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Monday, Apr 22

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Improving cancer immunotherapy by prolonging T-cell survival

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In the past decade, immunotherapy has emerged as the fourth pillar of cancer treatment, joining surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. It is an approved treatment for 15 cancers, including melanoma and some types of lymphomas and…

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I'm a nutritionist for cancer patients - these are my tips for avoiding the disease

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Cancer-fighting nutritionist Nichole Andrews, from Washington state, has shared foods she always avoids because of their links to cancers.

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Writing to wellness: New therapy helps cancer patients face biggest fears

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Imagine your greatest fear. Now, write it down and tell it in first-person, as if it's happening right now. Vividly describe what it looks, sounds, smells, tastes and feels like. Don't hold back.

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Hospital trust building bunker for vital cancer treatment machine

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A hospital is building a bunker for a new machine which is vital for the treatment of county cancer patients.

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Bay Area doctors using Ion robot to detect lung cancer safer, faster than before

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Doctors in Burlingame are utilizing a robot to help patients suffering from the country's deadliest cancer.

How Covid is pushing up waiting lists for cancer treatment

inews.co.uk

Statistics show number of untreated patients has more than doubled since Covid began

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Assembloids Model Patient-Specific Lung Cancers with Tumor Microenvironments

www.genengnews.com

A method has been reported by researchers from Tsinghua University in China, which enables the efficient and high-throughput production of lung cancer assembloids. This lung cancer assembloid model can predict personalized treatments and…

Number of cancer patients waiting twice as long as they should to start cancer treatment has doubled since 2020, figures show

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Almost 16,000 patients have waited more than four months to receive cancer care after receiving an urgent referral over the past four years.

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Almost 16,000 patients waited more than four months for cancer treatment since 2020

www.mirror.co.uk

Patients should receive cancer treatment within two months of an urgent referral but research by the Liberal Democrats reveals waits have skyrocketed to double the target

Sunday, Apr 21

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Bolton MP Yasmin Qureshi backs campaign for cancer patients

A Bolton MP backed a mission to make dental treatment free for cancer patients during a debate at Westminster.

Campaign for cancer patients makes its way to Westminster

Michele Solak-Edwards, from Flixton, Trafford, started a petition four years ago which is on the verge of 200,000 signatures.

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Joe, 59, was 'at death's door' - then a pioneering but experimental pill beat his cancer in just six months

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Joe Murphy, from Hulme, Greater Manchester, is only the second patient in the world to be offered the treatment at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, and he says it brought him 'back from the brink'.

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'I Just Want to Spend My Remaining Time Celebrating': Terminal Cancer Patient, 24, Getting Married as Dying Wish

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A 24-year-old Georgia man is facing the devastating prognosis of having mere months to live but is tying the knot first.

Saturday, Apr 20

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Local family helps grow Cancer Center Patient Fund at Fox Cancer Center

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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)-- The Cancer Center Patient Fund at the Steve and Nancy Fox Cancer Center is growing thanks to help from a local family and the community. According to Texas Tech Health El Paso, the family, which is remaining…

Friday, Apr 19

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Sermonix to Host KOL Fireside Chat on Advancements in the Metastatic Breast Cancer Treatment Landscape on April 22, 2024

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The event will focus on the company's ELAINE (Evaluating Lasofoxifene in ESR1 Mutations) studies investigating lasofoxifene in patients with locally advanced or metastatic estrogen receptor-positive/human epidermal growth factor 2-negative…

Academics + Pharma = Big Bucks; New CAR-T Warnings; Patients Seek Cancer Tests

www.medpagetoday.com

(MedPage Today) -- Amid controversy and discussions about the high cost of cancer drugs, some academic medical centers profit handsomely from pharma-paid royalties on drugs developed with public funding. (Los Angeles Magazine)

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Linking brain cancer patients to tailored care; Brain Tumor Walk and Race hopes to raise awareness

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Less than 2% of cancers are brain tumors, but this disease affects many families, and the odds of getting brain cancer increases with age. Now, new technology is available to connect patients to the proper treatment.

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Bodybuilding Legend Arnold Schwarzenegger Sheds Light on a New Method to Discover Colon Cancer in Early Stage

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Colon cancer is characterized by cell proliferation that originates in the colon, a section of the large intestine. This kind of cancer has a 50% cure rate, with over 200,000 patients each year in the United States. Because prevention is…

Thursday, Apr 18

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Mutations in noncoding DNA become functional in some cancer-driving genes

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Despite progress in defining functional elements of noncoding DNA, it is still not fully understood. Researchers, using an experiment that elucidated the function of tens of thousands of noncoding variants, discovered a link between…