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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska announced this week that he has been diagnosed with metastatic stage 4 pancreatic cancer, calling the disease “a death sentence” in a message posted on X. Sasse, 53, said the cancer has spread and acknowledged that he has “less time than I’d prefer,” although he …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The time of day patients receive cancer treatments could have an impact on the outcome, a new study suggests. New research published in Cancer, the official journal of the American Cancer Society, found that patients who received standard immunochemotherapy for extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC) earlier in the day saw “significantly …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A new study suggests that annual mammograms may not be the only effective approach for preventing breast cancer. The research, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), tested a risk-based breast cancer screening approach against standard annual mammography. The WISDOM randomized clinical trial, led by study authors from universities …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An inexpensive mix of two everyday supplements helped to fight the deadliest brain cancers without a single reported side effect, according to a new study — but researchers say the approach is still experimental. Scientists at the Advanced Center for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC) in Mumbai, India, found that …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Scientists at UCLA have developed an “off-the-shelf” cell-based immunotherapy that was able to track down and kill pancreatic cancer cells even after they had spread to other organs. In a mouse study, the treatment slowed cancer growth, extended survival and remained effective even within the harsh environment of solid tumors. “Even when …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A new study from Northwestern Medicine suggests that current lung cancer screening guidelines may be missing most Americans who develop the disease — and researchers say it’s time for a major change. Published in JAMA Network Open, the study analyzed nearly 1,000 lung cancer patients who were treated at Northwestern Medicine between …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Days after Tatiana Schlossberg announced that she has terminal cancer, the spotlight is on the warning signs of acute myeloid leukemia (AML). John F. Kennedy’s granddaughter, 35, shared the details of her diagnosis in an essay published in The New Yorker on Nov. 22. Schlossberg, who is the daughter of Kennedy’s daughter, …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Scientists studying an existing blood pressure drug called hydralazine accidentally discovered that it could potentially fight cancer. Hydralazine has been used to treat high blood pressure since the 1950s, but until now it’s been unclear exactly how it works. “It came from a ‘pre-target’ era of drug discovery, when researchers relied on …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Eating a certain type of food could increase the risk of getting a deadly cancer at a younger age, researchers say. A new study at Mass General Brigham has linked higher consumption of ultraprocessed foods, which largely include ready-to-eat foods with high levels of sugar, salt, saturated fat and food additives, to …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An experimental drug has shown promise in fighting a hard-to-treat form of bladder cancer known as BCG-unresponsive high-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC). BCG (Bacillus Calmette-Guérin) is an immunotherapy drug that is often the first-line treatment for certain early-stage bladder cancers. The new drug, TAR-200 — which was evaluated in a trial sponsored …