Jacqueline Howard DDS+FollowGame-Changing Cancer Breakthroughs & Drug SurprisesBig news for colon cancer patients: adding Roche’s Tecentriq to chemo after surgery cut the risk of cancer coming back or death by half for those with a tricky genetic defect (dMMR). That’s a huge leap forward! Meanwhile, if you’ve had a heart procedure, you might want to ask your doc about ditching aspirin for a different blood thinner—new research says it could lower your risk of heart attack or stroke. And heads up: popular GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic may slightly up your risk for a serious eye disease. Always something new in medicine! #HealthNews #CancerBreakthrough #HeartHealth #Health1501Share
April Anderson+FollowNew Cancer Drug Shows Major PromiseA new CAR T cell therapy called satri-cel just helped some late-stage stomach cancer patients live 40% longer in a clinical trial! Basically, doctors supercharged patients’ own immune cells to hunt down cancer, and the results are wild: tumors shrank in 22% of cases (vs just 4% with regular treatment), and people lived months longer on average. There are some side effects, but for folks running out of options, this is a legit breakthrough. Could this be the next big thing in cancer treatment? #CancerBreakthrough #Immunotherapy #HealthNews #Health8410Share
Charles Christensen+FollowSkin Cancer Breakthrough: One-Time Fix?A one-time therapy is shaking up the fight against deadly skin cancer! In a new trial, nearly 1 in 5 people with advanced melanoma lived for five years after getting lifileucel—a treatment that supercharges your own immune cells to attack tumors. Even crazier: almost 80% saw their tumors shrink, and some had no cancer left at all. It’s not approved everywhere yet, but this could be a total game-changer for people with few options left. Major hope for the future! #CancerBreakthrough #Melanoma #Immunotherapy #Health291Share
Michelle Welch+FollowGame-Changer for Skin Cancer?A new treatment called lifileucel is turning heads—using your own immune cells to fight advanced melanoma! In a recent trial, nearly 1 in 5 patients lived five years longer, and most saw their tumors shrink. One participant even went into complete remission just six weeks after treatment. This could be a total game-changer for people with tough-to-treat skin cancer. Would you try a therapy that uses your own cells to fight back? #CancerBreakthrough #Melanoma #Immunotherapy #Health212Share
Jacqueline Howard DDS+FollowCancer Breakthrough: 5 Years Remission?!Major chills: a new immunotherapy drug, pembrolizumab, is doubling the time head and neck cancer stays away compared to old-school treatments. We’re talking five years cancer-free for some patients, instead of just 30 months! This is the biggest leap in 20 years, and it works even better for people with high immune markers—but it’s helping everyone. One patient called it the ‘gift of life.’ Huge hope for anyone facing these cancers! #CancerBreakthrough #Immunotherapy #MedicalNews #Health35031Share
Ryan Lewis+FollowCancer Drug Doubles Remission Time!Major breakthrough alert: a new trial found that the immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab (Keytruda) kept head and neck cancer away for FIVE years—double what standard treatments do! Not only did it slash the risk of cancer coming back somewhere else, but it also worked for all patients, not just those with certain immune markers. After 20+ years of the same old treatments, this could be a total game-changer for thousands facing head and neck cancer. #CancerBreakthrough #Immunotherapy #Keytruda #Health10912Share
wilsonjames+FollowGame-Changer Blood Test for Cancer!The NHS just dropped a world-first blood test that could totally change cancer treatment. Instead of waiting weeks for tissue biopsies, lung and breast cancer patients can now get a simple blood test that spots tumour DNA mutations—meaning faster, more personalized treatments and way less stress. One patient even said it gave her her life back! Could this be the future for all cancer care? #CancerBreakthrough #NHSCancerCare #LiquidBiopsy #Health21424Share
April Anderson+FollowNurse Beats the Odds with 'Miracle' DrugImagine being told you have five years to live—then, 20 years later, you’re in remission thanks to a brand new treatment. That’s Kathryn Oddie’s reality! After a surprise cancer diagnosis from a random nosebleed, she tried everything, but nothing worked until an experimental drug, teclistamab, turned things around in just six months. Now she’s making memories with her grandkids and giving hope to myeloma patients everywhere. Medical miracles are real, and Kathryn’s story proves it! #CancerBreakthrough #MedicalMiracle #MyelomaAwareness #Hope #Innovation #Health631Share
Michelle Welch+FollowFirst-Ever FDA-Approved LGSOC Treatment!Big news for the ovarian cancer community: the FDA just approved the first-ever treatment specifically for KRAS-mutated recurrent low-grade serous ovarian cancer! AVMAPKI FAKZYNJA CO-PACK is a new combo therapy that’s shown real promise in clinical trials, finally giving hope to patients who had zero targeted options before. This is a huge milestone for a rare cancer that mostly affects younger women and is notoriously tough to treat. Could this be a game-changer for cancer care? #CancerBreakthrough #OvarianCancer #FDAApproval #MedicalNews #Oncology #Health00Share
wilsonjames+FollowChemo-Free Cancer Breakthrough?!You won’t believe this: a new study found that nearly 80% of certain cancer patients beat their disease with just immunotherapy—no chemo, no surgery, no radiation. For rectal cancer, it was a 100% success rate in the trial! Patients say it feels like winning the lottery. The secret? A special genetic mutation that makes tumors super vulnerable to this treatment. If this keeps up, cancer care could look totally different soon! #CancerBreakthrough #Immunotherapy #HealthNews #MedicalResearch #ChemoFree #Health16312Share
