An estimated 20 million new cancer cases and close to 10 million deaths were reported globally in 2022, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Lung cancer was the most common form of the disease that year, accounting for 12.4 per cent of total new cases worldwide, the WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer … Read more
Mélanie Roussel just wants to live as long as possible. The 36-year-old woman from Vaudreuil, Que., was first diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer in March 2022. After grueling chemotherapy and a double mastectomy, she found out that the cancer had come back and metastasized to her liver in spring 2023. “I am in pain. … Read more
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Read your sign’s 2024 horoscope to see what’s in store for you this year, or check out the Cancer personality profile. Happy February, Cancer. You’re in for a passionate month, just in time for Valentine’s Day. Don’t expect to be the same person at the end of February that you were at the beginning. During January, … Read more
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin returned to work at the Pentagon on Monday after nearly a month’s absence because of prostate cancer and met with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. “At this important time, I’m glad to be back at the Pentagon,” said Austin, speaking at the start of the meeting. “I feel good … Read more
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s doctors at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center say his prostate cancer prognosis is excellent and no further treatments will be needed after seeing him for a follow-up appointment Friday. Austin, 70, was diagnosed with prostate cancer in December and spent two weeks in the hospital following complications from … Read more
When Lise Lalonde found out she had advanced stage two breast cancer that had already spread to her lymph nodes last July, her life came to a standstill so she could undergo a rigorous but debilitating treatment plan. Three weeks later, Lalonde began to face physically and emotionally demanding rounds of chemotherapy for hours at … Read more
A grieving husband who watched his beloved wife suffocate to death over four days has “wholeheartedly” backed our assisted dying petition as it nears 80,000 signatures. Warwick Jackson, 63, is haunted by the memory of Ann’s final days spent gasping for breath and begging for help to end her agony. He said: “One time when … Read more
To keep IL-12 inside tumors, scientists at Strand designed a set of instructions called a genetic circuit that tells the mRNA to make the inflammatory protein only when it detects the tumor microenvironment. The circuit is designed to sense levels of microRNA—molecules that naturally regulate gene expression and give off different signatures in cancer cells … Read more
WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was released from the hospital Monday, after spending two weeks there to treat complications from surgery for prostate cancer he kept secret from senior Biden administration leaders and staff for weeks. He will be working from home as he recovers, and his doctors said he “progressed … Read more
