Princess Dina: The Voice for The Voiceless
Her Royal Highness Princess Dina Mired of Jordan is recognized globally as one of the most influential voices in the fight against cancer and non-communicable diseases. A relentless advocate for equity in health, she has transformed cancer care in Jordan…
It’s no longer taboo to suggest that some metastatic breast cancers may be curable
It’s long been clear that, in most patients with metastatic HER-positive breast cancer, adding effective HER2 blockade to cytotoxics can result in very prolonged responses. Janet Fricker reports on the…
Patrick Soon-Shiong: He Who Speaks for the People
If you describe yourself in one sentence, what would it look like? I wish I could have been Kobe Bryant. Who is your role model? I wish I could have…
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Could Radiotherapy Offer Unexpected Protection Against Alzheimer’s Disease?
Women who survive breast cancer may face a surprising advantage: a lower risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease than their peers without cancer. The cohort study, published in JAMA Network Open, 20 June, found that breast cancer survivors had an 8%…
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From Oceans to Organs: The Alarming Cancer Risks of Microplastics
Given the global estimate that approximately 9 to 14 million metric tons of plastic enter the oceans yearly—continuing to fragment into microplastics (MPs)—the urgency to understand their potential health effects has escalated. Particularly concerning is the growing body of evidence…
