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"I've been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and have started chemo treatments," the actress, activist, and former fitness guru told her Instagram followers on Friday.
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A small trial using the drug dostarlimab yielded an unprecedented success rate in eliminating tumors.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Tuesday that he will approve $100 million in the upcoming year’s state budget for cancer research, $37 million more than in the current year.
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When Deb Merchant was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2003 she gave her boyfriend a choice: he could "opt out" of their relationship. He had a simple response.
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Francisco González, a founding member of Los Lobos, has died at 68. González left the band in 1976 to continue playing acoustic Mexican folk music, and became a master of Veracruz harp.
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Companies that aren't bankrupt are using controversial maneuvers in U.S. bankruptcy court to block tens of thousands of suits. A woman suing Johnson & Johnson died while her case was in legal limbo.
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The state's program of free cancer screening and treatment is reducing inequities. Key to its success is robust outreach by patient navigators who connect with those least likely to seek care.
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The bill would open up federal health care benefits to millions of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans exposed to toxic substances during their service.
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The program, which President Biden oversaw during the final year of the Obama administration, aims to reduce the death rate from cancer by 50% over 25 years.
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The idea for a cancer "moonshot" did not originate with President Biden. Medical philanthropist Mary Lasker gets much of the credit. She was the first to push the idea 50 years ago.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis said Casey DeSantis is a "very, very strong woman" as he discussed her breast cancer diagnosis during a news conference in St. Pete Beach.
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More deaths are caused by ovarian cancer than any other cancer of the female reproductive system. Unfortunately, most women don’t find out they have it until it’s too late. Maria Camacho was one of those women.