by Woody Weingarten | Jul 22, 2017 | 'Rollercoaster…' posts
Tumor cell testing might show if new immunotherapy could target your particular cancerThe more gene mutations hidden inside your cancerous tumor, “the better chance your immune system has to fight back.”That’s what Lauren Neergaard, an Associated...
by Woody Weingarten | Jul 13, 2017 | 'Rollercoaster…' posts
Feds open door to okaying cancer-fighting treatment that genetically alters patient’s cellsAn FDA panel has given a unanimous vote of confidence to a gene-altering leukemia therapy.According to a story by Denise Grady in The New York Times today, the Food and...
by Woody Weingarten | Jul 8, 2017 | 'Rollercoaster…' posts
Can new gene therapy change patient’s own blood into a cancer killer? Quite possiblyTurning your own blood into cancer killers may now be possible.According to a new study reported recently by the Associated Press, more than a third of very sick lymphoma...
by Woody Weingarten | Jul 1, 2017 | 'Rollercoaster…' posts
Implants may bring a new disease to cancer patients with mastectomies, N.Y. Times says Can breast cancer implants give a woman who’s had a mastectomy another cancer?According to a recent article by Denise Grady in The New York Times, the answer is...
by Woody Weingarten | Jun 26, 2017 | 'Rollercoaster…' posts
Whether to get PSA prostate cancer screenings can still be guesswork, N.Y. Times warnsShould men between the ages of 55 and 70 get prostate cancer screening?Depends on whom you’re listening to, and when, I guess — especially if it’s the federal government...
