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How cancer treatment and support changed during the COVID-19 pandemic
"No one fights alone." That was Jennifer Cartlidge's mantra all last year when the 47-year-old was diagnosed and treated for stage 2 breast cancer.She wore this mantra on a personalized bracelet whenever she had chemotherapy treatment. Her…
FDA approves aezolizumab for adjuvant treatment of stage II-IIIA NSCLC
The FDA has approved aitzolizumab for the treatment of stage II to IIIA non-small cell lung cancer after resection and platinum-based chemotherapy.The FDA has approved aezolizumab (Tecentriq) as a treatment for patients with stage II to…
New UT Research Predicts Effective Breast Cancer Treatments – Here’s How KWKT
AUSTIN (KXAN) - Dr Thomas Yankeelov of the University of Texas at Austin may be specializing in cancer research, but it was a deep dive into a meteorology book ten years ago that helped to inspire new research on detecting the…
THAIR For You hosts fundraiser to support cancer patients with free wigs
THAIR For You hopes to be a light during people's darkest times by providing free wigs to people undergoing cancer treatment, regardless of gender.The nonprofit will cut or shave their heads, then style a wig cut to the structure of their…
Data help in the treatment of vulvovaginal health, sexual function after cancer
Kathryn Flynn, PhD, of the Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology at the Medical College of Wisconsin, and colleagues collected data from 100 postmenopausal patients at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center with a…
Trial launched for a chemoprotective agent to treat non-small cell lung cancer
In early July, Aileron Therapeutics, Inc. announced that it had started a clinical trial focusing on a chemoprotective agent for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The treatment is called ALRN-6924 and is intended for…
Hospitals Go Wireless for Lumpectomies in Breast Cancer Treatment | New
JOHNSTOWN, Pa .-- In most cases, a cancer patient undergoing breast conservation surgery, known as a…
16-year-old Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital patient celebrates her latest cancer treatment!
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) - Grace deBest, 16, bade farewell to more than two years of childhood cancer as she rang the symbolic golden bell to end her treatment today To Helen DeVos Children's Hospital.
September is Childhood…
Winn-Dixie Announces Community Giving Program to Benefit the Ochsner Cancer Institute | National…
NEW ORLEANS - (BUSINESS WIRE) - October 7, 2021--Today, Winn-Dixie is…
Scientists discover new carcinogenic mechanism, develop new drug to treat it
PhD graduate Dr Tsz-Yin Chan, who has studied TNK1 alongside BYU professor Dr Josh Andersen for the past six years,…