A drug that unleashes the immune system offers a rare glimmer of hope for those with a cancer that resists most treatments. For decades, esophageal cancer has defied scientific attempts to discover a therapy that extends patients’ survival, year after year claiming the lives of such illustrious people as Humphrey …
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He was a top executive at Memorial Sloan Kettering before resigning over payments from health care companies. He went on to lead cancer research at AstraZeneca. Dr. José Baselga, a renowned cancer researcher and pharmaceutical executive whose work helped transform the treatment of breast cancer patients, died on Sunday. He …
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Classifying a rare blood disorder as a cancer opened new doors for disease investigation, treatment and hope for a cure. I have a rare blood disorder. When it was diagnosed 25 years ago, it was called an “orphan disease,” meaning the small number of people affected didn’t justify research investments …
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“If I accept the vaccine,” one cancer patient says, “it will be with a strong feeling of guilt that at best I will be prolonging my life for a few months or years.” Do the vaccines against the coronavirus offer cancer patients the same hope that they hold out to …
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St. Jude Hospital and Jared Isaacman, a billionaire entrepreneur, selected Hayley Arceneaux for a trip to orbit in a SpaceX capsule. Hayley Arceneaux, 29, had hoped this would be the year that she would complete her aim of visiting all seven continents before she turned 30. She will not have …
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Those with compromised immune systems are often advised to get the shots under medical supervision, but their cancer centers can’t always provide them. A doctor in Arizona says her cancer patients are so desperate to get vaccinated against Covid-19 that they plan to volunteer at a stadium vaccination site. A …
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Even as he was dying, he worked to raise awareness of pediatric cancer. Now scientists are using his cells to help others. Approximately 85 percent of children with cancer are cured. However, about 15 percent confront the sort of aggressive disease that cut short the life of Tyler Trent at …
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Each additional daily cup of coffee was associated with a 1 percent decrease in the risk of prostate cancer. Drinking coffee may lower the risk for prostate cancer. Researchers combined data from 16 prospective studies that calculated the risk associated with the highest versus the lowest coffee consumption. In all, …
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The 2021 digital toolkit – How small businesses are taking charge Learn how small businesses are improving customer experience, accelerating quote-to-cash, and increasing security. Register Now OncoHost, a company developing AI technology to characterize, analyze, and predict patient response to treatment, today announced it raised $ 8 million. The company …
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