JFK’s Granddaughter Shares Terminal Cancer Diagnosis in New Personal Essay

• I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
• November 24, 2025
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In a powerful new essay, Tatiana Schlossberg wrote about learning she had terminal cancer at the same time she was becoming a n...

10-Year-Old Boy Donates Stem Cells To Father Fighting Cancer

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• September 22, 2025
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A Los Angeles-area dad is surviving leukemia thanks to his 10-year-old son, who earlier this year became the youngest-ever stem cell donor at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

Ste...

'Reborn Again': Blind Bride-To-Be Thriving After Triple-Organ Transplant

• Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
• September 2, 2025
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Stricken with cancer in infancy, Jessica Lopez endured tumor-fighting treatments that saved her young life but also left her with lasting heart damage.  

By the time she reached her early 30s, Lopez, who was left blind by her cancer, also found herself in triple-org...

New Molecular Test Could Double Leukemia Survival Rates

• HealthDay Reporter
• Dennis Thompson
• May 5, 2025
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Testing positive for leukemia actually saved the life of 51-year-old Jan Leahy, a business process owner from Wimbledon, England.

Leahy benefitted from a clinical trial evaluating a new bone marrow test that can detect a potential leukemia relapse months before standard ...

Ready-Made Immune Therapy Effective Against Leukemia

• HealthDay Reporter
• Dennis Thompson
• April 28, 2025
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A ready-made version of a cutting-edge cancer immunotherapy can effectively defeat blood cancers, a new study says.

Researchers have prepared an off-the-shelf version of CAR ...

Genes Highlight Who'll Benefit From Multiple Myeloma Therapy

• HealthDay Reporter
• Dennis Thompson
• December 4, 2024
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Genetic tests can show which patients with the blood cancer multiple myeloma should respond to targeted therapy, a new study finds.

A special six-gene pattern can help predict who are more likely to respond well to Venclexta...

New Hope Against a Tough-to-Treat Leukemia in Adults

• HealthDay Reporter
• Dennis Thompson
• December 3, 2024
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A newly approved immunotherapy can help adults with a difficult-to-treat form of leukemia, clinical trial results show.

Aucatzyl (obecabtagene autoleucel) worked on more than th...

Even Low Levels of Radon May Raise Children's Risk for Leukemia

• HealthDay Reporter
• Carole Tanzer Miller
• October 4, 2024
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Growing up in a city with pockets of high radon levels, Matthew Bozigar wondered whether the radioactive gas might have anything to do with the high rates of cancer he saw around him, especially in young people. 

"As an epidemiologist, I started considering possible...

Black, White Cancer Patients Now Benefit Equally From Cord Blood Therapy

• HealthDay Reporter
• Carole Tanzer Miller
• October 1, 2024
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Blood cancer patients of all races who receive cord blood transplants are now living longer.

The finding, reported by a team led by oncologist Dr. Karen Ballen, of UVA (University of Virginia) Health...

Blood Cancers: What You Need to Know

• HealthDay Reporter
• Robin Foster
• September 28, 2024
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Blood cancer is not a diagnosis anyone wants to receive, but understanding the different types of this disease and how best to catch them early is essential, one expert says.

First, blood cancers are far more common than you might think: One person in the United States i...

German Patient is 7th Person Probably Cured of HIV

• HealthDay Reporter
• Dennis Thompson
• July 19, 2024
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A German man has become the seventh person to apparently be cured of HIV, researchers report.

The 60-year-old man, referred to as the “next Berlin Patient,” was treated with a stem cell transplant in October 2015 for acute myeloid leukemia, researchers said.<...

Safe Pregnancies Possible After Stem Cell Treatment for Blood Cancer

• HealthDay Reporter
• Ernie Mundell
• July 16, 2024
• Full Page

Women who've undergone stem cell treatments for blood cancers, or for illnesses such as sickle cell disease, can successfully bring a pregnancy to term, new research shows.

The German findings run counter to the perceived wisdom on this issue: Many such patients...

Secondary Tumors After CAR-T Cancer Therapies Are Rare: Study

• HealthDay Reporter
• Dennis Thompson
• June 13, 2024
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CAR-T cell therapy to treat blood cancers is safer than previously thought, with little risk that the immunotherapy will create secondary cancers, a new study finds.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a warning in November 2023 about a risk of secondary cancer...

Strategy Could Expand Stem Cell Donor Pool for People Battling Blood Cancers

• HealthDay Reporter
• Dennis Thompson
• May 28, 2024
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An older drug used in a new way could open the path for more patients with potentially deadly blood cancers to receive a lifesaving stem cell transplant, a new study finds.

The drug, cyclophosphamide, could help patients receive a stem cell transplant even if the donor i...

Patients Over 80 Still Benefit From Treatment for AML Blood Cancer

• HealthDay Reporter
• Dennis Thompson
• May 14, 2024
• Full Page

Seniors over 80 with acute myeloid leukemia can safely and effectively take the standard targeted therapy for the blood cancer, a new study finds.

The oral drug venetoclax is ty...

His Cancer Journey Shows Health Dangers Firefighters Face

• HealthDay Reporter
• Lori Saxena
• May 10, 2024
• Full Page

For 14 years, David Perez fought fires in South Florida, thinking he was in peak physical shape. Then a routine physical turned up anomalies in his blood work that turned his life upside down.

"The labs came back irregular. Everything was off," Perez, 44, recalled. "I we...

Telehealth Tougher When English Isn't First Language

• HealthDay Reporter
• Dennis Thompson
• May 10, 2024
• Full Page

Telehealth is revolutionizing health care in America by making it easier than ever to reach a doctor"but not everyone is benefitting, a new study reports.

People with limited English skills are more likely to have worse experiences with telehealth visits than people whos...

Can Older Patients With Low-Risk Leukemia Quit Seeing Specialists?

• HealthDay Reporter
• Dennis Thompson
• April 9, 2024
• Full Page

Some slow-growing cases of leukemia don't need constant surveillance by cancer specialists, a new study claims.

Low-risk patients with slow-growing chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and no symptoms fared well even after they stopped seeing doctors for specialized blood ...

New Drug Could Be Big Advance Against Rare Blood Cancer

• HealthDay Reporter
• Ernie Mundell
• February 26, 2024
• Full Page

Polycythemia vera is a rare form of blood cancer with few good treatment options, but that may soon change based on the results of a new clinical trial.

An injected experimental drug called rusfertide appears effective in reducing the excess production of red blood cells...

Cancer Is More Lethal For Black and Hispanic Children: Report

• HealthDay Reporter
• Robin Foster
• November 16, 2023
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THURSDAY, Nov. 16, 2023 (Healthday News) -- While childhood cancer is no longer terminal for many, death rates remain higher in Black and Hispanic children, a new government report reveals.

Treatments for these rare cancers have improved drastically in recent decades, an...

Major Study Confirms CT Scans' Link to Blood Cancer Risk in Kids

• HealthDay Reporter
• Dennis Thompson
• November 10, 2023
• Full Page

CT scans are significantly linked to an increased risk of blood cancers in young people, a major multinational study has found.

Analysis of data from nearly 1 million people under 22 who underwent at least one CT scan found a strong and clear link between exposure to the...

Children With Down Syndrome More Vulnerable to Leukemia

• HealthDay Reporter
• Cara Murez
• November 1, 2023
• Full Page

While new treatments for leukemia have improved outcomes for many patients, children with Down syndrome have not benefited as much.

These young people are at increased risk for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and have higher rates of relapse and treatment-related harm...

Diabetes Could Speed Progression of Blood Cancer Myeloma

• HealthDay Reporter
• Cara Murez
• October 2, 2023
• Full Page

Diabetes may accelerate the growth of a blood cancer known as multiple myeloma, affecting overall survival, according to a new study.

The research, published Sept. 29 in the journal