Category: Cancer
If you learn you have cancer would you be comfortable not treating it? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Rates of eight different types of cancer are increasing in those aged 50 and younger, new data reveal, and while researchers are struggling to identify why, another question those diagnosed must answer is are they okay not treating it? That’s …
Cancers increasing among those younger than fifty warrant investigation to discern causes, Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Eight different cancers are increasing among those younger than fifty in the US, data since 1992 indicate. William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, says thyroid, colorectal and endometrial or uterine are included in that number, …
How might very detailed cancer maps inform cancer management and treatment? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Have you heard of ultrasensitive genetic testing for cancer? This method produces a very detailed characterization of someone’s tumor, and William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, says it then may be used for subsequent decision …
What is an ultrasensitive DNA test in cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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The genetic makeup of a cancer is quite different than that of the person who has it, and now new efforts to very specifically characterize the cancer are poised to have surveillance and treatment implications. That’s according to Kimmel Cancer …
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What is it about mRNA vaccines that helps us fight cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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People with lung cancer and melanoma who were receiving immunotherapies and got a Covid vaccine saw dramatically improved survival compared with folks who did not get the vaccine, a recent study shows. mRNA expert Jeff Coller at Johns Hopkins muses …
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