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Mum discovered her back pain could kill her after watching Embarrassing Bodies

Katie Enell thought she'd pulled a muscle when she first started experiencing back pain but the terrifying truth was discovered after tuning into Channel 4 show Embarrassing Bodies

Daily Mirror

FDA Gives Approval For Novartis' Tafinlar + Mekinist Broadens BRAF/MEK Cancer Combo Use

The FDA granted accelerated approval to Novartis AG's (NYSE:NVS) pairing of Tafinlar and Mekinist for any advanced solid tumors with the BRAF V600E mutation. The patient must have progressed following prior therapy and have no alternative treatment options. The combo is already approved for BRAF mutated non-small cell lung cancer, melanoma, and thyroid cancer.…

Benzinga

BioNTech Gets EMA's Priority Medicines Status For Testicular Cancer Drug

BioNTech (NASDAQ: BNTX) received Priority Medicines (PRIME) designation from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for its product candidate BNT211 in the third- or later-line treatment of testicular germ cell tumors.

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Breast cancer spreads more quickly when patients sleep, new study finds

The study claims that tumours generate more circulating cells due to sleep-related hormones.

Daily Record

More than quarter of a million Greater Manchester women miss their cervical cancer screenings - why it's important, according to experts

Nationally, those invited to screening who had a test in the previous three years, as of March last year, was at the lowest level since records began in 2002

Manchester Evening News

Expert explains why cervical screening is important - and symptoms to look out for

Data shows that less Scots women are choosing to get their scheduled cervical screening.

Daily Record

Mum finds 'back pain' could kill her after watching Embarrassing Bodies

Katie thought she'd pulled a muscle when she first started experiencing back pain

Liverpool Echo

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Evaxion Biotech To Test EVX-03 DNA Vaccine For Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Evaxion Biotech A/S (NASDAQ:EVAX) has selected EVX-03 as the product candidate within its DNA technology platform to target a new indication with planned regulatory filing in H2 2022. We currently have two product candidates in the DNA technology platform, EVX-02, and EVX-03. Based on preclinical results, the company has decided to move EVX-03…

Benzinga

Bone Health Focused Radius Health Goes Private In $890M Deal

Radius Health Inc (NASDAQ:RDUS) will be acquired by Gurnet Point Capital and Patient Square Capital in a transaction valued at approximately $890 million, including the assumption of debt and assuming full payment of the CVR (Contingent Value Right). Gurnet Point and Patient Square will pay $10.00 per share in cash plus a…

Benzinga

Mum's horror as son's excessive thirstiness leads to one in a million diagnosis

Rachel Daley, 38, of Merseyside, was shocked to learn her son's extreme thirstiness was due to him having a rare form of cancer after doctors initially dismissed symptom

Daily Mirror

Five ways the pandemic has affected routine medical care

Since the beginning of the pandemic, COVID has infected at least a third of the UK population and is estimated to have factored in the deaths of almost 200,000 people in the UK. But critically, COVID has also had a devastating impact on our healthcare systems. While this was expected,…

The Conversation

Lanarkshire schoolboy felt like his head was 'going to blow up' during rare brain cancer battle

Fraser McAllister, 18, was diagnosed with an anaplastic glioneuronal tumour two years ago

Daily Record

The Daily Biotech Pulse: F-Star Therapeutics Buyout, Orphan Drug Tag For VBI's Brain Cancer Vaccine, Xenon's Epilepsy Candidate Shows Promise

Here's a roundup of top developments in the biotech space over the last 24 hours:

Benzinga

Young mum battling cancer desperate for a home but landlords refuse to house her

Delilah May, 27, from Skelmersdale, wants to move closer to her family for the sake of her three-year-old son Jake after she was diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer

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Glasgow mum terminally ill at Celtic Convention in Las Vegas after cancer shock

Ellen Cassidy started suffering from extreme fatigue and pain near her kidneys around six days into the trip. She was rushed to hospital and soon had an operation.

Daily Record

Scots mum rushed to hospital at Celtic convention in Las Vegas and diagnosed with cancer

Celtic fan Ellen Cassidy was attending the North American Federation Celtic Supporters annual bash when she fell unwell.

Daily Record

Brave West Lothian schoolboy leads charge against cancer at Pretty Muddy Kids event

Leo Barker was raising money for Cancer Research UK after liver transplant

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh boy will be first in UK to join American trial for inoperable tumour

The eight-year-old was diagnosed with a rare grade four pineoblastoma after experiencing symptoms including headaches, tiredness and leg pain in August 2020.

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Daily Record

Janey Godley shares one year comparison photos and says she's 'getting stronger'

The Scots comedian took to Twitter to show the difference in herself one year on.

Wales Online

More patients 'languishing in pain' on NHS waiting lists but urgent care shows small signs of improvement

The number of people on waiting lists for non-urgent treatment hit record levels for the 24th month in a row

Edinburgh Live

Dame Deborah James bids emotional farewell to family as she enjoys pint with mum

The esteemed journalist has been subject of much media attention after she announced that she would be stopping treatment for her bowel cancer, and receiving end-of-life care instead.

Irish Mirror

Tributes pour in for Irish mum-of-three who died from cancer

Jacinta McDonnell, known as Cinta, was just 28 when she passed away at Dublin’s Mater Hospitalon Sunday, June 19.

The Guardian - US

Food additive or carcinogen? The growing list of chemicals banned by EU but used in US

The EU is banning food whitener titanium dioxide. It is the latest example of a chemical deemed unsafe in Europe that’s still used in the US

Daily Record

Young Scots boy with inoperable brain tumour first person from UK to undergo American trial

The rare and aggressive cancer accounts for less than one in 100 of all brain tumours, according to Cancer Research UK.

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Why is it so hard to get health care as a trans cancer patient?

Nobody can know what it is like to be a cancer patient without actually having cancer. Before I was diagnosed, I had proximity to cancer patients and experiences in health care that I thought gave me insight. In some ways they did. Yet although I had previously experienced discrimination for…

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