by Woody Weingarten | Aug 20, 2016 | 'Rollercoaster…' posts
Op-ed in N.Y. Times charges TV ads pushing cancer drug are ‘misleading and exploitive.”Are cancer drugs on television misleading?In a word, yes.A recent op-ed piece in The New York Times by Matt Jablow, a public relations director for an insurance company,...
by Woody Weingarten | Aug 13, 2016 | 'Rollercoaster…' posts
‘Serial killers’ on the loose — how cell therapy is now being used to attack blood cancerAn evolving technique called cell therapy can make cancer disappear.Total remissions already have occurred in “some patients who were out of treatment...
by Woody Weingarten | Aug 3, 2016 | 'Rollercoaster…' posts
TV actress’ post-mastectomy treatments: chemotherapy, radiation, strong marriageShannen Doherty.Shannen Doherty’s breast cancer has metastasized.To her lymph notes and perhaps elsewhere.Exactly what that means regarding treatments is still unclear,...
by Woody Weingarten | Aug 1, 2016 | 'Rollercoaster…' posts
Experimental immunotherapies now sometimes replace chemo as a treatment for cancersImmunotherapy.Long word. Comparatively short history.But one suddenly filled with lots of promise about fighting cancer.A recent story by Denise Grady in The New York Times deals with...
by Woody Weingarten | Jul 27, 2016 | 'Rollercoaster…' posts
Actress Shannen Doherty preempts breast cancer hair loss by shaving her headShannen Doherty, with pre-cancertreatments haircut in process.Suddenly, actress Shannen Doherty is bald.Temporarily, at least.She’s shaved her head while fighting breast cancer,...
