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Cancer Health Summer Issue
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Breast Cancer Tumor Test Lets Many Women Avoid Chemotherapy
Prostate Cancer Screening Should Be an Individual Decision

Nelarabine Improves Survival for Some Young People With Leukemia

“These are the best outcomes reported to date in a Children’s Oncology Group trial for children with this cancer,” said the lead author.

Liver Cancer Is on the Rise in Developed Countries

Liver cancer rates and deaths have doubled in the United States, Canada, Australia and United Kingdom.

The Latest in Radiation Therapy for Gynecologic Cancers

Advances in external and internal radiation therapies allow for better-targeted dosing of tumors while minimizing exposure of normal tissue.

Late-Onset Diabetes Diagnoses for Blacks and Latinos Could Warn Early of Pancreatic Cancer

Some folks in minority populations are more likely to develop cancer of the pancreas if diagnosed with diabetes after age 50.
Very high magnification micrograph of Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC). H&E stain. MCCs are aggressive neuroendocrine tumour of the skin. They can be considered a small round cell tumor.

Immunotherapy Benefits Patients With Advanced Merkel Cell Carcinoma

‘Incredibly big change’ in treatment of deadly skin cancer, new data show

Fitness Trackers Predict How Cancer Patients Will Respond to Treatment

Doctors say the high-tech health devices are also good at objectively measuring quality of life.

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New Cancer Drug Works Regardless of Tumor Location
Can Light Drinking Raise Cancer Risk?
CAR-T Therapy: Lifeline to A Cure?
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More Than 40 Percent of Cancers May Be Preventable
Prostate Cancer Screening Reduces Deaths, but Controversy Remains
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Tecentriq Plus Avastin Slows Kidney Cancer Progression

Easing Concerns About Giving Study Participants Their Genetic Test Results

“There’s been a lot of concern about variants of unknown significance and the confusion and stress they may cause for patients.”
A patient’s T cells arrive at the Novartis manufacturing facility in Morris Plains, where they will be re-engineered to recognize and fight cancer and healthy cells expressing a specific antigen in the patient’s body.

Kymriah CAR-T Therapy Shows Durable Response in Adults With Lymphoma

About 80 percent of responders remained relapse-free a year after receiving tisagenlecleucel.

Choosing Between Death and Deportation

What happens when an undocumented immigrant has a life-threatening diagnosis? Much depends on where the person lives.
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Making the Most Out of Immunotherapy

Perhaps the decade’s greatest achievement in melanoma treatment has been the FDA’s approval of checkpoint inhibitors.

ASCO Endorses Integrative Oncology Guidelines for Breast Cancer Patients

Yoga, meditation, acupuncture and more can be safely used to relieve side effects of standard treatment.

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Long-Term, Successful HIV Treatment Tied to Lower Cancer Risk

However, people with long-term suppression of HIV still have a higher risk of cancer compared with HIV-negative individuals.

Keeping Fit During Treatment

Regular physical activity can relieve fatigue from cancer treatment.

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Megan Pienta is a licensed financial navigator at the Indiana University Health Simon Cancer Center in Indianapolis.
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