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Thursday, Nov 20

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Current Lung Cancer Screening Guidelines Miss Most Tumors, Study Suggests

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(MedPage Today) -- Only about a third of patients with lung cancer met U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) screening criteria, according to results from a cohort study.

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Order of genetic mutations shapes cancer's development and patient outcomes

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In many aspects of our lives, we find meaning in the order in which events occur. We buy into myths about "middle child syndrome," talk of calm before storms, and consider it strange to start a meal with dessert.

NIH Grant Cuts Have Disrupted 383 Clinical Trials With 74,311 Patients

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A study found that Trump administration NIH grant cuts led to termination of 118 trials studying cancer, 97 studying infectious diseases and 140 testing new treatments.

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Chemotherapy drug for brain cancer may be more effective at certain times of the day

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When doctors biopsy and treat cancer may be just as important as how they treat it. New research from Erik Herzog, Ph.D., the Viktor Hamburger Distinguished Professor in biology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis,…

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A ribbon cutting full of ‘hope’ welcomes Orange County’s first cancer specialty hospital

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When it opens its doors to patients on Dec. 1, City of Hope will be the first cancer specialty hospital in the county and the second of it's kind in California.

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Flyers to honor young cancer patients with pregame SkateSkins

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The custom skate accessories were designed as part of the Hockey Fights Cancer initiative.

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'I’m not sure I’ll ever quite go back to who I was before - but that’s okay': Telford man launches book about his cancer journey

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A Telford cancer patient held a very special launch of his newly published book, written to help others feel ‘less alone’.

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The Bright Side: French scientists probe mRNA's potential to take on cancer

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French scientists in a lab in Orleans are turning their attention to the potential of mRNA – molecules used to quickly develop Covid-19 vaccines – to help patients effectively fight cancerous tumours.

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V&A Dundee: Exhibition to showcase Maggie’s centres for cancer patients founded in Edinburgh

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The V&A Dundee is honouring Maggie’s centres, situated across Scotland

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.