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As Cervical Cancer Rates Decline, Doctors Urge Patients to Get Vaccinated
Cases of cervical cancer have declined over the years thanks to women taking preventative measures — including vaccinations against the human papilloma virus, or HPV.
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As Cervical Cancer Rates Decline, Doctors Urge Patients to Get Vaccinated
Cases of cervical cancer have declined over the years thanks to women taking preventative measures — including vaccinations against the human papilloma virus, or HPV. Not long ago, cervical cancer was one of the most common cancers affecting women, but because of advances in medicine, routine testing and increased awareness, doctors say cases in the U.S. have significantly dropped. “Literally…
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Do You Really Need a Prostate Exam?
Thanks to the proliferation of awareness campaigns imploring men to take charge of their health, “men’s health” has become an important buzzword inspiring action while at the same time raising a lot of questions—especially regarding prostate cancer.
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What Is Basal Cell Carcinoma? Jill Biden's Skin Cancer Explained
The spots can be mistaken for a pimple, scar, sore or a patch of dry, irritated skin.
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Jill Biden ‘Doing Really Well' After Successful Surgery to Remove Cancerous Lesions
President Joe Biden spoke on First Lady Jill Biden’s recovery after having surgery to remove two cancerous lesions near her eyes on Wednesday, saying there is a “0-1% chance of ever returning any cancer, so thank God she’s doing really well.”
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Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin Announces He's Been Diagnosed With Cancer
Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin said Wednesday that he has a type of lymphoma that’s a “serious but curable form of cancer” and he is beginning several months of treatment.
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Personalized mRNA Vaccine Improves Survival Rates for Melanoma, Trial Shows
Merck and Moderna plan to begin the next phase of the study in 2023 and expand its use against additional kinds of tumors.
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Breast Cancer Survivors May Safely Pause Long-Term Treatment to Have a Baby, Study Shows
A new study is reassuring for women who are taking hormone-blocking pills after a breast cancer diagnosis and want to become pregnant.
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Mary J. Blige, Jill Biden Team Up for Cancer Prevention
R&B singer Mary J. Blige has joined first lady Jill Biden to promote cancer prevention.
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NJ Mom Challenges Town's Testing After Independent Probe Finds Toxins at HS Linked to Cancer Cluster
Is cancer spreading at a New Jersey high school? A mother is demanding answers after she said she conducted her own tests at the school her children attend — and believes cancer-causing toxins and materials were found.
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Chemical Hair Straighteners Linked to Higher Risk of Uterine Cancer for Black Women, Study Shows
‘If you care about Black women’s health, you have to care about our hair,’ said professor Wendy Greene, a leading voice in the movement against Black hair discrimination
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Corey Phelan, Minor League Pitcher From Long Island, Dead at 20
A 20-year-old Long Island native and minor league pitcher with the Philadelphia Phillies has died after a battle with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, the team’s head of player development announced Thursday. Corey Phelan, of Greenlawn, was an undrafted free agent out of Harborfields High School who signed with the squad in 2020. He gave up just one run while pitching nine...
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Miami Cancer Survivor, Olympic Hopeful Carries Powerful Message
Windsurfer Michael Cramer was on track to compete for Team USA at the Olympics before a cancer diagnosis at 19 derailed his career. That discovery was only the first chapter of Cramer’s story.
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Michigan First Responders Throw Parade for 3-Year-Old Battling Leukemia
First responders put on a parade for a three-year-old recovering from cancer treatment in Oakland County, Michigan.
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More Than 1,000 Strangers Throw Early Halloween Bash for Boy, 5, With Terminal Cancer
An Ontario community wanted to give Alexandros Hurdakis and his family an epic celebration to remember.
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Biden Hopes ‘Supercharged Moonshot' Will Rally Americans Behind Cancer, Health Research
President Joe Biden was in Boston Monday calling for Americans to come together in a push to find a cure for cancers, hoping a divided country can unify around a cause to save lives and improve the quality of life for patients and families. The Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Initiative that Biden created is aimed at ensuring the ingredients that pharmaceutical…
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Jane Fonda Announces Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Diagnosis
Actress and activist Jane Fonda revealed Friday that she has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. “This is a very treatable cancer… so I feel very lucky.”
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Jane Fonda Announces She's Been Diagnosed With Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
The two-time Oscar winner says she’s started chemotherapy, but won’t let that treatment slow her activism.
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Music Builds Unbreakable Bond for Closer to Free Ride Cyclist
Families bond in so many special ways and one of them is through music. “My brother was a big music fan. And one of our big connections was a love of music.” Gina Malafronte’s younger brother Chip had an ear for rock and roll. “And we would listen in his room [at Smilow Cancer Hospital] to Van Halen and...
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Family of Toddler With Leukemia to Participate in Closer to Free Ride
Each year, the Closer to Free ride brings in money that is crucial to helping cancer patients at Yale Cancer Center and Smillow Cancer Hospital. One patient is little Maddie Bouchard, who was diagnosed with leukemia at 18 months old.