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Experiment Pays Off as Virologist Treats Her Own Cancer

Beata Halassy, cancer-free for 45 months, injected tumor with oncolytic viruses grown in her lab

(Newser) - A scientist successfully treated her own Stage 3 breast cancer by injecting the tumor with viruses she grew in her lab. The unique case is described in a controversial report published in August in the journal Vaccines . Oncolytic virotherapy (OVT), in which genetically engineered viruses are used to kill tumor...

Dave Coulier Has 'Very Aggressive' Cancer

Full House star diagnosed with Stage 3 non-Hodgkin lymphoma is now undergoing chemo

(Newser) - Just weeks ago, Dave Coulier learned he has cancer—"very aggressive" cancer. Last month, the 65-year-old Full House star was experiencing an upper respiratory infection that caused his lymph nodes to swell, per People . Then, a lymph node in his groin suddenly grew to the size of a golf...

Harvey Weinstein Has Cancer, Sources Say

Weinstein's rep does not confirm the reports

(Newser) - Sources tell outlets including NBC News and Deadline that Harvey Weinstein has been diagnosed with cancer. Per the sources, the disgraced movie mogul has chronic myeloid leukemia, which is a type of bone marrow cancer. The sources say Weinstein is being treated while in prison at New York's Rikers...

Cyclist Diagnosed With Cancer as Wife Is Diagnosed With MS

Chris Hoy reveals health struggles of the past year in new memoir

(Newser) - Chris Hoy, who has won six Olympic cycling gold medals, revealed in February that he had cancer. On Sunday, the world learned the British cyclist's disease is terminal. Hoy's reveal came via a lengthy interview with the Sunday Times regarding his upcoming memoir, in which he discusses what...

Ex-MTV VJ Rues Decision to 'Keep My Tumor'
Ex-MTV VJ
Rues Decision
to 'Keep My
Tumor'
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Oct 20, 2024 7:01 AM CDT

Ex-MTV VJ Rues Decision to 'Keep My Tumor'

Ananda Lewis, 51, says she has Stage 4 breast cancer, regrets not getting mastectomy

(Newser) - At a CNN roundtable that aired this week, former MTV VJ Ananda Lewis nonchalantly made a shocking announcement: Her breast cancer, which she'd first revealed in 2020, has metastasized and sent her into Stage 4 of the disease, reports People . Lewis made the reveal in a discussion with CNN...

ABC Weatherman Sam Champion Explains His Eye Scar

Famed GMA meteorologist reveals skin cancer diagnosis, urges viewers to wear sunscreen

(Newser) - Weatherman Sam Champion was back on the air with Good Morning America on Friday, with a small reddish-purple scar under one of his eyes and some news: He was recently diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma, the most common form of skin cancer , reports ABC News . During the program , the 63-year-old...

Mom Who Set Up GoFundMe for Own Funeral Dies

Erika Carr died earlier this month of terminal cancer, but not before raising $1.2M for her funeral, kids

(Newser) - When Erika Carr found out in September that she likely had less than three months to live, the single mom of two young kids decided to try to raise $5,000 to pay for her own funeral costs, and to perhaps have a little extra left over to take care...

Lung Cancer Patients Benefit From 'Golden Age' of Research
On Lung Cancer Front,
an 'Amazing' Development
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Oct 8, 2024 3:14 PM CDT

On Lung Cancer Front, an 'Amazing' Development

Drug combination found to bring longer control to patients with EGFR mutation

(Newser) - Lung cancer kills 1.8 million people every year, making it the leading cause of cancer death worldwide. With advances in precision medicine, however, doctors are helping prevent even more deaths, including with a drug combination just approved by the FDA in August. The results of a phase 3 trial...

Work Begins on World's First Ovarian Cancer Vaccine

Oxford University receives funding to move ahead with study

(Newser) - UK researchers have received funding to start work on what might eventually be the world's first vaccine for ovarian cancer, reports the BBC . Scientists at the University of Oxford are developing OvarianVax, though they caution that any such vaccine is still years away from being ready for widespread use....

Wealthy Town Fears a Common Building Practice Haunts Them

Wall Street Journal looks at how residents of NC's Mooresville worry over toxic coal ash, cancer rates

(Newser) - For residents of Mooresville, North Carolina, it's a matter of connecting the dots, and the Wall Street Journal lays them out. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, local builders bought tons of coal ash from Duke Energy and used it a cheap substitute for dirt. Last year, the EPA said...

On the Upward Trend: Breast Cancer Before 50
Breast Cancer Rates
Climb Among the Young
NEW STUDY
Oct 2, 2024 4:23 PM CDT

Breast Cancer Rates Climb Among the Young

American Cancer Society report describes steady increase in diagnoses

(Newser) - Overall death rates from breast cancer have fallen 44% over the last 35 years and by about 10% over the last decade. That's the good news. The bad news is that for American Indian and Alaska Native women, rates haven't changed at all. Meanwhile, diagnoses are climbing in...

Kate, Princess of Wales: I've Completed My Chemo

She releases a new video with a hopeful health update

(Newser) - Kate, the princess of Wales, says she has completed chemotherapy and will return to some public duties in the coming months, per the AP . "Doing what I can to stay cancer free is now my focus," said the 42-year-old wife of Prince William in a video released Monday....

Springsteen's Wife Diagnosed With Cancer Years Ago

In new documentary, it's revealed Patti Scialfa found out in 2018 that she had multiple myeloma

(Newser) - One of the members of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band has revealed a cancer diagnosis: his own wife, Patti Scialfa. Variety reports that Scialfa's news that she was diagnosed in 2018 with multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer, came via a new documentary, Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen ...

Why One Young Woman Is Selling Her Final Hours to Strangers
Why One Young
Woman Is Selling
Her Final Hours
to Strangers
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Sep 7, 2024 4:15 PM CDT

Why One Young Woman Is Selling Her Final Hours to Strangers

A look at the performance-art project of a dying 32-year-old

(Newser) - At age 27 in 2019, Emily Lahey, a member of Australia's military who ran 3 to 6 miles a day, started getting headaches and other symptoms that doctors chalked up to sinusitis. When she started to lose vision in her left eye, however, doctors ultimately discovered a tumor in...

The Cure's Roger O'Donnell Reveals 'Devastating' Discovery

Keyboardist was diagnosed with 'aggressive form of lymphoma,' but is now doing 'fine'

(Newser) - The Cure keyboardist Roger O'Donnell is urging people to visit a doctor at the first sign of concern—something he failed to do before discovering an aggressive cancer. O'Donnell revealed he was diagnosed with "a very rare and aggressive form of lymphoma" a year ago in a...

SNL Alum: 'I Have 34.8 Months to Live'

Victoria Jackson says she has an inoperable cancerous tumor

(Newser) - Victoria Jackson, the Saturday Night Live alum who starred in movies including UHF, says she has an inoperable cancerous tumor in her windpipe, USA Today reports. "I have 34.8 months to live if I don't get hit by a meteor, shot by a MAGA hater, get Covid...

They Probed 'Low-Risk' Drinking, Found Quite the Cancer Risk

Study author says alcohol probably raises the risk of cancer 'from the first drop'

(Newser) - Older adults would do well to limit alcohol intake, even if they consume only a little, according to new research, which further disputes the idea that a small amount of alcohol is good for you. Indeed, alcohol probably raises the risk of cancer "from the first drop," Dr....

Biden Announces $150M for Those 'in a Race Against Time'

President, first lady present awards for his administration's 'moonshot' initiative on cancer

(Newser) - President Biden is zeroing in on the policy goals closest to his heart now that he's no longer seeking a second term, visiting New Orleans on Tuesday to promote his administration's "moonshot" initiative aiming to dramatically reduce cancer deaths. The president and first lady Jill Biden toured...

Young People's Cancer Rates Are Jumping Over Boomers'

Millennials and Gen Xers have a higher risk for 17 cancers over their older counterparts

(Newser) - New research shows that Gen Xers and millennials face a higher risk of certain types of cancer than their older counterparts, the baby boomers. The study published Thursday in the Lancet journal by scientists from the American Cancer Society gathered incidence data from nearly 24 million patients between the ages...

Famed Chef Has Tongue Cancer, Is Keeping Her Tongue

Shirley Chung opts for different treatment despite lower survival rates

(Newser) - Top Chef star Shirley Chung was given a choice after being diagnosed with stage 4 tongue cancer: Remove her tongue entirely or undergo radiation and chemotherapy, a treatment plan with a lower survival rate. "Higher survival rate, or keep my tongue? I chose to keep my tongue, I am...

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