We often see somber headlines about how cancer remains the second leading cause of death worldwide. It caused nearly 1.3 million deaths in the EU in 2020.1 Yet we often forget that the science to beat cancer is advancing at unprecedented speed. Cancer screening and more effective treatment have helped reduce mortality, and new technologies …
Quentin Oliver Lee, 34, died of colon cancer on December 1, 2022. A Broadway actor and singer, Lee announcement that he was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer just six months ago. Lee’s devastating and untimely death follows bad news: Colorectal cancer rates, especially among young people, have been rising in the United States and …
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2023 will be a pivotal year for determining whether there is political will to learn from the lessons of the COVID pandemic and build resilient health systems. With more than 15 million deaths from COVID to date, added to the growing impact of cardiovascular disease and cancer in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), it is …
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This transcript has been edited for clarity. I am Dr. Maurie Markman from the Cancer Treatment Centers of America. I want to talk about a very interesting article that recently appeared in the Journal of Clinical Oncologytitled “Overall survival with maintenance of olaparib at 7-year follow-up in patients with newly diagnosed advanced ovarian cancer and …
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Amputation and traditional chemotherapy did not stop the insidious progression of the disease towards his chest. Typically, dogs with bone cancer only live eight to ten weeks once the cancer has spread to their lungs, even with treatment. It is estimated that 15,000 dogs a year are diagnosed with bone cancer. Determined not to give …
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According to a cohort study of more than 650,000 children and young adults, there has been an increased risk of brain cancer associated with increased radiation dose to the brain from CT examinations. The researchers observed a significant dose-response relationship such that for every 10,000 people who received a single head scan, approximately one patient …
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Two Michigan State University biomedical researchers have received a total of $600,000 in high-risk, high-reward Catalyst grants from the Dr. Ralph and Marian Falk Medical Research Trust. Karen Liby, professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology — a shared department of the Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine and Human Medicine — and Robert Abramovich, associate …
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OOtis Brawley has dedicated his career to defending orthodoxy in medicine. Now, he says, advances in cancer treatments and early detections are rapidly outpacing the medical community’s ability to assess them, warranting greater caution lest doctors inadvertently cause more harm to patients. cancer patients. “I think we really need to start controlling ourselves better,” said …
SAN DIEGO – Whether due to side effects of local and systemic therapies or the diagnosis itself, men with prostate cancer are at increased risk for mental distress and suicide. The mental health burden associated with diagnosis and treatment is significant, Zachary Klaassen, MD, of Augusta University’s Georgia Cancer Center, pointed out during a session …
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Netizens may rightly be scratching their heads over a Pepsi commercial featuring Lindsay Lohan in which the actress enjoys a glass of soda with just a little milk. On health today, the Biden administration says it does not plan to renew the public health emergency that was declared for the monkeypox outbreak earlier this year …
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