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What Is Basal Cell Carcinoma? Jill Biden's Skin Cancer Explained
The spots can be mistaken for a pimple, scar, sore or a patch of dry, irritated skin.
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Jill Biden ‘Doing Really Well' After Successful Surgery to Remove Cancerous Lesions
President Joe Biden spoke on First Lady Jill Biden’s recovery after having surgery to remove two cancerous lesions near her eyes on Wednesday, saying there is a “0-1% chance of ever returning any cancer, so thank God she’s doing really well.”
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Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin Announces He's Been Diagnosed With Cancer
Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin said Wednesday that he has a type of lymphoma that’s a “serious but curable form of cancer” and he is beginning several months of treatment.
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Personalized mRNA Vaccine Improves Survival Rates for Melanoma, Trial Shows
Merck and Moderna plan to begin the next phase of the study in 2023 and expand its use against additional kinds of tumors.
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Breast Cancer Survivors May Safely Pause Long-Term Treatment to Have a Baby, Study Shows
A new study is reassuring for women who are taking hormone-blocking pills after a breast cancer diagnosis and want to become pregnant.
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Point32Health Looking at Test to Screen Cancer
After successfully testing it on employees, Point32Health wants to bring more people into the program.
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Thankful Vermont Cancer Survivor Launching Aviation Nonprofit
I used to say, ‘Gratitude is my religion,’” Beth White said Thanksgiving morning as the hobbyist pilot prepared for a flight from the Franklin County State Airport in Highgate.
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‘Gratitude is my Religion:' Thankful Vt. Cancer Survivor Launching Aviation Nonprofit
A woman from Vermont’s Franklin County is pledging to live every day as if it is Thanksgiving, expressing deep gratitude to be alive and channeling that energy into uplifting youth through a new nonprofit. “I used to say, ‘Gratitude is my religion,’” Beth White said Thanksgiving morning as the hobbyist pilot prepared for a flight from the Franklin County...
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Movember Movement, Changing the Conversation Around Cancer and Mental Health
In celebration of “Movember”, cancer survivor and Boston Movember Foundation Ambassador Mike Irgens talks about the importance of the Movember movement in raising awareness for mental health and cancer.
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How To Talk To Someone With Cancer
Many of us know someone who either has cancer or has had it. Knowing what to say to them can make all the difference. Author and cancer survivor Sarah Mcdonald shares five things you don’t want to say to someone with cancer.
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Mary J. Blige, Jill Biden Team Up for Cancer Prevention
R&B singer Mary J. Blige has joined first lady Jill Biden to promote cancer prevention.
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NJ Mom Challenges Town's Testing After Independent Probe Finds Toxins at HS Linked to Cancer Cluster
Is cancer spreading at a New Jersey high school? A mother is demanding answers after she said she conducted her own tests at the school her children attend — and believes cancer-causing toxins and materials were found.
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Chemical Hair Straighteners Linked to Higher Risk of Uterine Cancer for Black Women, Study Shows
‘If you care about Black women’s health, you have to care about our hair,’ said professor Wendy Greene, a leading voice in the movement against Black hair discrimination
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Corey Phelan, Minor League Pitcher From Long Island, Dead at 20
A 20-year-old Long Island native and minor league pitcher with the Philadelphia Phillies has died after a battle with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, the team’s head of player development announced Thursday. Corey Phelan, of Greenlawn, was an undrafted free agent out of Harborfields High School who signed with the squad in 2020. He gave up just one run while pitching nine...
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Miami Cancer Survivor, Olympic Hopeful Carries Powerful Message
Windsurfer Michael Cramer was on track to compete for Team USA at the Olympics before a cancer diagnosis at 19 derailed his career. That discovery was only the first chapter of Cramer’s story.
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Michigan First Responders Throw Parade for 3-Year-Old Battling Leukemia
First responders put on a parade for a three-year-old recovering from cancer treatment in Oakland County, Michigan.
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Belles of the Brawl: Annual “Haymakers For Hope” Boxing Event to Knock-Out Cancer
Twenty four brave women will step into the ring for their first amateur boxing match at MGM Music Hall at Fenway to help raise awareness and knock out cancer.
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More Than 1,000 Strangers Throw Early Halloween Bash for Boy, 5, With Terminal Cancer
An Ontario community wanted to give Alexandros Hurdakis and his family an epic celebration to remember.
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President Biden Shows Love for Boston's ‘Mighty Quinn' Amid Boy's Cancer Fight
On Air Force 1 Monday, President Joe Biden showed some love to a heroic Boston boy dealing with an issue close to the president’s heart. Biden put on a Mighty Quinn wristband, paying tribute to Quinn Waters of Weymouth, the 6-year-old battling brain cancer for a second time. The boy has become beloved in the Boston area. When in isolation…
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Biden Hopes ‘Supercharged Moonshot' Will Rally Americans Behind Cancer, Health Research
President Joe Biden was in Boston Monday calling for Americans to come together in a push to find a cure for cancers, hoping a divided country can unify around a cause to save lives and improve the quality of life for patients and families. The Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Initiative that Biden created is aimed at ensuring the ingredients that pharmaceutical…