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A daily pill for advanced pancreatic cancer nearly doubled survival time in a major trial, offering new hope for one of the deadliest cancers. Patients lived a median of 13.2 months compared to 6.7 months with standard chemotherapy.
A new pill for pancreatic cancer helped patients live nearly twice as long as standard chemotherapy in a groundbreaking study. The experimental drug could bring hope to one of the deadliest cancers within months.
Aarav Vats studied between chemotherapy sessions for lymphoblastic lymphoma and scored 96.6% on India's CBSE board exams. His teachers sent voice notes to hospital rooms, and he studied whenever his body had strength.
A South Korean biotech company is flipping the script on cancer treatment by attacking the fortress around tumors instead of just the cancer cells themselves. Their drug could help overcome one of chemotherapy's biggest problems: resistance.
A surgical team in Portland just performed a groundbreaking procedure that floods liver tumors with chemotherapy, then filters it out before it reaches the rest of the body. The patient went home the next day.
A groundbreaking treatment just became available to thousands of European women whose ovarian cancer stopped responding to standard chemotherapy. The approval marks the first time an immunotherapy has been authorized in the EU for this hard-to-treat condition.
University of Virginia Health is using immunotherapy to treat head and neck cancers by training the body's own immune system to destroy cancer cells. Patients avoid harsh chemotherapy side effects while still getting effective treatment.
A small West African berry is helping cancer patients overcome "chemo mouth," a side effect that makes food taste metallic or spoiled. Early research shows half of patients who tried the fruit reported better taste and quality of life.
After nearly a century of research, immunotherapy treatments are curing some cancers without surgery, chemotherapy, or radiation. Patients like 71-year-old Maureen Sideris are seeing tumors disappear after just months of treatment.
After four months of immunotherapy infusions, a 71-year-old woman's esophageal cancer vanished completely without surgery, chemotherapy, or radiation. Scientists say these breakthrough treatments are finally hitting their stride after nearly 100 years of development.
The FDA just approved testing of a revolutionary therapy that could cure lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, and other autoimmune diseases without harsh chemotherapy. The breakthrough could help 15 million Americans escape lifelong medications.
Scientists at Nova Southeastern University just received over $1 million to develop carbon dot therapy, a revolutionary noninvasive treatment that could transform how we fight some of the deadliest brain cancers. Early research shows this tiny particle approach may work better than chemotherapy alone while causing fewer side effects.
Just two months after finishing chemotherapy, Zed Dhalla shot hoops with his childhood hero at a Vancouver gym. The encounter came after a devastating year that included losing his colon, his mother, and tearing his ACL.
Darren Orr discovered he had testicular cancer weeks after getting engaged, but after grueling chemotherapy, he's now in remission and using his story to save lives. His message to men: don't let embarrassment delay life-saving treatment.
Patients with low-grade brain tumors in England and Wales can now access vorasidenib, the first new adult brain tumor treatment approved in the UK in two decades. The drug helps patients delay harsh chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatments while living longer without their disease progressing.
Troy Thompson's postponed 2020 colonoscopy turned into a Stage 4 colon cancer diagnosis, but his story is saving lives. Now in remission after 20 rounds of chemotherapy, he's urging everyone over 45 to schedule their screening.
Scientists used molecules from pig semen to deliver chemotherapy through eye drops, potentially sparing young children with eye cancer from painful injections. The breakthrough could transform treatment for thousands of kids diagnosed with retinoblastoma each year.
A young woman with advanced colorectal cancer is now cancer-free after receiving a groundbreaking dual immunotherapy treatment that took just four months. She even ran a 5K during treatment, avoiding the debilitating side effects of traditional chemotherapy.
Scientists developed painless eye drops that could deliver chemotherapy to children with a rare eye cancer, eliminating the need for injections that can damage vision. The breakthrough uses pig-derived molecules that naturally penetrate barriers.
Mayo Clinic is now testing a revolutionary cancer treatment that uses heat to fight Stage 4 tumors in just five-minute sessions. The non-invasive therapy could replace chemotherapy and radiation for some patients, eliminating their harsh side effects.
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