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Cancer in Dogs: Which Lumps Need a Needle Aspirate and Why Waiting Fails

A lump appears on your dog's flank one Tuesday. It is soft, moves under your fingers, and does not seem to bother him. The instinct is to monitor it. That instinct is wrong often enough that veterinary oncologists have a name for the pattern: the wait-and-see delay, and it is…

Times Life · 19h ago

Young-Onset Colorectal Cancer Tumors Hold More Stromal Cells, a Feature Tied to Chemo Resistance in Other Cancers

A Dana-Farber-led study found a higher proportion of stromal cells in colorectal tumors from younger patients, but researchers say the finding does not prove chemotherapy resistance or alter treatment.

Medical Daily · Oct 31

Artiva Ends AlloNK Autoimmune Cell Therapy After Two Trial Deaths, One Unexplained, and Cuts 94% of Staff

Artiva Biotherapeutics is ending development of AlloNK after two deaths in a Phase 2a autoimmune disease trial, cutting most of its workforce and reviewing strategic options.

Medical Daily · Oct 30

Imdelltra Plus Imfinzi Cut Death Risk 58% for Patients with Extensive-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer in Interim Results

Interim phase 3 results found that adding Amgen's Imdelltra to Imfinzi reduced the risk of death by 58% in extensive-stage small cell lung cancer, though the combination remains unapproved for maintenance treatment.

Medical Daily · Oct 27

Ivonescimab Beat Imfinzi Regimen on Survival in China Bile Duct Cancer Trial, Akeso Says, as Details Await ESMO

Akeso says ivonescimab plus chemo improved survival over Imfinzi plus chemo in advanced biliary tract cancer in China. Full data will be presented at ESMO on Oct. 25.

Medical Daily · Oct 25

One Yellow Eye in a 28-Year-Old with Lung Cancer Was a Tumor Inside the Eye, Not Jaundice

A 28-year-old with lung cancer had one yellow eye but normal liver tests. Scans showed his cancer had spread to the back of that eye.

Medical Daily · Oct 23

Miley Cyrus Shaves Stage 3 Breast Cancer Fan's Head Before Chemotherapy After Fan's Plea Goes Viral

Miley Cyrus shaves the head of Cash Jacobs, a fan who says she has stage 3 breast cancer, after her viral TikTok plea asking the singer to fulfil her wish.

International Business Times UK · Oct 22

Whip-Like Streaks Sent a Man to the ER, but the Culprit Was a Shiitake Meal Eaten Four Days Earlier

Whip-like streaks can signal chemo reactions or autoimmune disease. For a 54-year-old in Geneva, they traced it back to undercooked shiitake.

Medical Daily · Oct 20

Jemperli Wins Accelerated FDA Approval for a Rectal Cancer Subtype as Most Trial Patients Avoided Surgery

FDA gave Jemperli accelerated approval for dMMR rectal cancer. Most trial patients skipped surgery, but the data are interim. What patients should ask.

Medical Daily · Oct 20

Kasey Redfern, Former Lions Punter, Dies at 35 After More Than Three Years of Treatment for CNS Lymphoma

Former NFL punter Kasey Redfern died at 35 after treatment for CNS lymphoma. What the rare brain cancer is, its warning signs, and how it is treated.

Medical Daily · Oct 19