Gina Pozzi‘s mother died of breast cancer at the age of 47. Now, at age 45, Gina’s annual mammogram seems to show that she’s suffering from the same disease. There’s a suspicious spot in her right breast and white specks in her armpit lymph nodes as well that resemble calcium deposits. “When cancer hits you
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Cancer is one of the greatest global challenges. No one organisation, sector or even country can solve it alone. Just like what we’ve seen with the pandemic, global collaboration and proper investment are what’s needed to drive progress in cancer too. It’s been a terrible year. But even in the worst times, there are silver
Don’t hide when your neighbor comes to your door with another one of those baseball bat-sized zucchini! Here some fun recipes from The American Institute for Cancer Research. What’s to love about those long green and yellow summer squash that seem to go from tiny little squash fingers into baseball bats overnight? Low in calories
Ashley Hawkins is a decorated war veteran who served in Iraq and was the first woman to earn the Bronze Star for her actions in combat in March 2005. As a specialist, she was credited with saving the life of a wounded fellow squad member by using her own body as a shield for him
It has been announced today that Philip Morris International (PMI), the American tobacco company, and maker of Marlboro cigarettes, is buying Vectura, the British respiratory drugs company, for £1.04 billion. Vectura has worked on treatments for lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and is the pharmaceutical company responsible for developing a pioneering inhaled treatment
Kieran Moïse has been growing his Afro for the past six years. The impressive hairstyle stands tall and wide, a testament of his dedication to its growth. Now, at age 17, Kieran is joining the United States Air Force Academy where he will need to sport a very close buzz like all other cadets. So,
Liz Hayes received a breast cancer diagnosis at the age of 49, just weeks before her wedding. Now 56 and cancer-free, she says she struggled mentally and physically throughout treatment. To help others facing mental health struggles in their own lives, she and her friends are swimming across the English Channel. Hayes is one of
Survivorship care typically begins at the end of active treatment. The goal is to provide support and resources for moving forward after treatment. In reality, survivorship care is most helpful when it looks at your whole cancer experience, from diagnosis forward. You are a survivor from day 1. A vital starting point is a baseline
There is no reason political interests should interfere in discussions about women’s health and health care, yet they often do. For example, insurance companies were once punished for providing women with safe access to pregnancy prevention. Critical funding for cancer screenings and nutritional support for low-income families has more than once been cut under pressure
Juliet Wilson is currently undergoing the fight of her life against stage III breast cancer. She’s doing chemotherapy treatments and is set to have a double mastectomy and lymph node removal in August. But one of the most important people in her life may not be able to be there in person to support her
The Pacific Northwest in the U.S. and British Columbia, Canada are being scorched by an unprecedented heat wave this summer. This rare “heat dome” is predicted to only occur once every 1,000 years or so. States across the northwest are breaking records for heat, which is not only incredibly uncomfortable, but extremely dangerous in general
White bagging is a practice that insurance companies have used for years. It requires patients and hospitals to get special medications such as chemotherapy drugs at insurance-approved formulary pharmacies instead of at their regular pharmacies. Using specialty formulary pharmacies means that each medication is formulated for the patient’s needs instead of mass-produced. Of course, the
The University of Birmingham has partnered with Nonacus, a company that develops non-invasive genetic testing devices, to produce a urine test for bladder cancer that could spare thousands of people invasive procedures. The test will combine Nonacus’ highly sensitive DNA-sensing technology with a set of unique DNA errors (mutations) found in the majority of bladder
How scientific expertise, funding and entrepreneurship came together for the development of an antibody-drug conjugate targeting lymphoma. Oncologists treating diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) have a new medicine in their armoury. In April 2021, following impressive Phase 1 and 2 clinical trial data, the FDA gave accelerated approval to Zynlonta for treating patients with refractory
I love the smell of tomatoes in the sun. I used to have a little cherry tomato plant in my front yard as part of my urban garden. I would harvest about 30 baby tomatoes every year. But, I grew them. I tended to them. Watered them. Cut them back when they needed a trim.
Cancer is a tricky beast and is often difficult to detect. For people who are at high risk of breast cancer, who have had breast cancer before, or who are currently undergoing treatment and need to know whether their cancer is spreading, there’s always a need for better ways to detect breast cancer. Now a
This story was originally shared on The Animal Rescue Site. Submit your own rescue story here. Your story just might be the next to be featured on our blog! I wanted a chihuahua to be a companion to a small one I have that has seizures and sight problems. I thought a friend would help
A cancer survivor with a strong family history of the disease was shocked when she learned recently that she’s no longer allowed to refer herself for mammograms because she’s beyond the age of 70. 75-year-old Anne Boyd has been touched by cancer in a number of ways. Both her parents suffered from the disease, and
35-year-old Kimberly Cheetham has a strong family history of breast cancer. Her mother and her sister have both had the disease, and her mother’s condition was not diagnosed until four years after she first found a lump in her breast. “Timing is really important with these things. As I saw with my mom, things can
For women with HER2-positive breast cancer, a common treatment regimen involves combining three different types of chemotherapy drugs: trastuzumab, docetaxel, and carboplatin. Together, these therapies are known as TCbH. However, a new study has shown that adding a fourth drug may improve outcomes for these patients. Pyrotinib is an irreversible second-generation HER2-targeted tyrosine kinase inhibitor
Specific genetic changes in tumours are linked to how aggressive a rare childhood cancer will be, in a finding scientists say could help pave the way for new, tailored treatments. The genetic changes identified in rhabdomyosarcoma – a type of muscle cancer that mostly affects children – were also linked to the patients’ age when
Summer means more time outdoors soaking up the sun and family gatherings in the backyard, but it also means battling mosquitoes. Mosquitoes are considered “vampires” of the insect world. The females crave human blood, but unlike vampires don’t need it to survive. Instead, drinking human blood allows them to reproduce and lay eggs. If only
Metastatic breast cancer is prevalent in the United States, with the National Cancer Institute estimating that about 168,000 American women were living with the disease in 2020. One of them was longtime NPR reporter Ina Jaffe. She had been diagnosed two years ago but was keeping it to herself. Now, she’s coming forward in part
Cancer Research UK’s much-loved Race for Life events are due to return across the UK this autumn, after being cancelled in 2020 due to the pandemic. Anyone who signs up before 4 July can claim 30% off the entry fee by using the code RFLJUNE30. We’re so excited to welcome back our wonderful supporters to
COVID-19 has plagued the entire world over the last year or so, wreaking havoc everywhere it can. Many have died, and even more have fallen gravely ill, some suffering lasting health effects. However, as they say, there’s a silver lining to every cloud. One of those silver linings happened to Jacqui Matthew, a woman who
It’s not surprising to learn that a bulletproof vest saved an officer’s life, but, in this case, the way this particular vest saved this particular officer is something worth taking note of. Erin Bustos, a police officer in Meridian, Idaho, first noticed something was amiss while wearing a department-issued bulletproof vest. She was constantly having
Over the last 10 years, melanoma skin cancer among men in the UK has increased by almost 50%. Though rates for women have risen by 30% during the same time period, skin cancer is more common in men. Men are also more likely to be diagnosed at a later stage than women, and skin cancers
June is National Cancer Survivors Month! To honor survivors, we will be sharing stories from folks with cancer and their caregivers. Today we hear from our old friend, Bob. There aren’t too many people who’ve had both breast cancer and prostate cancer, but I’m one of them. The breast cancer appeared some 25 years ago.
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