The team at Patient Worthy is excited to announce the official launch of our collaboration with our companion site WHATNEXT.com, a cancer-focused online community and media platform with the goal…
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In 2023, there have been new drug approvals and increased patient awareness. The American Cancer Society reported a total of 1,958,310 new cancer cases in 2023. Chemotherapy remains the standard…
Carisma Therapeutics, the manufacturer of CT-0508, issued a press release stating that researchers are conducting a combination study using CAR-M cell therapy plus Keytruda (pembrolizumab) in the treatment of overexpressing…
According to a recent American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) press release, Dr. Jason Westin provided testimony regarding a nationwide shortage of cancer drugs, numbering more than 15 on the…
Written by Maria Palombini Answer: at the time of diagnosis, it should be one of the first actions you, the patient and/or caregiver, should take. Why? Receiving a diagnosis with…
The words ‘vigorous exercise’ usually bring to mind running marathons or playing pickleball. Inside Precision Medicine reports that researchers at a Sydney, Australia University tracked the daily activity of more…
Cancer immunotherapy has transformed the landscape of cancer treatment, revealing that not all patients with solid tumors respond effectively to this approach. As reported by News Medical Life Sciences,…
This week, the USFDA granted a new marketing authorization for the ICHC Cancers Panel, thereby creating a new regulatory classification. According to a report in Inside Precision Medicine, the…
Beam Therapeutics (Beam) has developed a technique called base editing. The treatment is called BEAM 201. The first patient has been dosed according to a recent statement by the company…
No One Should Face Cancer Alone. That is the mission of the non-profit Cancer Support Community (CSC). It offers emotional support and hope via programs designed for cancer patients, cancer…
According to a press release from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), on March 24, 2023, the agency issued a new draft guidance titled Clinical Trial Considerations to Support Accelerated…
Researchers have been grappling for years with the STAT5 protein as a tool to fight cancer. STAT5 is critical because it is partly responsible for the development and progression…
Researchers are closing in on cancer from every angle. Recently a team at the Colorado University (CU) Cancer Center has been focusing on p53, a common gene mutation found…
Welcome to Study of the Week from Patient Worthy. In this segment, we select a study we posted about from the previous week that we think is of particular interest…
Reports by experts find approximately five to ten percent of cancers may be traced to hereditary genetic changes (germline mutations) which exist in each and every cell. Instead, research in…
According to a recent article in Medical Life Sciences, the radiation dose rates used by the new FLASH radiotherapy are over three hundred times more intense than conventional treatments. The…
A team of researchers at Israel’s Weizmann Science Institute and California University in San Diego linked fungi to approximately 35 cancers. They created a pan-cancer mycobiome atlas exposing new…
The Problem: Colorectal Cancer (CRC): It is fourth on the list of life-threatening cancers in the United States and the number of incidents is rising mostly among people under fifty…
Welcome to Study of the Week from Patient Worthy. In this segment, we select a study we posted about from the previous week that we think is of particular interest…
Results of a recent study published in Medscape Medical News assessed the effect of treatment with radiotherapy on patients who have prostate cancer that is localized. Statistics show that…
This is Jason’s story as told to Memorial Sloan Kettering’s “In The News”. Jason Mascolo at 34 years of age had been living with constant leg pain for years. However,…
Written by Derek Zinser, Author Bravery Books and the story of Sir Roland's BIG Adventure came about from the loss of my father to cancer on New Year's Day in…
According to a recent article, $100 million has been given to four research teams by the Cancer Grand Challenges program for cancer research. Cancer Grand Challenges Program The Cancer…
The medical term for an “informal caregiver” describes a person who willingly takes the responsibility to help a spouse, family member, friend, or partner. The level of care and responsibility…
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