Articles & Links
Cancer's new face: younger and female
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/health/cancer-younger-women.html?campaign_id=190&emc=edit_ufn_20250116&instance_id=144884&nl=from-the-times®i_id=8551078&segment_id=188398&user_id=f7e32d3ea1987766e6286735ff6ae950
A grim prognosis, a gamble and one patient's fight to defy cancer
https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025/01/23/cancer-clinical-trials/?utm_campaign=wp_post_most&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&carta-url=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.washingtonpost.com%2Fcar-ln-tr%2F409ad15%2F679277ff927b326945a65d5f%2F5976e883ae7e8a6816ddfd17%2F10%2F58%2F679277ff927b326945a65d5f
Deep links between alcohol and cancer are described in new report. No judgment, just science
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/18/health/alcohol-cancer-young-adults.html
Stage 4 lung cancer survivors and the hope they convey
I commend fellow journalist Kurt Williams for his transparency about his own cancer journey.
As the world ages, cancer cases are projected to rise, hitting some countries like ‘a tidal wave’
Here’s a link to the story I mentioned to you about the doctor who’s working on the next big breakthrough in cancer vaccines. Her research is focused on mutations in cancer tumor cells:
https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/20/health/cancer-vaccines-catherine-wu-scn
November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month. If you're an information junkie like I am, here are a couple of links to more than you ever wanted to know:
- https://www.lung.org/
- https://www.lungevity.org/
- https://www.virginiacancer.com/lung-cancer/
- https://www.cancer.org/cancer/types/lung-cancer.html
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States -- and 20% of people who get it have NEVER smoked. Now the American Cancer Society is saying more adults should be screened for lung cancer under updated guidelines, especially older adults.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/01/health/lung-cancer-new-guideline-american-cancer-society
Here is a link to a sobering article I read in the New York Times about the increasing lung cancer rates among women. If you've got back pain or increased coughing, I would encourage you to ask your doctor for both a chest X-ray and a CT scan.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/12/well/live/lung-cancer-women-screening.html?campaign_id=57&emc=edit_ne_20231012&instance_id=105072&nl=the-evening®i_id=8551078&segment_id=147195&te=1&user_id=f7e32d3ea1987766e6286735ff6ae950