Screening programme brings hope for lung cancer patients in Black Country

A LUNG cancer screening programme is being credited with transforming early detection rates and saving lives. The Black Country Lung Cancer Screening Programme has seen a dramatic improvement in early ...

Dr. Roach: Woman's stab-like pains might be a side effect of past radiation

I had breast cancer in my left breast 14 years ago. I was treated with chemotherapy and radiation after a lumpectomy and the removal of 14 lymph nodes.
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TALZENNA Plus XTANDI Significantly Improves Radiographic Progression-Free Survival in Metastatic Prostate Cancer

(NYSE: PFE) today announced positive topline results from the Phase 3 TALAPRO-3 study of TALZENNA ® (talazoparib), an oral poly ADP-ribose polymerase (PARP) inhibitor, in combination with XTANDI ® ...

Doctors dismissed my cancer symptoms as stress and gas — so I built an AI that can catch it sooner and personalize treatment

Someday soon, doctors who don’t run their patients’ records through an AI model will be considered negligent. At least, that’s what Steve Brown thinks. He’s the founder of CureWise, an app designed to ...

I was in the gym every morning and busy at work but warning sign after my dad’s funeral lead to shock diagnosis

FORMER Defence Forces member John Tiernan thought he was just rundown after his father’s funeral. But when the Westmeath man ...

Pistons’ Cade Cunningham diagnosed with collapsed lung, will be re-evaluated in 2 weeks

Detroit Pistons All-Star Cade Cunningham has been diagnosed with a collapsed left lung and will be re-evaluated in two weeks, ...

New York man pleads guilty to cyberstalking in threats to relative of the late UnitedHealthcare CEO

An upstate New York man pleaded guilty to cyberstalking and admitted to leaving threatening voicemails for a family member of slain UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
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Families scramble to pay five-figure bills as clock ticks on promised preauthorization reforms

That’s why Ekirch, 31, of Henrico, Virginia, was stunned when she learned Anthem would finally have to pay for life-changing medical treatment. For two years, she had battled the company to cover ...

'If you don’t get scanned, you don’t know': Hampton Roads father shares stage 4 colon cancer fight as cases rise in younger adults

Philip Shipman, diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer, is sharing his story as new data shows colorectal cancer is now the top cancer killer for people under 50.