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Some Cancer Patients Can Skip Some Treatments, 2 New Studies Show
Researchers are looking for ways to precisely predict which cancer patients can avoid unneeded treatment to cut down on harmful side effects and unnecessary costs.
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Small Cancer Trial Delivers ‘Unheard-of' Result: Complete Remission for Everyone
A small NYC-led cancer trial has achieved a result reportedly never before seen – the total remission of cancer in all of its patients. To be sure, the trial — led by doctors at Memorial Sloan Kettering and backed by drug maker GlaxoSmithKline — has only completed treatment of 12 patients, with a specific cancer in its early stages and…
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Biden to Relaunch Cancer Moonshot Program, Aiming to Cut Death Rate 50% in 25 Years
President Joe Biden has set a 25-year timeline to cut the cancer death rate in half.
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Blink-182's Mark Hoppus Is ‘Cancer Free' 3 Months After Sharing Diagnosis
Following a six-month battle, the Blink-182 bassist, Mark Hoppus has shared that he is officially cancer-free.
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Cancer Patients Often Charged Exorbitant Fees for Parking
Parking at some prestigious cancer centers can run into hundreds of dollars. The overlooked cost is finally drawing scrutiny from hospital administrators.
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Another Record Decline Reported in US Cancer Death Rate
Researchers are reporting another record one-year decline in the U.S. cancer death rate, a drop they continue to attribute to success against lung cancer
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Team Craft Beer Riding and Raising Money For Smilow Cancer Hospital
A group called Team Craft Beer raised the most money of any group in last year’s Closer to Free Ride
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What It Means to Ride in Closer to Free
A Guilford woman is taking on this year’s Closer To Free Ride for the first time in honor of her mother
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Guilford Rider Joins Closer to Free in Honor of Mom
“My mom probably could have done 65 miles without even blinking, so my mom would have been like ‘try to keep up with me!’” This year, Jessica Matthias is riding in Closer to Free for the first time, in honor of her mom, Pamela. “My mom was full of life. She loved to work out, to watch me play soccer,…
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Wallingford Man Frustrated After Canceled Cancer Treatments Due to the Coronavirus
Paul Mancuso has battled Multiple Myeloma cancer for nearly three years. Now he’s getting news he’s never heard before. “Right now they have no long-term plan for me, and it’s the first time they’ve told me that in almost three years,” said Mancuso. The loving husband and dad was diagnosed with an aggressive form of the cancer in 2018....
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Cancer Treatments Canceled Due to the Coronavirus
Paul Mancuso has battled Multiple Myeloma cancer for nearly three years. But now his treatment plan is up in the air because of the coronavirus.
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Claws of Health? Lobster Blood Could Play Role in New Drugs
Maine lobsters have long delighted tourists as the state’s most beloved seafood. But one company thinks the crustaceans can save human lives by providing their blood for use in new drugs.
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Health Care Systems Team Up for New Cancer Treatment Center in Wallingford
Two Connecticut health care systems are teaming up with a proposal to open a new high-tech cancer treatment center.
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Doctors Concerned About Shortage of Childhood Cancer Treatment Drug
A critical drug that treats most childhood cancers is back-ordered, and doctors in Connecticut are concerned about how it may affect the hundreds of children in the state undergoing treatment.
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Doctors Deal With Shortage of Key Childhood Cancer Drug
There is a nationwide shortage of a drug used to treat most childhood cancers.
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Iran Slams US for Barring Zarif From New York Hospital Visit
Iran slammed the United States on Saturday for what it called an “inhumane” decision to bar its foreign minister, who was attending the U.N. summit meetings in New York, from visiting a hospitalized Iranian diplomat in the city. U.S. authorities were not allowing Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to visit U.N. ambassador Majid Takht Ravanchi, who was undergoing cancer...
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Ginsburg: Work on Court ‘Saved Me' During Cancer Treatment
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Tuesday night that her work on the bench saved her during her cancer treatments, as the judge was given a rock-star reception in the home state of the president who nominated her to the nation’s highest court. Ginsburg told a packed arena that she was “feeling very good tonight,” following the 86-year-old’s disclosure...
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After Cancer Treatment, Ginsburg Receives Honorary Degree From University at Buffalo
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has accepted an honorary degree from the University at Buffalo.
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Stocks Fall Again on Trade-War Worries, Capping a Wild Week
Stocks stumbled Friday as worries flared yet again that President Donald Trump’s trade war with China may be worsening. It was a fitting end to a wild week where markets zoomed down, up and down again as investors recalibrated by the minute how much the tensions will hurt the global economy. The S&P 500 dropped as much as 1.3% Friday...
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Student Loan Borrowers With Cancer Are Supposed to Get a Break From Their Bills. That's Not Happening
Last September, President Donald Trump signed into law a bill allowing people with cancer to press pause on their federal student loan payments. More than nine months after the law took effect, borrowers still can’t access the cancer deferment. At issue seems to be this: The Department of Education has yet to provide the companies that administer its federal student...