The Latest Breaking News on Cancer

Women in England with incurable breast cancer to get life-extending drug on NHS

Thousands with HER2-low advanced breast cancer will have access to Enhertu after ministers strike deal on price

The Guardian - UK · Sep 17

Gotistobart Nearly Doubled Median Survival Versus Chemotherapy in 87 Patient Lung Cancer Trial Stage, Pivotal Data Pending

Gotistobart reached 18.5 months median survival versus 10.0 months for chemotherapy in 87 previously treated squamous lung cancer patients. Pivotal data pending.

Medical Daily · Sep 14

Aussie imaging agent to help brain cancer patients

The United States Food and Drug Administration has approved Telix Pharmaceutical's Pixclara, an imaging agent to aid in the diagnosis of brain cancer.

AAP · Sep 14

New hope for pancreatic cancer patients after FDA approves drug shown to improve survival

Pancreatic cancer is among the deadliest forms, largely because detection is difficult before malignancy spreads to other organs

The Independent UK · Aug 26

FDA approves landmark pancreatic cancer drug that's shown to improve survival

U.S. health officials have approved a groundbreaking pancreatic cancer drug that offers a new approach to treating the deadly form of cancer

The Independent UK · Aug 26

"I did a donor transplant. Unfortunately, it didn't stick. So the cancer has returned." Def Leppard guitarist Vivian Campbell's cancer has returned, but he's refusing to live in fear

"There's only been one time that I felt it was gonna kill me"

Louder · Aug 20

Meet the volunteers lining up to give more than cancer could ever take

'It's about saving your mum, saving your dad, or your brother or your sister.'

Newcastle Herald · Aug 19

Fresh hope as treatment cost slashed for rare cancer

Patients suffering a rare form of brain cancer will be able to access a new, targeted treatment at low cost for the first time in two decades.

AAP · Aug 2

Cancer patient becomes world’s first to receive ‘landmark’ treatment

Tracy Tomlinson, 58, was given the drug at the Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester as part of a clinical trial evaluating a new type of treatment for several types of cancer

The Independent UK · Jul 30

Your SPF Number Says Nothing About UVA Protection, and the U.S. Has No Rating for It

SPF measures only UVB. The U.S. has no UVA rating standard, and an advocacy group says most American sunscreens fall short on UVA.

Medical Daily · Jul 29