Special Reports

Considering the higher-than-average rate of liver cancer in Texas as a whole, it was unexpected that the Kashmere Gardens neighborhood cluster would be linked to environmental issues. Texas Department of State Health Services and the City of Houston confirm the cluster exists and is caused by toxins polluted into the soil by The Union Pacific Railroad.

Pediatric oncologists are facing unprecedented challenges in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. In Boston, one cancer institute still has reminiscent encounters with pediatric patients.

Investigators at Tulane University have identified a relationship that linked cancer incidence and cancer risk from air pollution in Louisiana among Black or low-income communities, which were more likely to be affected than other populations.

For military veterans, future research should be accompanied by systematic efforts to improve skin cancer prevention, treatment, and outcomes among military service members and veterans, according to Carolyn J. Heckman, PhD.

Hospital oncology units have been among the most at-risk areas of hospitals with multiple outbreaks having occurred since the virus was first introduced.

Improving gender and racial/ethnic minority inclusion in clinical trials may involve setting an oncology-wide standard.

From scientists to oncologists and other clinicians in the community setting, years of research has grasped the big picture of lung cancer occurrence and outcomes in Kentucky, and some have begun to investigate potential causes.

Climate change is already having major impacts on the cancer patient population.

Above-average rates of polycythemia vera have been reported for over a decade due to causes unknown to experts. Intriguing new developments in the ongoing research of the genetic, toxicological, and environmental factors related to these cases have created reason to believe that this issue is not a thing of the past.