“Rollercoaster: How a man can survive his partner’s breast cancer” is a comprehensive memoir-chronicle and guide to scientific research, meds and where to get help — and can aid female patients and caregivers even though it’s geared toward male caregivers.
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Pharmaceutical companies can't find patients for trials of experimental cancer drugs Dr. Peter Bach Too few patients are available to cover all the clinical cancer drug trials being conducted. That, at least, is the conclusion of a recent story by Gina Kolata in The...
Vast majority of cancer-causing mutations due to random DNA errors, new study indicates"Two-thirds of cancer mutations are due to random DNA copying errors, study says."That's the bulk of a slightly scary headline at the top of a recent "To Your Health" section of The...
Contaminants in drinking water may cause cancer, pregnancy problems and other risksA new study shows that 16 cancer-causing chemical contaminants are filling California's water supply.According to a Patch.com article by Autumn Johnson, hundreds of harmful contaminants...
Race underway to create gene therapies for breast, prostate, ovary, lung, pancreas cancersPharmaceutical companies and universities are in a race to develop "utterly transformative" gene therapies, according to a recent article by Denise Grady in The New York...
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 Press medical writer,...
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 Drug...
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 patients...
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 a...
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 making the...
Link between abortion, breast cancer debunked but Trump advisor may still believe itA high-ranking Trump advisor may still accept as true a debunked connection between abortion and breast cancer.Charmaine YoestAccording to a recent fact-checking article by...