Cancer-killing treatment using a common cold virus offers hope to patients with inoperable tumors Phase I clinical trial announced Friday was conducted at NYU Langone Health Used a combination of a live cold virus with an immunotherapy drug Treatment shrank melanoma tumors in 47% of the trial’s 36 participants Several studies have examined how oncolytic viruses can … Read more
Jeff Bridges, 71, is ‘elated’ after doctors tell him his tumor’s ‘drastically shrunk’ … amid his cancer battle Bridges, 71, first revealed his cancer diagnosis October 19 on social media He has lymphoma, which is a cancer of the lymphatic system The Oscar-winner returned to his home ‘elated with the news’ He said he was … Read more
Jeff Bridges, 71, is ‘elated’ after doctors tell him his tumor’s ‘drastically shrunk’ … amid his cancer battle Bridges, 71, first revealed his cancer diagnosis October 19 on social media He has lymphoma, which is a cancer of the lymphatic system The Oscar-winner returned to his home ‘elated with the news’ He said he was … Read more
PGA star Camilo Villegas’s 22-month-old daughter Mia dies nearly two months after he tearfully revealed she had brain tumors The 22-month-old daughter of golfer Camilo Villegas has died from tumors on her brain and spine. The tour said Mia Villegas died on Sunday night Mia was diagnosed in March. Tests showed tumors on her brain and … Read more
One day, Abbie Mifsud was acting lethargic for the normally bright and bubbly six-year-old. A week later, she couldn’t walk in a straight line – and five months later, Abbie was gone, killed by the aggressive brain cancer, diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG). When Abbie was diagnosed in 2011, her mother, Amanda, was horrified and … Read more