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News Articles: cancer

Grammy Award-winning musicians Marcy Marxer and Cathy Fink sing about the unexpected humor they encountered during Marxer's seven-year fight with breast cancer in the concert film, <em>All Wigged Out</em>.

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  • Music Features

'All Wigged Out' is about fighting cancer with humor and humanity

The movie follows partners in music and life as they battle through breast cancer — while holding onto their sense of the comically absurd

May 29, 2023
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By:
  • Barry Gordemer
Experimental therapies for cancer can be tempting when you're sick, but many fail to offer any benefit.

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  • Health

Facing cancer? Here's when to consider experimental therapies, and when not to

It can be easy to get your hopes up about exciting new research or alternative approaches to cancer treatment. Here's an insider's guide for figuring out which ones are worth your time.

May 20, 2023
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By:
  • Jeff Stewart
YouTube personality and author Hank Green speaks on stage as he discusses his new book, <em>An Absolutely Remarkable Thing</em> in New York City on Sept. 25, 2018.

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  • Pop Culture

YouTube star Hank Green shares cancer diagnosis

In a YouTube video, the science communicator and author announced that he's recently been diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma.

May 19, 2023
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By:
  • Tilda Wilson
Five people are shown posing for a photo in T-shirts during a walk for cancer research.

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  • News

Former Augusta mayor turns his cancer fight into campaign for cure

Former Augusta Mayor Deke Copenhaver has been diagnosed with cancer.  But he's campaigning for a cure and "excited" for the future.

May 16, 2023
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By:
  • Orlando Montoya
Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., participates in a House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing on March 29. On Thursday, he announced a preliminary diagnosis that his cancer is in remission after treatments.

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  • Politics

Rep. Jamie Raskin says his cancer is in remission

The Maryland Democrat said he'd received a preliminary diagnosis of being in remission after undergoing treatments for lymphoma. "I am overwhelmed with gratitude and love," the lawmaker said.

April 28, 2023
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  • Avie Schneider
Glucose monitor.

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  • News

Senate glucose monitor bill also helping cancer patients awaiting House vote after passing committee

The House Public Health committee passed Senate Bill 109 on Tuesday that requires the Department of Community Health to include glucose monitors as a pharmacy benefit for those with Medicaid.

March 24, 2023
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  • Ambria Burton

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  • Health

Why 'lost their battle' with serious illness is the wrong thing to say

When a dire disease strikes, it's easy to slip into war terms to describe the experience. But that sort of talk turns life into two outcomes: winning and losing. And that's not the way life works.

February 28, 2023
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  • Marc Silver
Steven Van Zandt, seen performing at the Hammerstein Ballroom in 2014, is a member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band.

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  • Music

Musician Steven Van Zandt gifts Jamie Raskin a bandana, wishes him a 'rapid' recovery

The Maryland Democrat, who is in treatment for cancer, credited the musician for inspiring him to wear bandanas while he undergoes chemotherapy.

February 11, 2023
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By:
  • Giulia Heyward
"I was much less self-assured now that I was a patient myself," says neurosurgeon Henry Marsh. "I suddenly felt much less certain about how I'd been [as a doctor], how I'd handled patients, how I'd spoken to them."

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  • Health

After cancer diagnosis, a neurosurgeon sees life, death and his career in a new way

Dr. Henry Marsh felt comfortable in hospitals — until he was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer. "I was much less self-assured now that I was a patient myself," he says. His book is And Finally.

January 30, 2023
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  • Terry Gross
In 2021, the three leading causes of death were heart disease, cancer and COVID-19.

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  • Health

American life expectancy is now at its lowest in nearly two decades

A new report shows the pandemic and the overdose crisis helped push down the average life expectancy in the U.S. for a second year in a row.

December 22, 2022
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  • Yuki Noguchi
GPB News NPR

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  • Arts & Life

Jane Fonda says her cancer is in remission and she can discontinue chemotherapy

Fonda announced she had been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in September and expected to undergo chemotherapy treatments for six months.

December 16, 2022
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  • Ayana Archie
Katie Pope Kopp, 64, of Parkville, Mo., at Union Station in Kansas City this week. Kopp underwent a new form of experimental CAR T-cell therapy that used the CRISPR gene-editing technique to treat her non-Hodgkin lymphoma. The cancer has been in remission for over a year.

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  • Health

CRISPR gene-editing may boost cancer immunotherapy, new study finds

Using CRISPR to modify certain immune cells could make cancer-fighting immunotherapy more potent for a broader set of patients. Two people who went through the treatment share their stories.

December 13, 2022
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By:
  • Rob Stein
A man on his back examines the Wall Street bull statue testicles as part of a campaign to raise awareness about testicular cancer.

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  • Health Care

'Most checked balls' campaign promotes self exams for testicular cancer. Here's what to check for

Testicular cancer is most commonly diagnosed between the ages of 15 to 34. But new research from The Testicular Cancer Society reveals 4 in 10 Americans with testicles never perform self-examination checks.  

November 28, 2022
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge

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  • Health

A cell biologist shares the wonder of researching life's most fundamental form

Physician Siddhartha Mukherjee explains how cellular science could lead to breakthroughs in the treatment of cancer, HIV, Type 1 diabetes and sickle cell anemia. His new book is The Song of the Cell.

November 21, 2022
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  • Terry Gross
Medical Minute

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  • Medical Treatments

Medical Minute: Stress Cancer

This week’s Medical Minute discusses a new study indicating that chronic stress alone can increase the risk of dying from cancer.

October 22, 2022
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