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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.

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Platinum Chemotherapy That Saves Children With Liver Cancer Left About 2,200 Mutations in Each Healthy Liver Sample

A Science study found that platinum chemotherapy left an average of about 2,200 mutations per healthy liver sample in treated children. What survivors should know.

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Cancer Patients Needing Ifosfamide Chemotherapy May Receive an Unapproved Imported Version as the U.S. Shortage Persists

An unapproved ifosfamide made for China's market is being imported to ease a U.S. shortage. What cancer patients and caregivers should ask.

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Magic Mushroom Compound May Prevent Painful Chemotherapy Nerve Damage Without The Psychedelic Experience

Psilocybin prevented chemotherapy-related nerve damage in mice, while a non-hallucinogenic compound produced a similar protective effect.

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Mild Mitochondrial Stress Before Birth Protected Adult Mouse Hearts from a Chemotherapy Drug and Citrate Carried the Signal

Salk researchers found that mitochondrial stress in mouse embryos protected adult hearts from a chemotherapy drug, with citrate carrying the signal.

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Bugs’ Jordan Brunoli is 30 and may have weeks to live – but the band are making the most of their time together

With their bassist in palliative care for colorectal cancer, the group have a new album and two live shows to play. They reflect on friendship, facing terminal illness and ‘taking each day as it comes’

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Psilocybin may protect against a common, debilitating side effect of chemotherapy, early study finds

A psychedelic best known for its effects on the brain may also protect peripheral nerves from chemotherapy damage, early research suggests.

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Woman’s “Altitude Sickness” Turns Out To Be A Rare Cancer After Her Ears Won’t Pop After Her Flight

A blocked ear after a flight does not sound like something to panic over, especially when you expect it to pop on its own. But for this young mom, that strange little problem was only the beginning of something much more serious. Read on to find out the terrifying diagnosis…

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The Rudan Brothers surprise elderly Canadian couple with free roof repair, then transform entire home after discovering wife is battling two forms of cancer and preparing for chemotherapy

The Rudan Brothers planned to repair an elderly couple’s damaged roof for free, but the project took an emotional turn after learning the wife was battling two forms of cancer and preparing for chemotherapy. They transformed the entire home, adding new siding, gutters, a deck, porch, railings and a brand-new…

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Oncologists Just Got a Three Tier Rationing Playbook for a Chemotherapy Drug with No Substitute

ASCO has directed cancer practices to a federal conservation framework as ifosfamide, a chemotherapy with no direct substitute, runs critically low.

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Cancer Practices Report Only Weeks of Ifosfamide on Hand as Oncologists Warn No Substitute Drug Exists

ASCO warns some oncology practices have under a few weeks of ifosfamide left, with no direct substitute for the chemotherapy drug.

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A Once-Daily Pill for Pancreatic Cancer Just Won Approval, and It Nearly Doubled Survival in Trial

FDA approved Rasonque for metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma. A phase 3 trial found median survival of 13.2 months against 6.7 on chemotherapy.

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Two New Drug Combinations Win Approval as the First Treatment for an Aggressive Stomach and Esophageal Cancer

The FDA approved two Ziihera regimens as first-line treatment for HER2-positive advanced gastroesophageal cancer, plus two companion diagnostic tests.

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Emerging Clinical Considerations in Gastric Cancer Treatment for Healthcare Professionals

Gastric cancer treatment is increasingly personalized, with decisions guided by tumor biology, cancer stage, patient factors, and evolving therapies.

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A Rare Breast Cancer Can Read as Probably Benign on a Mammogram, and Mastectomy Is Not the Treatment It Needs

Primary breast lymphoma is treated with chemotherapy, not surgery, and published cases show imaging repeatedly pointing clinicians the wrong way.

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Three Year Follow Up Data Show a Bispecific Antibody Doubling Median Survival for Transplant Ineligible Lymphoma Patients

Three-year STARGLO data show that glofitamab plus chemotherapy roughly doubled median survival in relapsed lymphoma patients ineligible for transplant.

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The Reason Vitamin C Failed in the Famous Mayo Clinic Cancer Trials May Have Been the Pills Themselves

Pauling gave patients intravenous vitamin C. The trials that discredited him used tablets, and the gut caps how much can be absorbed.

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The Frog Microbe That Erased Tumors in Mice Has Its Own Medical File, and It Involves Sepsis in Cancer Patients

Ewingella americana cleared tumors in mice. It is also a rare human pathogen, documented in bloodstream infections, including one in a chemotherapy patient.

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Survival Gaps in Ovarian Cancer Track with Neighborhood Conditions, Pointing Toward Treatment Access

Women with ovarian cancer in highly vulnerable neighborhoods faced 20% higher mortality in a new study. Researchers point toward care access.

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‘The Office’ star Lucy Davis reveals incurable cancer diagnosis: ‘I’m trying to live out whatever might be left of my life’

The Office star Lucy Davis has revealed that she was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer around a year and a half ago, with the disease having spread to her spine, right hip and ribs. Describing the cancer as incurable and saying it is too late for chemotherapy, Davis said…

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The Office actor Lucy Davis says she has incurable stage four breast cancer

Star, 53, says disease has metastasised to her bones and it is too late for chemotherapy

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Large Trial Finds High-Dose Vitamin D Did Not Slow Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

A phase 3 trial in 455 patients found high-dose vitamin D3 did not improve survival in metastatic colorectal cancer, reversing an earlier signal.

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Researchers Are Printing Bone Cancer Cells into Gel Cubes to Study a Tumor That Ignores Chemotherapy and Radiation

Rowan researchers are 3D printing chondrosarcoma cells into a hydrogel to study how the tumor recruits stem cells. Flat cell culture cannot answer this.

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Three Injectable Drug Recalls Landed on the Same Day, Including a Widely Used Cancer Drug

Three injectable medicines were recalled July 24, including a chemotherapy drug with steel particles. What patients and caregivers should know.

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Ovarian Cancer Cells That Survive Chemotherapy Send a Sugar Signal That Helps Neighbors Break Away

Wistar researchers found that chemo-surviving ovarian cancer cells release fructose that loosens neighboring cells. The work is preclinical and has not been tested in patients.

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