The Latest Breaking News from Cancer

Scientists Develop Molecule That Kills Tumors Without Affecting Other Cells

“Results have been promising. The post Scientists develop molecule that kills tumors without affecting other cells 

Zenger · Aug 4, 2023

'Heart-lifting': locals invited to break a sweat for cancer survivors

It's one of a few places where cancer patients and chronically ill people feel like their bodies are their own.

Newcastle Herald · Aug 4, 2023

Texans WR John Metchie’s advice on fighting cancer: ‘Just show up and fight’

Houston Texans receiver John Metchie provided advice on what he learned about battling acute promyelocytic leukemia.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Aug 4, 2023

'She made me a better person': Kate, 32, died from ovarian cancer

'I knew the first day I kissed her I was going to marry her.'

Newcastle Herald · Aug 4, 2023

Settlement with family of Henrietta Lacks is an opportunity to reflect on inequalities in genetic research

Aug. 1, 2023 would have been Henrietta Lacks’s 103rd birthday. It was also the day the Lacks family reached a settlement with Thermo Fisher Scientific, the biotech company that used and profited from her “HeLa” cells.

The Conversation · Aug 3, 2023

Sarah, Duchess of York, names her reconstructed breast ‘Derek’

She calls it her ‘perky friend’ who saved her life after discovering she had an early form of breast cancer during a routine mammogram.

The Independent UK · Aug 3, 2023

Kentucky Children’s Hospital recieves grant to help improve hematology, oncology clinics

A $100,000 dollar grant is going to the Kentucky Children’s Hospital to help support its clinics for child cancer and blood diseases.

WEKU · Aug 3, 2023

Immune cells that fight cancer become exhausted within hours of first encountering tumors – new research

A key function of our immune system is to detect and eliminate foreign pathogens such as bacteria and viruses. Immune cells like T cells do this by distinguishing between different types of proteins within cells, which allows them to detect the presence of infection or disease.

The Conversation · Aug 3, 2023

More young Australians are getting bowel cancer. Should the screening age be lowered?

Medical professionals say with one in 10 bowel cancer diagnoses being in people under 50, not regularly screening younger people puts lives at risk

The Guardian - AU · Aug 3, 2023

Cancer is striking more people in the prime of their lives. What can we do better?

Patients must better advocate for themselves while doctors need to realise that cancer is a disease of the old and young

The Guardian - AU · Aug 3, 2023