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News Articles: cancer

packaging and bottle of Trodelvy medication

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Emory research helps lead to new FDA-approved treatment for aggressive breast cancer

Metastatic triple-negative breast cancer is a fast-progressing disease with poor prognosis and limited treatment options.

July 06, 2026
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert hold their trophies after Evert beat Navratilova to win the Women's Singles title at the French Open in 1986.

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  • Movie Interviews

They were world-class tennis rivals. Now friends, they've teamed up against cancer

They were the women's tennis champions of their generation. Now, Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova open up about friendship, cancer and retirement in the documentary Chris & Martina: The Final Set.

June 29, 2026
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By:
  • Terry Gross
GLP-1 medications are sold under several different brand names and treat diabetes, obesity and sleep apnea. The drugs' effects on cancer are in very early stages of research.

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  • Health

GLP-1s appear to protect against cancer. Researchers are trying to figure out how

Recent studies suggest the weight loss and diabetes drugs may prevent cancer and slow its progression. While weight loss is known to curb cancer risks, GLP-1s may act on other brain and metabolic pathways to prevent cancer.

June 09, 2026
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By:
  • Yuki Noguchi
This undated microscope image from USC via the NIH shows pancreatic cancer cells, nuclei in blue, growing as a sphere encased in membranes, red.

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  • Health

Experimental pill promises new hope for deadly pancreatic cancer

A novel pill helped people with advanced pancreatic cancer live longer, researchers reported Sunday, raising hopes of long-needed better treatments for one of the deadliest types of cancer.

May 31, 2026
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  • The Associated Press
Elizabeth Sokolowski and her late husband, Kris Sokolowski, on his 50th birthday.

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  • Health

A colonoscopy at age 45 would have saved her husband’s life. He died at 50 by colorectal cancer

Colorectal cancer was once considered a disease of older adults but diagnoses among people younger than 50 continue to rise across the United States.

May 18, 2026
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
Men's health exam with doctor. Adobe Stock Image

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  • Health Care

STUDY: Cancer screening rates aren't equal for Georgia's most vulnerable

Regular cancer screenings are a necessary part of preventative health care. But research from the University of Georgia suggests that not all patients are getting the same access. 

May 12, 2026
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
A graphic of lungs affected by cancer

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  • Health

American Cancer Society reports an increase in the five-year survival rate for all cancers

The report says research is changing many cancers like myeloma, liver and lung from a fatal disease to one that is manageable and chronic. 

January 27, 2026
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
Britain's King Charles III attends an Advent Service at Westminster Abbey, in London, on Wednesday. On Friday, the monarch said early diagnosis and treatment will allow doctors to reduce his cancer treatment in the new year.

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  • Europe

King Charles III says early diagnosis allows his cancer treatment to be reduced

The monarch revealed the positive outlook in a recorded message broadcast on British television as part of a campaign to promote screening, which increases the likelihood of successful treatment.

December 13, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Tatiana Schlossberg is pictured at her book signing in 2019 in Richmond, Calif. Schlossberg says she has a rare form of cancer.

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  • Health

Tatiana Schlossberg, the granddaughter of JFK, says she has a rare terminal cancer

In an essay in The New Yorker, Tatiana Schlossberg says she has acute myeloid leukemia. She also criticized her relative, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

November 23, 2025
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  • Michael Levitt
A cloud of smog hovers above Lebanon's capital Beirut on August 14, 2025. Air pollution from diesel generators and smokey tailpipes are among the reasons that cancer is surging in Lebanon.

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  • Global Health

This nation has the fastest rising rate of cancer cases -- and deaths -- in the world

According to a new report, cancer rates are skyrocketing in this tiny country. What's causing this to happen? And what steps can be taken to turn the tide?

October 23, 2025
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  • Ari Daniel
Clockwise from upper left: Katie Martin, Lexy Mealing, John Manna and Mary Catherine Johnson. They differ on politics, but they all came to Washington, D.C., to lobby Congress to support aid for people with the deadly disease.

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  • Health

'Cancer doesn't care': Patients pushed past divisive politics to lobby Congress

Hundreds of volunteer advocates put partisan differences aside and pressed Congress to help people with cancer. The advocacy came just before the stalemate that has shut down the federal government.

October 21, 2025
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  • Noam Levey
Researchers are exploring the behavior of "death fold" proteins in the hopes of understanding why some cells die too soon and why others don't die soon enough.

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  • Science

'Death fold' proteins can make cells self-destruct. Scientists want to control them

Scientists are hoping to treat diseases including cancer and Alzheimer's by influencing how cells make life-or-death decisions.

October 16, 2025
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By:
  • Jon Hamilton
"We used to call each other ... 'my person,'" Gilbert (right) says of Elias.

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  • Author Interviews

Elizabeth Gilbert opens up about sex, drugs and codependency in a new memoir

The Eat, Pray, Love author discusses her love affair with her best friend, which she says was life-changing but also marked by addiction and heartbreak. Gilbert's memoir is All the Way to the River.

September 22, 2025
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By:
  • Tonya Mosley
Benjamin Stein-Lobovits, 39, with his dog, Cow, at home in Oakland, Calif., on a recent Sunday. "Cow has been a major healing companion for me," says Stein-Lobovits, who has inoperable brain cancer. "Just cuddling with him makes me feel better."

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  • Health

Help is growing for the heavy emotional toll cancer takes on young men

Coping with cancer and its aftermath isn't easy for anyone. But men tend to isolate more, seek less support and, alarmingly, die earlier than women. Young survivors are working to change that.

August 13, 2025
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  • Yuki Noguchi
FILE - Garth Lagerwey, then-general manager of the Seattle Sounders soccer team, gestures during training, May 3, 2022, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

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  • Sports

Atlanta United president/CEO Garth Lagerwey undergoing cancer treatment and taking leave of absence

Atlanta United president and chief executive officer Garth Lagerwey is undergoing cancer treatment and taking an indefinite leave of absence. United officials say "the prognosis of a complete recovery is encouraging."

July 10, 2025
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