According to a story from CBS News, Hazel Hammersley was diagnosed with neuroblastoma at age two. As a result, she was forced to fight for her life at a very…
Zaida was 3-years-old attending her normal yearly check-up with expectation that all was well, yet they quickly learned six days later of her terrifying cancer diagnosis, reports Daily Camera. Little…
According to a story from Financial Buzz, the pharmaceutical company BriaCell announced some preliminary results for the ongoing clinical trials of its experimental treatment Bria-IMT. This treatment is an immunotherapy…
A recent study from Michigan State University confirms that mice do indeed have significant similarities to humans which is beneficial for cancer research, reported News Wise. This has been in…
According to a story from SWNS, a grandmother who had survived a battle with ovarian cancer came face to face with the doctor responsible for developing the treatment that saved…
Do you know the symptoms of ovarian cancer? If someone asked you to list the symptoms right now, could you? If you were experiencing symptoms of ovarian cancer yourself, would…
In a recent study, researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine successfully cured mice of cancer. Already, patients diagnosed with lymphoma are being sought out to undergo clinical trials with…
Start a conversation - and look a little snazzy while doing so! - by wearing purple today (February 2nd) to raise aware for neuroblastoma. Neuroblastoma is a rare cancer that…
According to Google experts, the top health related questioned in the UK in 2017 is, "what is cancer?" With rates of cancer spewing out of control these days, affecting 1…
A team of engineers at the University of Connecticut has invented a device which may change medicine as we know it. Researchers say the device could be used as a…
The Myra and Robert Kraft Family Foundation was established in 2016 creating an initiative to to bring together an alliance between the Harvard Business School with the Broad Institute of…
Tessa Jowell, former Labour party cabinet minister, delivered a moving speech to the UK House of Lords last week. The speech largely concerned her battle with glioblastoma, a rare brain cancer.…
A phase three clinical study is beginning for a new glioblastoma treatment. The new drug is called VAL-083 and is specially designed for treatment of late-stage glioblastoma. The study will…
According to an article from seattletimes.com, a homeless man's fight with cancer may actually improve his dire circumstances. Alan Brooks, a homeless man who was down on his luck, had…
The holidays are a little extra special for best friends Diana Caldon and Stephanie Smith. As optimistic cancer survivors, these two refuse to let holidays get away from them and…
According to BBC News, a new universal blood test is receiving a lot of buzz due to it's potential to detect early stages of cancer. A research team at John…
According to an article from PRNewswire, the drug MVASI (biosimilar bevacizumab) was just granted marketing authorization by the European Commission. Developed by Amgen and Allergan, this treatment has been approved…
Blessings amongst the hardest time in Jessica Boesmiller's life came in the form on twins, reported News.am. 37-year-old Jessica is a mother of four and recently learned in November that…
As a wave of female empowerment cascades our nation - like the Time's Up and #MeToo movements - let's also turn our attention to Cervical Health Awareness Month. Cervical Health…
According to a recent article from indiatoday, a new study has revealed information about how osteosarcoma and other cancer cells manage to survive in the body. The new research suggests…
According to an article from businesswire.com, the pharmaceutical company Odonate Therapeutics announced the beginning of CONTESSA, a phase three study of the treatment tesetaxel and its function in patients with…
At three months old, Emily's mouth hurt. Her first tooth started coming in. Her parents immediately knew that something was wrong. Three months later, the family received dire news about…
Watch Prof. Charles Craddock discuss important and heartening results he and his team presented at the American Society of Hematology 2017 Annual Meeting and Exposition in Atlanta, GA - regarding whether there…
Batu Biologics just raised $1.3 million in order to continue funding the development of ValloVax, an immunotherapy treatment for cancer tumors. The crowdfunding project was started in May 2017. Initially,…
When someone is diagnosed with a rare disease and it looks like their days could be numbered, it can often be difficult to cope. Many people simply don't want to…
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