Omega-3 fatty acids (omega-3s) play an important role in many physiologic processes. They are acquired through diet or via supplementation due to the inability of the human body to synthesize them. Fatty fish, some plants, and nut oils are rich in omega-3s. Dietary supplements include fish oil, krill oil, cod liver oil, and algal oil, available in the form of capsules or soft gels. They are widely used for depression, to lower cholesterol, to boost memory, as well as to reduce inflammation and the risk of heart attack.

As part of The ASCO Post’s continued coverage of the 2018 American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting & Exposition, here is an update on several different studies on new therapeutics in non-Hodgkin lymphomas (NHLs), including follicular lymphoma, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma, and CD30-positive peripheral T-cell lymphoma.

My breast cancer was probably a decade in the making, although I only became aware that there might be a problem in 2014, when I noticed some slight pain in my left breast. A routine mammogram and ultrasound found benign cysts in my dense breasts, which most likely explained the pain, I was told, but nothing more troubling than that. In 2015, I had another routine mammogram, still complaining about the pain in my left breast; once again, I was given the all-clear. The following year, the radiology center started offering three-dimensional mammogram imaging, which is reported to be more accurate at detecting breast cancer than two-dimensional digital mammograms; again, the test found no suspicious signs of cancer.

In a phase III trial reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Gulley et al found that PROSTVAC, a viral vector-based immunotherapy, did not improve overall survival or 6-month event-free survival vs placebo in patients with asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.