The White House announced Tuesday $150 million in new federal funding for research targeting the development of tumor-removal technologies. The funding will be awarded by the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) to eight research institutions across the country. President Joe Biden established the agency in 2022. “For the...

Biden sets his sights on tumor-removal — and forks over $150 million in funding

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Now in full remission, a man looks back at his cancer experience.

'I Was Diagnosed With Pancreatic Cancer at 64—This Is the First Unexpected Symptom I Noticed'

Being a health writer, I have a good grasp of how our immune system works. I’ve written about it often, including how to know if your immune system isn’t working properly, how to slow immune system aging and how inflammation can turn your immune system harmful. And when...

Boost your cancer-killing white blood cells in 30 minutes

The FDA approved afamitresgene autoleucel, or afami-cel (Tecelra), as the first T-cell receptor therapy for cancer. Afami-cel is made by collecting a patient's T-cells, genetically modifying them and infusing them back into the patient, according to an Aug. 27 National Cancer Institute news release. The treatment has been approved for people with metastatic synovial sarcoma who have been treated with chemotherapy and whose tumors are positive for the presence of MAGE-A4 and a certain HLA proteins.

FDA approves 1st T-cell receptor therapy for cancer

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 A new vaccine designed to prime the immune system to recognise and fight lung cancer has been tested on UK patients for the first time.Researchers leading the trial have said that BioNTech’s BNT116 vaccine could improve survival rates among people with the disease, and hope that it could eventually become the standard of care worldwide.It works by presenting the immune system with tumour markers from non-small cell lung cancer, the most common form of the disease, to prime the body to fight cancer cells expressing these markers.“Lung cancer is a disease that occurs when cells in the lungs grow...

The lung cancer signs everyone needs to know about as new vaccine announced

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Janusz Racz, a 67-year-old lung cancer patient, is the first to receive this groundbreaking vaccine.

67-year-old receives world-first lung cancer vaccine as human trials begin

A drug that was developed to treat pancreatic cancer has now been shown to increase symptom-free survival in preclinical medulloblastoma models – all without showing signs of toxicity. Medulloblastoma is the most common malignant brain tumor in children. Survival rates vary according to which one of the four subtypes...

Drug developed for pancreatic cancer shows promise against most aggressive form of medulloblastoma

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Innovative research has led to a new treatment for pancreatic cancer that utilizes nanoparticles to stimulate immune responses and improve drug delivery. This strategy has produced significant results, with eight out of nine mice showing tumor improvements and two seeing their tumors completely eradicated. This approach holds promise for broader applications in oncology.

New Nanoparticle Cancer Treatment Successfully Shrinks and Eliminates Pancreatic Tumors

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(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved Johnson & Johnson's chemotherapy-free combination treatment for a type of non-small cell lung cancer, setting up a challenge for AstraZeneca's blockbuster drug Tagrisso.

J&J's chemotherapy-free treatment for lung cancer gets US approval

As gene editing technology continues to advance, it could fundamentally change the landscape of cancer treatment. A couple of decades ago, I was interviewing for hematology/oncology fellowships around the country. During an interview, a program director asked me a question that I had never thought about before and did not see coming. The question went something like this: “If you were the director of the National Cancer Institute and you had $3 billion to invest on 1 and only 1 area of oncology research, where would you spend it?”

The Promise of Gene Editing in Cancer Approaches Fruition

When lung cancer spreads beyond the lungs, it usually first affects nearby lymph nodes. But doctors don’t usually consider lung cancer to be “metastatic” until it has spread to more distant parts of the body. Lung cancer can spread throughout the body in several ways. Cancerous cells...

Where Lung Cancer Spreads First

Routine blood tests could be used to more accurately diagnose cancer, even earlier, for people with stomach pain or bloating, according to a new study. Most people who report such symptoms to their doctors are referred for blood tests, say scientists, but it was not known how well those tests, used to explore a range of possible causes of illness, can predict cancer risk.

Routine Blood Tests Could Speed Up Early Cancer Diagnosis For People With Stomach Pain

The fight against cancer is an arms race, and one of the most effective weapons in clinicians’ arsenals is immunotherapy. Immune checkpoint therapy has become the standard for treating several types of cancer. However, the Nobel Prize-winning strategy is ineffective for most pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) patients. “Immune checkpoint...

Old chemo drug, new pancreatic cancer therapy?

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The thyroid is a small, butterfly-shaped gland nestled at the front of the neck just beneath the skin, and plays an essential role in the body’s overall function. It is responsible for producing and releasing hormones that regulate metabolism, energy levels, and body temperature. When the thyroid isn’t functioning well or develops cancer, it can have widespread effects on throughout the body.

“Here’s How I Knew I Had Thyroid Cancer”: One Patient’s Story When Emotional & Hormonal Symptoms Crept Up

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In a fast-paced kitchen, Sonny Sweetman couldn’t see people or objects entering his right side peripheral vision until they were too close. “Things were just appearing on that right hand side when normally I would have seen them a while ago,” Sweetman, 53, of Redondo Beach, California, tells TODAY.com. “I literally thought, ‘Hey, I’m getting older, maybe I need some new glasses.’”

He thought the blurriness in the corner of his eye was part of aging. It was a rare uveal melanoma

Thyroid cancer stages range from 1 to 4 (sometimes referred to in Roman numerals as I, II, III, and IV). Stage 4 thyroid cancer is the most serious; stage 1 is the least severe. The stage of someone's cancer is determined by the size and spread of cancer cells from a tumor's primary site, in this case, the thyroid gland.

What Are the Stages of Thyroid Cancer?

Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is a fast-growing cancer that develops in cells within the lung. A range of medical tests and procedures are available to help doctors diagnose SCLC and create an appropriate treatment plan. Lung cancer is a complex disease comprising various subtypes. A person who receives a...

How do doctors diagnose small cell lung cancer?

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Corey Rhodes, 32, is keeping himself as healthy and active as possible while living with an advanced rare liver cancer. Now that his tumors have 'stabilized,' he is helping comfort others affected by the disease while rallying his community to assist with cancer research efforts.

Heartburn and Shoulder Pain Led to 32-Year-Old’s Rare Liver Cancer Diagnosis: Tumor the Size of a ‘Deflated Basketball’

Cancer Health

In 2006, Diana Lindsay, who had never so much as held a cigarette, was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. It had metastasized to both lungs, her brain and lymph nodes. Keith Eaton, MD, PhD, clinical director of thoracic, head and neck medical oncology at Fred Hutch Cancer Center, told her that a typical patient in this situation would have about nine months to live. But he also observed that she seemed remarkably strong and vital. “He said, ‘You don’t look like my normal lung cancer patient,’” said Lindsay, who had just returned from a business trip to Europe. She was 54 at the time. “He didn’t want to take away the health I had for the limited time I had to live.”

20 Years Since an EGFR Discovery, a Woman With Stage IV Lung Cancer Is Thriving

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Medically reviewed by Christopher Lee, MDMedically reviewed by Christopher Lee, MDHeart cancer develops when abnormal cells in the heart muscle or surrounding tissues grow uncontrollably, forming a malignant (cancerous) tumor. Cancerous heart tumors (known as cardiac sarcomas) are extremely rare, accounting for less than 0.028% of all cancer diagnoses annually.  Secondary heart cancer is when cancer cells metastasize (spread) to the heart from a tumor that started in nearby organs or body tissues. Secondary heart cancer is about 30 to 50 times more common than primary heart cancer. However, it is still rare, affecting approximately 10% of people with lung cancer,...

Signs and Symptoms of Heart Cancer

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4 Biden Cancer Moonshot updates

President Joe Biden launched the Cancer Moonshot in 2016, when he was serving as vice president in the Obama administration. President Biden reignited the initiative in...

4 Biden Cancer Moonshot updates

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