Assisted dying: Australian cancer patient first to use new law
Source: BBC News An Australian woman with terminal cancer has become the first person to end their life under new assisted dying laws, a charity says. Kerry Robertson, 61, died […]
In touching obituary, woman who died of cancer at 35 celebrates life: “Damn, it was good”
Source: MSN News By Muri Assunção Life is good! The amazing attitude of a 35-year-old woman who died of cancer early this month will make you look at life differently — […]
For millennials, cancers fueled by obesity are on rise, study says
Source: CNN By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN)Cancers fueled by obesity are on the rise among young adults in the United States and appearing at increasingly younger ages, according to an analysis […]
Black Forest sanctuary set up for Daesh-abused Yazidi women
By AFP – Dec 09,2018 -JORDAN TIMES DONAUESCHINGEN, Germany — After surviving torment and rape at the hands of her Daesh captors, Nadia Murad rebuilt her life at a trauma […]
How Scientists Are Treating Breast Cancer Using the Immune System
Source: Time By ALICE PARK As a pharmacist, Kathy James considers herself well educated about the importance of getting regular cancer screenings. Even though the 55-year-old had no history of cancer […]
Cancers ‘rising around the world’
Source: BBC News By Smitha Mundasad Global health correspondent, BBC News There will be 18.1 million new cases of cancer and 9.6 million people will die with the disease this […]
How cancer cells communicate — and how we can slow them down
Source: TED Talk When cancer cells are closely packed together in a tumor, they’re able to communicate with each other and coordinate their movement throughout the body. What if we […]
There’s More Good News About Immune Therapies for Cancer
Source: Time By ALICE PARK There has been welcome excitement in the cancer field lately about immune-based treatments, which co-opt the body’s own immune system to fight tumors. The so-called immunotherapies have […]
Why non-smokers are getting lung cancer
Source: BBC News By Naomi Elster As a lung cancer researcher and patient advocate at Trinity College Dublin, Anne-Marie Baird gets mixed responses when she tells people about her profession. […]
AI outperforms doctors at diagnosing skin cancer: study
Source: Xinhua Net WASHINGTON, May 30 (Xinhua) — A new study by a team of international researchers has shown for the first time that artificial intelligence (AI) performs better than […]
New Studies Show Immune Treatments Could Be Key in the Fight Against Lung Cancer
Source: Time By ALICE PARK April 16, 2018 TIME Health For more, visit TIME Health. Researchers report some of the most encouraging results yet for treating lung cancer with the latest immune-based treatments, most of which have been approved to treat other types of tumors. In three papers presented at the American Association […]
Food may influence cancer spread
Source: BBC News By James Gallagher Health and science correspondent, BBC News Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES There is mounting evidence the food on your plate can alter cancer’s growth and spread, say […]
Cancer blood test ‘enormously exciting’
Source: BBC News By James Gallagher Health and science correspondent, BBC News Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES Scientists have taken a step towards one of the biggest goals in medicine – a […]
It’s Time to End Mammograms, Some Experts Say
Source: Time By ALICE PARK December 6, 2017 TIME Health For more, visit TIME Health. Prevention is the best medicine, doctors say, and nowhere is that truer than in cancer. Picking up […]
Beware potential signs of pancreatic cancer
Source: BBC News One in three adults might ignore potential symptoms of pancreatic cancer, according to a charity. Stomach ache, indigestion, unexplained weight loss and faeces that float rather than […]
Gut bacteria ‘boost’ cancer therapy
Source: BBC News By James Gallagher Health and science correspondent, BBC News Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES Bacteria living in the murky depths of the digestive system seem to influence whether tumours […]
1 in 9 Men Have Oral HPV
Source: Time BY Alexandra Sifferlin Human papillomavirus (HPV) is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections in the U.S. It’s so common that federal experts say that nearly every sexually active man or woman will be infected with at least one strain at some point in their lives. HPV can infect many different […]
Why More Women Are Getting a Double Mastectomy
Source: Time BY Alexandra Sifferlin Sep 13, 2017 TIME Health For more, visit TIME Health. Recent research has shown that despite more having more treatment options, women with cancer in one […]
‘Pen’ identifies cancer in 10 seconds
Source: BBC News By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News website Image copyrightUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS A handheld device can identify cancerous tissue in 10 seconds, according to scientists […]
US approves first cancer drug to use patient’s own cells – with $475,000 price tag
Source: The Guardian BY Jessica Glenza in New York US regulators have approved the first cancer drug that uses a patient’s own cells to fight cancer. But the drug is priced […]