Cancer Treatment during Pregnancy | How Cancer Spreads | HPV Vaccine, Cancer Information Highlights, 06/08/2022

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Cancer Information Highlights From the National Cancer Institute Updating you about cancer causes, prevention, screening, treatment, coping, and more   New from NCI New Drugs Raise Old Questions about Treating Cancer during Pregnancy   Read about a pregnant woman with Hodgkin lymphoma who was treated successfully with an immunotherapy drug. The report that the treatment was safe and effective is leading researchers to take a closer look at new forms of cancer drugs in pregnant people. Cancer in Lymph Nodes May Help Tumors Spread by Recruiting Immune Cells   It has never been clear why cancer often invades nearby lymph nodes before it spreads to other parts of the body. A new study in mice suggests that lymph node invasion is a key step for cancer to spread and explains how that happens. One HPV Vaccine Dose Protects against Cancer-Causing Infections   One dose of an HPV vaccine was highly effective in protecting young women against infection from high-risk HPV types, a study in Kenya found. Using a single dose would make HPV vaccines more accessible, reducing the number of cases of cervical cancer worldwide. What Is Liver Cancer? This new page explains the different types of liver cancer and links to more information about liver cancer signs and symptoms, causes and risk factors, and how the different types are diagnosed and treated. Keto Compound Offers Clue for Preventing Colorectal Cancer In a study in mice, researchers showed that BHB, a compound produced by the body while eating a ketogenic diet, may slow or stop colorectal cancer from growing. More studies are needed to see if BHB has similar effects in humans. FDA Approvals Azacitidine Approved for Rare Form of Childhood Leukemia We've updated our page on azacitidine with a recent Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval. The Vidaza brand of azacitidine was approved to treat children aged 1 month and older with newly diagnosed juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia. Tisagenlecleucel Approved for Follicular Lymphoma We've updated our page on tisagenlecleucel (Kymriah) with a recent FDA approval. This drug is now approved to treat adults with follicular lymphoma that has come back or has not gotten better after at least two other types of treatment.   Also of Interest Targeted Therapy to Treat Cancer Targeted therapy is a type of cancer treatment that targets the changes in cancer cells that help them grow, divide, and spread. This updated page explains how targeted therapy works against cancer and lists common side effects that it may cause. Electromagnetic Fields and Cancer Electric and magnetic fields are invisible areas of energy that are produced by electricity, which is the movement of electrons, or current, through a wire. Learn how people are exposed to electromagnetic fields and studies that have been done about 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 email.

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