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Walks, wigs, fundraisers, and visits for people in treatment and the families beside them. 23 verified stories. Stories come from Silver Spring, Scranton, and St. Louis. Each one is checked and linked to the original report.
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Health & TechJemperli, or dostarlimab, received accelerated approval for untreated stage II or III dMMR or MSI-H rectal cancer. In a 154-patient trial, nearly three-fourths needed no chemo, radiation, or surgery after more than two years. That subtype is about 3 percent of rectal cancers.
Verified · U.S. Food and Drug Administration
CommunityDickson City Great Clips and the Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County collected hair donations and gave every haircut dollar to Wigs for Kids.
Verified · WNEP
CommunityChildren being treated for cancer and other serious illnesses joined the football players, band, cheerleaders, and dance team. Proceeds support research at Siteman Cancer Center.
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CommunityRiders, led by breast cancer survivors, raised funds so uninsured and underinsured women can get free screenings at Loretto Hospital on the West Side.
Verified · ABC7 Chicago
CommunityA sea of pink lined the 23rd annual run. Proceeds will help fund a 3D mammography machine for the local breast center.
Verified · WAFF 48
CommunitySusan G. Komen's walk at City Park drew thousands. The money is for breast cancer research, screening access, and support for patients.
Verified · CBS Colorado
CommunityYoung patients at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh picked donated costumes and played games, decorated pumpkins, and played bingo.
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CommunityMore than 6,000 people joined the Susan G. Komen More Than Pink Walk on a sunny Saturday, including a 29-year survivor who has walked since 1997.
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CommunityFor more than 16 years, Camden Clark's Pink Mammogram Fund has covered screenings, diagnostic imaging, and biopsies for uninsured or denied women, with no bill.
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CommunityGraham Schroth, who finished leukemia treatment and is healthy, was the face of CancerFree KIDS' 100 Mile Challenge. About 4,100 people took part.
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CommunityVolunteers turn donated flowers into bouquets for memory-care residents, recovery centers, and cancer treatment centers. A Caters Taters fundraiser is backing a rural expansion.
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Health & TechNew England Cancer Specialists expects its first CAR T infusion in November, so fewer Mainers have to travel to Boston. One Dresden patient treated in Boston says doctors cannot find detectable cancer cells. That is her case, not a guarantee.
Verified · Portland Press Herald
Health & TechThe FDA expanded Anktiva, given with BCG, to adults with BCG-unresponsive high-grade papillary-only bladder cancer. A related trial, not this exact group, saw a 62 percent complete response.
Verified · U.S. Food and Drug Administration
CommunityThe Portland nonprofit's roughly 22,000-square-foot Loft in Lair Hill will offer a climbing wall, counseling, and a lounge for caregivers.
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CommunityGroundworks volunteers and the Roc Solid Foundation built a backyard playset for 8-year-old Chase, who is being treated for leukemia, and hid Spider-Man gifts in it for his family to find between appointments.
Verified · Amarillo Tribune
CommunityBruins players made their annual Halloween visit to patients at Boston Children's Hospital, dressed as characters from Toy Story.
Verified · Boston 25 News
CommunityAt Saturday's race, finishers included a runner who had lost 144 pounds, a breast cancer survivor, and a new mother on her first marathon.
Verified · NBC Connecticut
CommunityOklahoma State's Construction Management Society built a purple-and-white playhouse in Perkins for Alaina Hammer, who has finished her last round of chemo.
Verified · News On 6
HeroesUltra O'Connell's last chemo is this weekend after two years of treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia. She is set to ring the bell the following Friday.
Verified · KFYR-TV
Health & TechIn a 712-patient trial, adding atezolizumab to chemotherapy after surgery halved the risk of the cancer returning or of death. Median disease-free survival was not reached, and overall survival was not the result reported.
Verified · U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Health & TechIn a 654-person maintenance trial, median progression-free survival was 24.9 months with tucatinib and 16.3 months with placebo. Overall survival is not known yet.
Verified · U.S. Food and Drug Administration
CommunityLily Baker finished leukemia treatment at age six. Her family held a pumpkin-painting fundraiser for the hospital that never sent them a bill.
Verified · WTVA
Health & TechIn a 282-person trial, the cancer took longer to worsen than with a common chemoimmunotherapy. Survival is not proven, and the approval excludes a 17p deletion.
Verified · U.S. Food and Drug Administration