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Washington (AFP) - Women should get screened for breast cancer every other year starting from the age of 40 to reduce their risk of dying from the disease, an influential US body recommended on Tuesday. The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), an independent panel of experts that receives federal funding, previously said that women in their 40s should make an individual decision about when to start mammograms based on their health history and reserved its mandatory recommendation for people turning 50. Its new guidance was based on a review of evidence and a modeling study published in ...
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Washington (AFP) - Experiments in the weightless environment of space have led to "crazy progress" in the fight against cancer, NASA officials said at a recent event highlighting an important and personal initiative of US President Joe Biden. Space is "a unique place for research," astronaut Frank Rubio said at the event in Washington. The 48-year-old, a physician and former military helicopter pilot, conducted cancer research during his recent mission to the International Space Station (ISS), orbiting some 400 kilometers (250 miles) above the Earth's surface. Not only do cells there age more ...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - Estranged British royal Prince Harry and his American wife Meghan said Friday they wished "health and healing" to Catherine, Princess of Wales, after she revealed she has cancer. The statement came after Catherine -- known widely as Kate -- announced she has an undisclosed form of the disease and is in the early stages of chemotherapy. "We wish health and healing for Kate and the family, and hope they are able to do so privately and in peace," said the California-based couple. The news of Kate's diagnosis comes at a tumultuous time for relations inside Britain's royal famil...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - Actor Olivia Munn revealed Wednesday that she had undergone a double mastectomy after being diagnosed with breast cancer. The "X-Men: Apocalypse" and "The Newsroom" performer took to Instagram to tell followers her news, just days after she attended the Oscars ceremony with her partner, comedian John Mulaney. The 43-year-old said the cancer had been discovered almost a year ago after her doctor noted she was at elevated risk for the disease and suggested she undergo an additional scan, 12 months before a routine screening. "I wouldn't have found my cancer for another year -...
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Las Vegas (AFP) - Among the more than 3,500 booths at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, only a few focus exclusively on women's health, including a cervical cancer screening device and a wristband to anticipate hot flushes. South Korea's Aidot presented Cerviray AI, which enables remote screening for uterine cancer with the help of artificial intelligence. According to the World Health Organization, it is the fourth most common cancer in women with around 570,000 new cases and around 311,000 deaths reported worldwide in 2018. Yet uterine cancer is one of the easiest forms of ca...
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Washington (AFP) - Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel told AFP his company's experimental vaccine against melanoma could be available in as little as two years, in what would amount to a landmark step against the most serious form of skin cancer. Globally there were an estimated 325,000 new melanoma cases and 57 ,000 deaths from the disease in 2020. "We think that in some countries the product could be launched under accelerated approval by 2025," he said in an interview. Unlike conventional vaccines, so-called therapeutic vaccines treat rather than prevent a disease. But they also work by training ...
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New York (AFP) - Pfizer announced Tuesday that it expects to complete this week its $43 billion acquisition of cancer-focused biotech company Seagen after clearing key regulatory hurdles. "Pfizer and Seagen have now received all required regulatory approvals," Pfizer said in a news release that reported a key US antitrust waiting period had expired. "Pfizer expects to close the acquisition of Seagen on December 14." The big US drugmaker announced the transaction on March 13, pointing to Seagen's prominence in innovative cancer treatment. The purchase of Seagen "is good for patients in the batt...
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Washington (AFP) - Even when the disease is caught early, breast cancer recurrence is relatively commonplace -- and for survivors, the prospect can be daunting. A drug developed by Swiss pharmaceutical maker Novartis has now been shown to reduce this risk by a quarter in a large group of early-stage survivors, offering patients new hope. Results from a clinical trial were presented Friday at the American Society of Clinical Oncology's (ASCO) annual meeting. The study of ribociclib, which belongs to a newer class of medicines known as molecularly targeted therapies, was described as a "very imp...
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Washington (AFP) - All women should get mammogram screening for breast cancer starting from age 40, rather than 50, an influential US health body announced Tuesday, a move it said could save thousands of lives. Breast cancer is the second most common cancer and the second most common cause of cancer death for women in the United States, killing around 42,000 women and 500 men, according to official data. Black women are 40 percent more likely to die than white women. The Preventive Services Task Force, a group of independent experts appointed by the Department of Health and Human Services, sai...
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Washington (AFP) - Women who frequently use chemical hair straightening products could face more than twice the risk of uterine cancer compared to those who never use them, according to a new study published Monday. The findings, published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, have particular relevance for Black women, who make up a majority of users of straightening products in the United States. Scientists lauded the work, calling for action even though more work is required to confirm the conclusions, in what is an understudied area of research. Lead author Alexandra White, a ca...
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