December 4, 2023
That is the finding from a CDC report released this month. Mortality rates fell by 24% between 2001 and 2021. Specifically, the cancer death rate for youth ages 0–19 years was 2.75 per 100,000 in 2001, but decrease to 2.10 per 100,000 in 2021. The analysis uses data including (i)
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This month brought some hopeful news for people who are battling metastatic colorectal cancer. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Nov. 8 approved a new oral medicine called Fruzaqla (fruquintinib) for the treatment of patients with previously treated metastatic colorectal cancer. Up until now, patients with this condition have had limited treatment options
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Deaths among young cancer patients are on the decline, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s National Center of Health Statistics. In the year 2001, the overall cancer mortality of people under 20 years of age was 2.75 per 100,000 people, for a total of 2,226 deaths. In the
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Legendary cricketer Glenn McGrath will help announce a massive $166m commitment from the Commonwealth government to help patients recovering from cancer. The funds will be invested into hiring more cancer nurses and health care providers to patients recovering from cancer, through the creation of the Australian Cancer Nursing and Navigation Program. Mr McGrath, who is
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Scientists are developing a ‘bionic breast’ device that could restore a sense of touch in breast cancer survivors who undergo mastectomies and reconstructive surgeries. The implantable device being developed by researchers at the University of Chicago could benefit the roughly 3.5 million breast cancer survivors in the US who get mastectomies to prevent breast cancer
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A grandmother claims her pestering pooch saved her life — by constantly sniffing her bum. Lindsey Thwaites, from Chapeltown in South Yorkshire, was eventually diagnosed with anal cancer. She was spooked into getting a medical opinion because her two-year-old Border Collie Brian ‘would not leave me alone’. Mrs Thwaites, 51, has suffered with piles ever
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A former friend of Belle Gibson has lashed the cancer conwoman, describing her actions as “diabolical”, “elaborate” and motivated by “greed and fame”. Gibson, 32, sold thousands of copies of her cookbook and wellness app off the back of faking brain cancer and claiming she was cured by natural remedies and healthy living. Her deceit was
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Researchers say they’ve located a “kill switch” that can trigger the death of cancer cells. Scientists at the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center in Sacramento, California, have identified a protein on the CD95 receptor that can “program” cancer cells to die, as detailed in a study published in the journal Cell Death & Differentiation last
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Prenuvo MRI machine Courtesy of Prenuvo While celebrating the July Fourth holiday last year on a boat in Tyler, Texas, Dr. Julianne Santarosa received the results from her full-body MRI scan. What she saw put a damper on the festivities. Radiologists at Prenuvo, which performed the scan, had identified a nodule in her lungs. Santarosa,
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Many lung cancer patients now have access to a potentially life-saving medication. Osimertinib, sold under the brand name Tagrisso, is available to patients with Stage 1B-3A lung cancer who have a certain genetic mutation and have had surgery to remove cancerous tumors. Among those patients, Tagrisso was shown to reduce the five-year risk of recurrent
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