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Cancer Health Winter Issue
A Cure For Cancer In Just One Year? Don’t Believe the Hype
Newly Diagnosed? Start Here
Don Stranathan

Fulfilling a Promise

Lung cancer advocate Don Stranathan takes on the No. 1 cancer killer.

Can Light Therapy Relieve Pain Caused by Cancer Treatment? [VIDEO]

Researchers will test whether this therapy could replace opioids in treating painful swelling of the mouth.
SOURCE: Tobacco Product Use Among Middle and High School Students — United States, 2011-2018. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), February 2019

Progress Erased: Youth Tobacco Use Increased During 2017-2018

In 2018 alone, 4.9 million middle and high school students used tobacco products.

Federal Proposal Would Limit Co-Pay Assistance for Meds

The patient advocacy coalition I Am Essential sent a letter to the HHS spelling out why the plan is dangerous.

Some Compounds in Marijuana May Help Stop Colon Cancer in Its Tracks

New research suggests some cannabinoid compounds may inhibit or even prevent the growth of colon tumors.
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Women With HIV Have Higher Risk of Failed Cervical Precancer Treatment

However, successful treatment of HIV, including having a high CD4 count, may buffer against such a risk.

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Checkpoint Combos Improve Advanced Kidney Cancer Outcomes

Keytruda and Bavencio may soon join Opdivo/Yervoy as first-line treatment options for advanced renal cell carcinoma.

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Leaders Set Research Agenda for Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer

The major goal is to understand why the incidence of disease is increasing in young people, for the purposes of prevention and treatment.
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New Androgen Blocker Slows Prostate Cancer Progression

Darolutamide delays metastasis and reduces the risk of death in men with high-risk prostate cancer.

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Novel Immunotherapy Combo Shrinks Bladder Tumors

NKTR-214 plus Opdivo as first-line therapy had an overall response rate of 48 percent.

Using Music to Cope with Cancer: Five Patient Stories

The entire brain processes music, giving it the power to influence mood and memory and making it a powerful therapeutic tool.

Black Men With Advanced Prostate Cancer Live Longer Thanks to New Hormone Therapies

These men lived for a median of 30 months compared to 26 months for white men.
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Hope for Long-Term Survivors of Deadly Skin Cancer in Immunotherapy Trial

Once unheard-of survival rates seen among patients with advanced Merkel cell carcinoma.

Ancient Turtle Fossil Proves Cancer Is Not a Modern Phenomenon

Cancer rarely appears in the fossil record—when it does, researchers jump at the chance to study it.
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