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Oncology News Stem Cell Transplant Associated With Better PFS in NKTCL Researchers aim to evaluate the effectiveness of ASCT as consolidation therapy for patients with advanced-stage natural killer/T-cell lymphoma who have attained their first complete remission. Medscape Medical News, July 24, 2026 https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/stem-cell-transplant-associated-better-pfs-natural-killer-t-2026a1000p7b Drinking Water Contaminants Tied to Uterine Cancer Risk A large study links long-term exposure to disinfection byproducts in drinking water to uterine cancer, but experts stress the limitations of the data. Medscape Medical News, July 24, 2026 https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/drinking-water-contaminants-tied-uterine-cancer-risk-2026a1000p62 Radiation Deserts Grow as Rural Radiation Sites Are Lost More than 50 million Americans live in counties without a radiation oncology practice site as rural and community-based centers disappear at higher rates. Medscape Medical News, July 24, 2026 https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/radiation-deserts-grow-rural-radiation-sites-are-lost-2026a1000p5s MRI Staging Matches DRE Accuracy in Prostate Cancer Survival A multicentre study shows that MRI-based local T staging provides risk discrimination similar to digital rectal examinations for clinically localised or locally advanced prostate cancer. Medscape News UK, July 24, 2026 https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/mri-based-staging-matches-digital-rectal-examination-2026a1000omm Glioma Outcomes Shaped by Subtype More Than Tx Sequence In high-risk low-grade glioma, starting with temozolomide or radiotherapy yields similar survival. Medscape Medical News, July 24, 2026 https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/glioma-outcomes-shaped-subtype-more-than-treatment-sequence-2026a1000p3z Smoldering Myeloma: The Treatment Issue Is Getting Trickier An FDA approval, striking CAR T data, and a field that can't agree on what to do next. Experts weigh in on the most contentious question in myeloma. Medscape Medical News, July 23, 2026 https://www.medscape.com/index/list_13474_0