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Experiment Pays Off as Virologist Treats Her Own Cancer

Beata Halassy, cancer-free for 45 months, injected tumor with oncolytic viruses grown in her lab

(Newser) - A scientist successfully treated her own Stage 3 breast cancer by injecting the tumor with viruses she grew in her lab. The unique case is described in a controversial report published in August in the journal Vaccines . Oncolytic virotherapy (OVT), in which genetically engineered viruses are used to kill tumor...

Ex-MTV VJ Rues Decision to 'Keep My Tumor'
Ex-MTV VJ
Rues Decision
to 'Keep My
Tumor'
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Oct 20, 2024 7:01 AM CDT

Ex-MTV VJ Rues Decision to 'Keep My Tumor'

Ananda Lewis, 51, says she has Stage 4 breast cancer, regrets not getting mastectomy

(Newser) - At a CNN roundtable that aired this week, former MTV VJ Ananda Lewis nonchalantly made a shocking announcement: Her breast cancer, which she'd first revealed in 2020, has metastasized and sent her into Stage 4 of the disease, reports People . Lewis made the reveal in a discussion with CNN...

Jenna Fischer Had 'Aggressive' Form of Breast Cancer

'Get 'em checked, ladies,' says The Office star

(Newser) - "I never thought I'd be making an announcement like this but here we are," Jenna Fischer wrote in an Instagram post on Tuesday, disclosing that she was diagnosed with "Stage 1 Triple Positive Breast Cancer" in December. Fischer, best known for playing Pam Beesly in The ...

On the Upward Trend: Breast Cancer Before 50
Breast Cancer Rates
Climb Among the Young
NEW STUDY
Oct 2, 2024 4:23 PM CDT

Breast Cancer Rates Climb Among the Young

American Cancer Society report describes steady increase in diagnoses

(Newser) - Overall death rates from breast cancer have fallen 44% over the last 35 years and by about 10% over the last decade. That's the good news. The bad news is that for American Indian and Alaska Native women, rates haven't changed at all. Meanwhile, diagnoses are climbing in...

Black Women 40% More Likely to Die From Breast Cancer
Big Disparity Exists on
Black Women, Breast Cancer
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Sep 22, 2024 12:30 PM CDT

Big Disparity Exists on Black Women, Breast Cancer

They are 40% more likely to die from all types, and a new study raises questions on treatment

(Newser) - A new meta-study shows that Black women are 40% more likely than white women to die from all types of breast cancer, and researchers say the reason why has little to do with biology, reports NBC News . The study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology found that racial disparities...

Boy Meets World Actor: I Have Breast Cancer

Danielle Fishel reveals diagnosis on podcast

(Newser) - A star from the 1990s sitcom Boy Meets World has revealed to fans that she has breast cancer. Danielle Fishel, 43, who played Topanga Lawrence on the hit show, said on the rewatch podcast Pod Meets World that she is confident of a full recovery because it was discovered so...

Olivia Munn Has Full Hysterectomy to Fight Cancer

Actor reveals the latest on her health journey in new interview

(Newser) - As part of her breast cancer battle , Olivia Munn and her doctors intentionally put her body into menopause, the actor reveals in a new interview with Vogue . Because the type of breast cancer she was diagnosed with last year grows by feeding on estrogen, Munn (who underwent a double mastectomy)...

New Guidelines Say Mammograms Should Start at 40

Earlier screenings could save 8K lives a year

(Newser) - With breast cancer rates rising among younger women, an influential task force has shifted the age when women should start getting their first mammograms back by a full decade. The US Preventive Services Task Force, finalizing draft guidance from last year, said regular screening for breast cancer should begin at...

Olivia Munn Reveals Breast Cancer Diagnosis

Actress underwent double mastectomy last year

(Newser) - "I went from feeling completely fine one day, to waking up in a hospital bed after a 10-hour surgery the next," actress Olivia Munn wrote in a lengthy Instagram post that details her 2023 breast cancer diagnosis on Wednesday. Munn, 43, explains that in February of last year,...

CNN Anchor Reveals Cancer Diagnosis

Sara Sidner has stage 3 breast cancer

(Newser) - CNN anchor Sara Sidner had some tough personal news to share on CNN News Central on Monday morning. The co-host disclosed that she has stage 3 breast cancer and is in her second month of chemotherapy. "I have never been sick a day of my life. I don't...

Shannen Doherty's Cancer Update Is Not a Good One

But, actor makes clear, 'I'm not done'

(Newser) - Shannen Doherty shared a difficult update on her cancer battle in a new People cover story, but the 52-year-old actor makes it clear she's not even close to "done." After being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015 and going into remission in 2017, the cancer returned in...

Suzanne Somers Was Sitcom Star and ThighMaster
Cause of Death for
Suzanne Somers Is In
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Oct 28, 2023 9:30 AM CDT

Cause of Death for Suzanne Somers Is In

Breast cancer had spread to brain of 'Three's Company' actor

(Newser) - Suzanne Somers had battled breast cancer for decades, and that was indeed her official cause of death, reports People . But as the death certificate shows for the Three's Company actor, who died at age 76 earlier this month, that cancer had spread, per the Blast . "Breast cancer with...

AI Reads Mammograms as Well as Human Radiologists
AI Shows Big Promise
in Detecting Breast Cancer
New Study
Aug 3, 2023 2:58 PM CDT

AI Shows Big Promise in Detecting Breast Cancer

Large new study out of Sweden shows artificial intelligence is on par with human radiologists

(Newser) - The biggest study of its kind to date suggests that artificial intelligence has great potential to help detect breast cancer from mammograms, reports the Guardian . The study, published in Lancet Oncology , involved more than 80,000 women in Sweden. Half of the women's mammograms were assessed by two radiologists...

Duchess of York Has Breast Cancer Surgery

Sarah Ferguson is recuperating, grateful to doctors

(Newser) - Sarah, the Duchess of York, underwent surgery after being diagnosed with breast cancer, according to a spokesperson. The 63-year-old was diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer following a routine mammogram, the AP reports. The surgery was a success and Sarah's prognosis is good, the duchess' spokesperson said. She was released...

Shannen Doherty on Cancer: 'My Fear Is Obvious'

Actor shares footage of her undergoing brain radiation as cancer is found to have spread

(Newser) - Shannen Doherty's cancer has spread to her brain. The actor, diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer in 2020, provided an update on her health Tuesday, sharing a video of her undergoing radiation therapy to treat brain metastases, also known as metastatic brain tumors. "This is what cancer can...

Health Panel: Women Should Start Mammograms at 40

US task force issues new guidance, says thousands of lives could be saved with earlier screening

(Newser) - For women in their 40s waiting it out til they turn 50 for their first mammogram, well, you have now gone from following official advice to procrastinating. As the Washington Post reports, the US Preventive Services Task Force is out Tuesday with draft recommendations that lower the age at which...

A 'Gift' Was Entangled in Chris Evert's Grief

Because Jeanne Evert Dubin had BRCA1 variant, the tennis legend got tested

(Newser) - Tennis legend Chris Evert on Tuesday announced she has beat the cancer that killed her younger sister in 2020. In a piece for ESPN , Evert recounts what led up to her discovery of stage 1 ovarian cancer a year ago . She writes that her sister, Jeanne Evert Dubin, underwent genetic...

Tennis Great Martina Navratilova Hit With 'Double Whammy'

She has throat, breast cancer

(Newser) - Tennis legend Martina Navratilova has been hit with a "double whammy": a diagnosis of throat and breast cancer. Both are early stage, and the 18-time Grand Slam singles champion will begin treatment this month. The BBC reports that Navratilova, 66, discovered an enlarged lymph node in her neck in...

Researcher 'Shocked' on Results of Cancer Screening Study

Recommended tests find just 14% of diagnosed cancers in US, report finds

(Newser) - Cancer screening is great, but it's not perfect. According to a new report, just 14% of all diagnosed cancers in the US are detected with a recommended screening test, while 15% of screenable cancers aren't detected by screening. The vast majority of cancers are actually found when a...

Thanks to FDA, Women Will Be Told of Their Breast Density

Those with dense breasts may want to do more than the standard mammogram

(Newser) - Women are told to start getting mammograms at 40. What they may not be told is what kind of breast density they have—though that's about to change, thanks to the FDA. It's no small detail: As Dr. Sarah Friedewald, the chief of breast imaging at Northwestern Medicine,...

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