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New pancreatic cancer treatment ‘wakes up’ immune cells, researchers say

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Scientists have created a new antibody treatment that helps the immune system recognize and attack pancreatic cancer. Pancreatic cancer cells use a sugary “disguise” to trick the immune system into ignoring them. Most current cancer immunotherapies target proteins or genes, but this new therapy focuses on the sugars on the cell surface, …

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‘Dilbert’ creator’s desperate plea shines spotlight on alternative prostate cancer drug

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! When “Dilbert” creator Scott Adams recently made a public plea for help accessing a life-extending cancer treatment, the story drew national attention — and sparked some questions about the drug itself. Adams, 67, revealed in May that he has an aggressive form of prostate cancer that has spread beyond the prostate and …

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Why cancer is hitting the Midwest harder than anywhere else in America

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! While the rest of the country’s cancer rates are falling, those in Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois, Minnesota, Indiana and Kansas — known as the Corn Belt — are rising at an alarming rate, data shows. The spike in America’s corn-producing states caught the attention of the University of Iowa’s Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, …

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Cancer cures could be in reach with cutting-edge medical tech, doctor predicts

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Artificial intelligence is stepping into the fight against cancer — and, according to Fox News senior medical analyst Dr. Marc Siegel, it could be a game-changer.  On the Monday episode of “Fox & Friends,” Siegel said AI is already transforming the way doctors detect and treat cancer, and could lead to real …

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Cancer survival appears to double with common vaccine, researchers say

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A common vaccine could help to fight cancer, a new study suggests. For cancer patients undergoing immunotherapy, researchers found that receiving the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine within about 100 days of starting immune checkpoint therapy was associated with substantially better survival. Researchers at the University of Florida and the University of Texas MD …

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Breakthrough blood test could spot dozens of cancers before symptoms appear

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A new type of blood test could help detect multiple cancers early. A team of researchers in California studied a new multi-cancer early detection (MCED) test called Galleri, which can reportedly detect more than 50 types of disease. The study analyzed about 23,161 participants 50 years of age and older across the …

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Stealth breast cancer that hides from scans targeted in breakthrough tech

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Artificial intelligence is making its mark on the future of cancer care. One of the newest applications for the technology is pinpointing hard-to-detect breast cancer. Researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute are using AI in a preliminary …

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Hidden type of breast cancer could be exposed by new breakthrough tech

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Artificial intelligence is making its mark on the future of cancer care. One of the newest applications for the technology is pinpointing hard-to-detect breast cancer. Researchers at Ohio State University’s Comprehensive Cancer Center (OSUCCC) – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute are using AI in a preliminary …

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Cancer could be detected three years before diagnosis with experimental blood test

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Researchers at Johns Hopkins University say they have uncovered an advanced method for detecting cancer. A new study, published in the journal Cancer Discovery and partly funded by the National Institutes of Health, found that genetic material shed by tumors can be detected in the bloodstream three years prior to a cancer …

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Your favorite alcoholic beverage could be linked to deadly form of cancer, study finds

The research did have some limitations. “This observational study examined alcohol intake evaluated at a single time point during mid-to-late adulthood and included a limited number of Asian cohorts,” the researchers wrote. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP “Further research is needed to better understand the role of lifetime alcohol consumption — for example, during early adulthood — …

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