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Wednesday, Nov 19

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Better Survival in Kidney Cancer After Stopping Therapy for Immune-Related AEs

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(MedPage Today) -- DENVER -- Patients who discontinued treatment for advanced kidney cancer because of immune-related adverse events (irAEs) had a trend toward better survival and longer time to treatment failure, according to long-term…

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Drug Holidays for Advanced Kidney Cancer a Consideration for Selected Patients

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(MedPage Today) -- DENVER -- Planned treatment "holidays" can help lessen the toxicity burden of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) for selected patients with advanced kidney cancer without harming treatment efficacy, according to recent…

Targeted drug could benefit young patients with invasive sarcoma

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A collaborative research team, led by scientists at VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center and Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah, has identified a targeted drug that could effectively treat an aggressive soft tissue…

The Cancer Immunology Data Engine: A big data platform for advancing cancer immunotherapy research

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A clinical oncology research team at the LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed), in collaboration with the US National Cancer Institute (NCI), has developed an innovative big data platform, called the "Cancer…

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‘It would be cheaper if I died:’ Cancer patients are battling insurance companies for their lives

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EXCLUSIVE: Cancer patients, oncologists and advocates tell Rhian Lubin why the US health insurance system needs urgent reform, and is risking the lives of Americans fighting the disease

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‘Doctors gave my mother cancer drugs for 12 years too long – I want answers from the NHS’

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‘The more chemo she had, the more we celebrated... it was horrific,’ says daughter of one of more than 30 patients hit by overprescribing scandal

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Manta Cares Launches to Redesign the Cancer Experience for Patients and Caregivers

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Award winning company partners with three of the top 15 pharmaceutical companies, to scale its patient-first digital platform SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 19, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Manta Cares, an award winning digital health company…

AI analysis of biopsy slides predicts rectal cancer treatment response

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Artificial intelligence (AI) can predict how well patients with rectal cancer will respond to treatment by analyzing standard tissue samples taken during diagnosis, finds a new study from researchers at UCL and UCLH.

Krysty was diagnosed with breast cancer months after getting the all-clear. New Australian guidelines aim to help women like her

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Exclusive: New federal guidelines advise GPs to provide additional care to patients with higher breast density, which can make cancers harder to detect in mammograms

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Longest survival in the world reported to date for multiple myeloma patients

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Berenson Cancer Center published survival data analyzed by the Institute for Myeloma & Bone Cancer Research of 175 consecutive and unselected patients with multiple myeloma in the journal Haematologica.

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How AI helps detect lung cancer sooner, improving survival rates

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New artificial intelligence technology is helping diagnose the U.S.'s most deadly cancer sooner, greatly improving the chances of lung cancer patients' survival.

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Team Techstars Sydney: Discover the startup making cancer detectable through blood tests

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Ahead of the TechStars Sydney ‘Demo the Future’ evening on December 8, Startup Daily is profiling the 12 startups and their founders in the 2025 cohort. Our next profile is OncoRevive – a health-tech startup which detects cancer early,…

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'Traumatic wait' for women facing breast cancer diagnoses

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Dr Jilly O'Hagan says she is "hugely concerned" after three patients in her surgery received a late cancer diagnosis.

'I thought stomach cramps were just IBS - then doctor told me I had bowel cancer'

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Cancer patient Steve Browne was encouraged by his wife to see his GP after suffering bleeding and stomach pain and warns people not to ignore warning signs

Tuesday, Nov 18

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AI-assisted immune profiling helps predict treatment success in rectal cancer patients

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Artificial intelligence (AI) can predict how well patients with rectal cancer will respond to treatment by analyzing standard tissue samples taken during diagnosis, finds a new study from researchers at UCL and UCLH.

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Focused ultrasound offers safe and effective prostate cancer treatment, clinical trial finds

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A multicenter clinical study in Austria has shown that a new, highly precise ultrasound approach can successfully target and treat early prostate cancer while preserving patients' quality of life. Tumor control was achieved in most…

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Tackling chemotherapy resistance in throat cancer—a potential new pathway

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A University of Sheffield researcher has uncovered new evidence that could help improve treatment options for patients with hard-to-treat throat cancer.

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A pill is raising hope for one of the deadliest cancers. How fast should patients get it?

Revolution Medicines received an unconventional FDA fast-track designation for its experimental drug based on early clinical trial results