👀 #FDA approves groundbreaking treatment for advanced melanoma
TIL therapy shrank tumors in about a third of patients who had run out of treatment options, according to a clinical trial. #cancer
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/fda-approves-groundbreaking-treatment-advanced-melanoma-rcna138005
One the list of illnesses that nobody wants, cancer and HIV rank pretty high. Paul Edmonds had both. But ever since a particular treatment five years ago, the California man has been cleared of each disease. Science Alert has more on this astonishing story of hope. https://flip.it/TGFyYY
#Science #Health #Cancer #HIV
IN OTHER NEWS
yesterday was the first thursday in months that i had no #chemo and i today feel like a ran a marathon. went to bed earlyish and have spent most of the day shlumpped. #radiation starts soon but am reckoning how traumatic my #cancer therapy has been so far. my body knows it and it’s like i can finally relax.
at some point we have to talk about how traumatic health care can be ―even if you have the some of the best doctors taking care of you.
also #fuckCancer
IN OTHER NEWS
i have been holding my breath all week waiting for #cancer related test results to come in and, whew! they're NEGATIVE 🥳
but that means, am going into the hospital tomorrow for minor surgery, to have this damn #chemo port removed 😥
go in the morning. by lunch should be back home. so am getting things ready here at home for the recovery.
so please send me pics of all your furbabies. i'll need the extra hits of dopamine.
and #fuckCancer.
“More than 200 chemical plants across country will be required to curb toxic pollutants they release into the air under a regulation announced by the #Biden admin…aimed at reducing risk of #cancer for people living near industrial sites. 1st time in nearly 2 decades the govt has tightened limits on pollution from chemical plants” #EPA
The #EPA Has Done Nearly Everything It Can to Clean Up This Town. It Hasn’t Worked.
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Despite years of air monitoring, inspections and millions in penalties for petrochemical plants, the air in Calvert City, #Kentucky, remains polluted.
The EPA’s inability to fix it is an indictment of the laws governing clean air, experts say.
#Pollution #Environment #Climate #CleanAir #CleanWater #Cancer #News #Science #Law
Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel says AI will help scientists understand "most diseases" in three to five years.
@Semafor quotes the executive: “The reason we still have people dying of cancer, people suffering from Alzheimer's, is we do not understand the fundamental biology of those diseases.”
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Disease #Cancer #Health #Science #Biology #Tech
Another mRNA #vaccine win:
Scientists have developed a cancer vaccine that can deliver treatments more effectively in people who have brain cancer and teach their immune systems to fight back. They’ve tested it successfully in four people now, and are moving on to more testing.
https://theconversation.com/brain-cancer-in-children-is-notoriously-hard-to-treat-a-new-mrna-cancer-vaccine-triggers-an-attack-from-within-228666
#health #science #vaccine #cancer
IN OTHER NEWS... am done with #cancer #radiation 🥳 🎉 🎈 now it's physical and immunotherapy until next Spring, so let's say it with the chest...
🗣️ FUCK CANCER!!!
Good day to you, fellow comrades in the resistance to fascism.
I come to you once more, to ask for your assistance
in defraying the costs of beating Leukemia with a monthly infusion
of baby unicorn tears.
Here's some photos of the fun times I had at chemo. I can accept your generous help via the links below.
https://account.venmo.com/u/TinuWrites
#MutualAid / @mutualaid
#MutualAidRequest
#Cancer
ALSO
i was told i was gonna hit a wall of fatigue sometime after the 2nd or 3rd week after finishing treatment. am glad to be alive and on my way to recovery but this sucks ass.
we need #UBI as part of health care. nobody should have to be precariously unemployed during a situation like this.
anybody having to go to a job during or after #cancer treatment is lying if they say they can handle it.
this is not bullshit. to be forced to work thru a #health crisis is eugenics.
"Immediately, upon his return, Mozilla campaigned to demote or terminate Mr Teixeira citing groundless concerns and assumptions about his capabilities as an individual living with cancer,"
https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/24/mozilla_product_chief_sues_over/
How a Network of Nonprofits Enriches Fundraisers While Spending Almost Nothing on Its Stated Causes
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ProPublica identified a group of connected #political nonprofits — with names like American Breast #Cancer Coalition and National Coalition for Disabled #Veterans — that appear to be funneling more than 90% of donations to fundraisers.
#News #Politics #Nonprofit #Law #IRS #FTC
https://www.propublica.org/article/political-nonprofits-fundraising-ftc-irs-527s-pacs
It’s been a minute since I have been in the #mastodon world.
I was diagnosed with stage 2 grade 2 clear cell renal carcinoma. I’m 32 years old and soon to be 33. I was given the “go home and don’t come back convo” from my oncologist which is great.
My first scans on May 31st were clean, and my next ones are October 31st. Would love to connect with other #cancer folks here if there are any.
If this doesn’t apply to you, that’s fine, but boost if you can ❤️👏🏻❗️
Y'ALL! just saw my radiation oncologist for my 6 month check up and she says me and my nuclear boob are looking glorious.
am on my way to being #cancer free!!!
so say it with the chest with me,
🗣️ 📣 #fuckCancer
