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Widow Catherine Robinson, from Australia, stumbled across American widower Randy Mann’s blog in 2018. The two strangers started writing to each other, sharing their experiences of grief. Then they spontaneously decided to go on vacation together.
Merck and Japan-based Eisai said on Friday a combination of their therapies failed to extend the lives of patients with a type of esophageal cancer in a late-stage trial. The trial was studying U.S. drugmaker Merck's blockbuster immunotherapy Keytruda and Eisai's Lenvima,
A pioneering new treatment promises to tackle a wider range of cancers, with fewer side-effects than conventional radiotherapy. It also takes less than a second.
Two U.S. companies teamed up to treat cancer patients using an unproven blood filter in Antigua, out of reach of American regulators.
Drinking more than four cups of coffee daily has been found to lower the risk of head and neck cancer, a new analysis reveals.
After a Stage 4 cancer diagnosis and a prognosis of 16 months to live, Katie Doble didn’t know whether she should plan her wedding or her funeral.
Merck's blockbuster drug Keytruda and Eisai's cancer drug Lenvima, in combination with chemotherapy, failed to improve overall survival in patients with a type of esophageal cancer in a late-stage trial,
Using the technology was the "tip of the iceberg" for the future of cancer care, Dr Al-Qaisieh added. Traditionally, patients undertaking treatment for cancer need to undergo computed tomography scans - better known as CT scans. However, Dr Al-Qaisieh said MRI scans had "better imaging qualities, to see tissues and contrast more clearly".
Oracle founder Larry Ellison said the Stargate project, a joint venture with OpenAI and Softbank, will help to fuel the development of a cancer vaccine.
We’re used to thinking of cancer as a disease of older adults, but there is an alarming new trend in the diagnosis of new cancers: it’s occurring in unprecedented numbers in younger adults under the age of 50 years.