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New scanner expands dynamic PET imaging ability to visualize dual blood supply in lung cancer

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Lung cancer can advance quickly. Once a person starts treatment, it is vital to know whether that treatment is working or if the patient should be switched to a different treatment. New advanced imaging technology at UC Davis Health may…

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Study shows liver surgery to remove cancer can now be a safe, outpatient procedure

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A new study guided by a surgeon at City of Hope, one of the largest cancer research and treatment organizations in the United States, demonstrates that robotic liver surgery can be a safe, outpatient procedure. In fact, 8% of the patients…

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Radioligand therapy extends progression-free survival with manageable safety profile in advanced prostate cancer

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New data on prolonged prostate-specific antigen (PSA) progression and adverse events grouped by safety topic of interest from the PSMAfore study underscore the statistically significant and clinically meaningful radiographic progression…

New AI tool accurately detects six different cancer types on whole-body PET/CT scans

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A novel AI approach can accurately detect six different types of cancer on whole-body PET/CT scans, according to research presented at the 2024 Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Annual Meeting. By automatically quantifying…

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Lung Cancer Screening Rates Remain Low in the U.S., Especially in the South

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(MedPage Today) -- Fewer than one in five people eligible for lung cancer screening reported being up to date with screening in 2022, though patient navigation added to usual care could be a way of increasing these rates, according to two…

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Defiant King Charles Is NOT Doing What He's Told During Scary Cancer Battle!

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King Charles III is proving to be a stubborn cancer patient! His Majesty’s wife just spilled some tea about his ongoing treatment for his cancer diagnosis — and it’s not too comforting! While at the second annual Queen’s Reading Room…

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CAR-T therapy is considered a cure for some types of cancer. Penn researchers found significant racial disparities in who has access.

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Penn lymphoma patients from racial and ethnic minority groups were less likely than white patients to receive CAR-T therapy.

Sunday, Jun 9

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Doctor shares harrowing reality of working in a clinic where 70 percent of young patients have incurable colon cancer- including a 14-year-old

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Kansas-based Dr Raed Al Rajabi (pictured inset) explains how in the last decade he has begun treating younger patients with incurable colorectal cancers, like many other doctors across the world.

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FIVE revolutionary cancer therapies that will change the lives of NHS patients from this year, from a daily tablet to a new 'smart bomb'

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What are the key take-home developments - away from the headlines - that, as The Mail on Sunday's Health Editor, I think you need to know about? Read on to find out.

Tears as 2-Year-Old With Cancer Bonds With Hospital's Facility Dog

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A golden retriever and the patient hung out together on the hospital bed playing games and getting treats.

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Immunotherapy Before Surgery Leads to Better Outcomes for People with Colon Cancer

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Colorectal cancer is notoriously resistant to immunotherapy options. But, for a subset of patients, a novel treatment shows promise,

Saturday, Jun 8

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Hundreds of cancer patients are hit as thousands of appointments are cancelled after London NHS hospitals are hit by Russian cyber attack

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Thousands of appointments, transplant operations, cancer referrals and C-section procedures were cancelled after the Russian cyber attack on London NHS hospitals.

Artery Inflammation and CV Events; Stepped Palliative Care for Lung Cancer Patients

(MedPage Today) -- TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences…

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Hundreds of cancer patients hit by NHS cyberattack as thousands of appointments cancelled

Exclusive: Hundreds of patients urgently referred for suspected cancer had appointments cancelled

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Research identifies issues with booking new appointments at clinics for cancer treatment

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Researchers at the University of Michigan are finding that many patients may be encountering significant barriers to cancer care, even from their first phone call to a clinic.

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Anyone with these four red-flag symptoms given three-week cancer warning

Experts have identified four 'red flag' symptoms of bowel cancer that can appear in patients under the age of 50, months before diagnosis, with people urged to be aware of the signs

Friday, Jun 7

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Police: Miami-Dade fraudsters pretend to be a cancer patient and her caretaker

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Police officers reported two women pretending to be a cancer patient and a caretaker were serial robbers.

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Huge hope for children with cancer as targeted medicine found to cure most aggressive cases with ‘remarkable results’

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TREATING childhood cancer with medicine tailored to individual patients could halve the risk of it growing or spreading, a study found.