| Cancer Information Highlights | | From the National Cancer Institute | | Updating you about cancer causes, prevention, screening, treatment, coping, and more | | | | New from NCI | | For People with Cancer, Are Steriods the Best Treatment for Breathing Problems? |  | | Results from a large NCI-funded clinical trial show that steroids were no more effective than a placebo for treating breathing problems in people with advanced cancer. And people treated with steroids were more likely to have serious side effects. | | Cell Therapy: Harnessing Cells of the Immune System to Fight Cancer |  | | Cell therapy is a personalized treatment that attacks cancer by using the patient's own immune cells. This section of the NCI Annual Plan & Budget Proposal for Fiscal Year 2024 describes how added funding will advance the research needed to expand this treatment to a much larger number of people. | Can Targeted Therapy for KRAS Mutations Double as Part of Immunotherapy?
Two research teams have developed a treatment approach that could help KRAS-targeted drugs—and perhaps other targeted drugs—flag cancer cells for the immune system. Learn more about this research, which paired targeted drugs with experimental antibody drugs that helped the immune system mount an attack.
| | FDA Approvals | Futibatinib
We've added a drug summary for futibatinib (Lytgobi). The Food and Drug Administration recently approved this drug to treat intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, a type of cancer that forms in the bile ducts inside the liver. It is used in adults whose cancer has spread or cannot be removed by surgery, has been treated, and has an abnormal FGFR2 gene. | | | | | | Also of Interest | Stress and Cancer
Stress can happen when you are under mental, physical, or emotional pressure. This updated page describes how the body responds to stress, discusses whether stress causes cancer, and describes how stress can affect people who have cancer. | 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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