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Health Oct 20

Immunotherapy scores a first win against some breast cancers

By Marilynn Marchione, AP Chief Medical Writer

Science Oct 01

James Allison and Tasuku Honjo, cancer immunotherapy trailblazers, take home 2018 Nobel Prize in medicine

James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo won the 2018 Nobel Prize in in Medicine for a branch of medicine that calls on our immune systems to fight tumors.

By Nsikan Akpan

Health Nov 17

Healthcare worker holding hands with patient on Hospital Gurney in hospital corridor. Photo by Medioimages/Photodisc
African American women face a more aggressive type of endometrial cancer. Researchers can’t explain why

Endometrial cancer, a common form of uterine cancer, has an 80 percent rate of survival over a five-year period in most women diagnosed at age 60 and above. But African American women are more likely to have a more aggressive…

By Dr. Amber Robins

Health Sep 02

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Doctors want to give their cancer patients every chance. But are they pushing off hard talks too long?

Experts say doctors who counsel immunotherapy and hold onto hopes for remission are postponing conversations about palliative care and end-of-life wishes.

By Bob Tedeschi, STAT

Health Apr 13

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Why tech titan Sean Parker is bankrolling collaborative cancer research

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New study looks at immunotherapy to treat common cancers

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A study this week says scientists have devised a new approach that represents the blueprint for making immunotherapy available to treat common cancers, and may allow doctors to target what is unique about each person's cancer.

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