FDA Approves Zynyz as First-Line Treatment for Advanced Anal Cancer
2025-05-21
The programmed death receptor-1-blocking antibody is approved as a single agent or in combination with chemotherapyContinue Reading
Former President Joe Biden Diagnosed With Aggressive Prostate Cancer
2025-05-19
MONDAY, May 19, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer that has spread to his bones, his office announced Sunday. Doctors found the cancer after Biden reported urinary symptoms. Testing showed a small nodule on his prostate. His medical team said theContinue Reading
GLP-1 Drugs Appear To Lower Cancer Risk
2025-05-19
MONDAY, May 19, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Cutting-edge GLP-1 weight-loss drugs appear to help lower cancer risk even beyond the benefits from dropping excess pounds, a new study says. First-generation GLP-1 drugs like liraglutide (Saxenda) and exenatide (Byetta) were associated with a 41% lower risk of obesity-related cancers, compared withContinue Reading
NIH Research Cuts Leave Cancer Patient Facing Hard Choice
2025-05-15
THURSDAY, May 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A mother with stage 4 colon cancer faces an uncertain future after federal staff cuts delayed her experimental cancer treatment. Natalie Phelps, 43, was accepted into an immunotherapy study at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). But her treatment has been delayed dueContinue Reading
Improvements In Prostate Cancer Tracking Help Men Stay In Active Surveillance
2025-05-15
THURSDAY, May 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Men in “watchful waiting” mode for their low-risk prostate cancer are staying healthier longer thanks to advanced imaging and treatments designed to keep their tumor at bay, a new study says. Advanced MRI imaging and MRI-guided biopsies are providing a much clearer viewContinue Reading
First-Of-Its-Kind Surgery Uses Eye Socket To Remove Spinal Cancer
2025-05-13
TUESDAY, May 13, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A first-of-its-kind surgery has gone through a young woman’s eye socket to remove a cancerous tumor wrapped around her spine. Surgeons threaded a thin lighted tube called an endoscope down through the 19-year-old woman’s eye socket to remove a rare, slow-growing bone tumorContinue Reading
Double Lung Transplant Saves Mother Of Twins
2025-05-12
MONDAY, May 12, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The timing of Cornelia Tischmacher’s pneumonia couldn’t have been worse — eight months after the Berlin mom gave birth to twins. But the pneumonia just wouldn’t go away, so Tischmacher went to a doctor in January 2018. Tests revealed that the then-40-year-old hadContinue Reading
Some Cancers Increasing in People Under 50, New Report Shows
2025-05-09
FRIDAY, May 9, 2025 (HealthDay News) — More young adults in the U.S. are being diagnosed with cancer, and researchers are trying to figure out why. A new government report shows that rates of several types of cancer are going up in people under age 50, especially among women. TheContinue Reading
Blood Testing Could Catch Cancers Early, Projections Say
2025-05-09
FRIDAY, May 9, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Blood tests could catch as many as half of cancers at an earlier, more treatable stage, a new study says. If conducted every year or every other year, the multi-cancer early detection (MCED) blood test could help more people survive cancer, researchers reportedContinue Reading
Smoking Doesn’t Explain Increased COPD Risk For Women
2025-05-09
FRIDAY, May 9, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Smoking can’t explain why women are more at risk for COPD, a new study says. Women are about 50% more likely than men to develop COPD even though they are less likely to smoke, researchers reported May 8 in the journal BMJ OpenContinue Reading