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Cancer News
New Advancements in Treating one of the Deadliest Thyroid Cancers
New Advancements in Treating one of the Deadliest Thyroid Cancers ASCO: Pre-surgical combination therapy boosts survival in patients with rare thyroid cancer MD Anderson News Release May 31, 2025 A pre-surgical combination therapy including pembrolizumab plus dabrafenib and trametinib (DTP) significantly improved survival in patients with rare BRAF V600E-mutated anaplastic thyroid cancer (BRAFm-ATC) compared with […]
Cancer News
Immunotherapy Is Changing Cancer Treatment Forever
Rewiring Hope: T-Cells Take on Brain Cancer Immunotherapy Is Changing Cancer Treatment Forever His brain tumor was a hopeless case. Then an experimental medicine made it melt away. July 15, 2024 – One morning at the end of April 2023, Marcela Maus, a cancer researcher at Mass General in Boston, got a call from her […]
Living Better with Cancer
Understanding Different Types of Cancer
Understanding Different Types of Cancer Approved by Hunter Patton-Gentert, PharmD Cancer, a disease that can manifest in virtually any part of the human body, holds a daunting position as the second leading cause of death in the United States, only surpassed by heart disease. The CDC reports a staggering number of over 600,000 people losing their […]
Cancer News
Experts urge study of psilocybin, other psychedelics for cancer-related distress
Experts urge study of psilocybin, other psychedelics for cancer-related distress By Jennifer Southall for Healio (Healio, August 17, 2023) The prevalence of distress among women with late-stage gynecologic cancers calls for well-designed studies to assess the safety and efficacy of psychedelics for this patient population, according to authors of a published commentary. Psychedelics — specifically […]
Blog Articles
Cancer Treatment Options
Common Types of Cancer Treatments Approved by Hunter Patton-Gentert, PharmD Just like there’s no single type of cancer, there’s also no single type of cancer treatment. Treatments vary depending on the type of cancer, cancer stage, and other factors. If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with cancer, then it’s helpful to understand the […]
Blog Articles
A Guide to Cancer Staging
What Are the Stages of Cancer? Approved by Hunter Patton-Gentert, PharmD Cancer comes in a variety of forms and may affect each individual person differently. To determine the right treatment methods, doctors use “cancer staging” to gauge the extent and severity. What is Cancer Staging? Cancer staging is used to describe: The size of the primary […]
Blog Articles
The Benefits of a Cancer Screening
A Brief Guide to Cancer Screening Approved by Hunter Patton-Gentert, PharmD 1 in 3 people will have cancer in their lifetime, according to data collected by the CDC. That means the average person has a 33% chance of developing cancer, with risk increasing as they get older. Since cancer is such a widespread disease, you may […]
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Signs and Symptoms of Cancer
Signs and Symptoms of Cancer Approved by Hunter Patton-Gentert, PharmD Cancer is a disease in which mutated cells multiply rapidly. The mutated cells typically originate in one part of the body before invading other parts of the body as they multiply. You can learn more about cancer in our blog “What is Cancer?”. The most well-known […]
Press Releases
Gateway for Cancer Research, Ohio State University Pancreas Cancer Trial Expanding
Gateway for Cancer Research, Ohio State University Pancreas Cancer Trial Expanding Media Contact: Megan Foellmfoell@kruppagency.com(203) 516-1694 Study results spur drug manufacturer to fund trial expansion for rare pancreas cancer CHICAGO (June 8, 2023) – Gateway for Cancer Research, a nonprofit organization dedicated to funding transformational early phase cancer clinical trials around the world, announced […]
Living Better with Cancer
Cancer Prevention: 10 Ways to Reduce Cancer Risk
Cancer Prevention: 10 Ways to Reduce Cancer Risk Approved by Hunter Patton-Gentert, PharmD Approximately 1.7 million Americans are diagnosed with cancer each year, according to estimates by the Center of Disease Control and Prevention. Given the prevalence of the disease, you may feel inclined to start thinking about your own cancer risk and identifying ways to […]