. Contact Us for Help Information specialists at NCI’s Cancer Information Service (CIS), NCI's contact center, are available to help answer your cancer-related questions in English and Spanish. Reach us by phone, chat, or e-mail.