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Kate Middleton took time to explain her cancer diagnosis to her kids before announcing it publicly. Here's how to have conversations about cancer with young ones.
Conversations with kids about cancer are difficult, medical experts said. But parents can help alle…
Erin Snodgrass
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After finding out she has cancer, I'm teaching my daughter to swear at her tumor. It's the right amount of anger and deviance she needs to keep going.
The author says that after her 8-year-old daughter was diagnosed with a brain tumor, she asked if s…
Heather Osterman-Davis
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When my daughter was going through cancer treatment, I read to her out loud. It helped her connect with her friends once she was healthy enough to go to school.
The author says that reading to her daughter through her cancer treatments helped her daughter conn…
Jessica Phillips Lorenz
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My daughter was the first pediatric cancer patient in a trial. She died at 16, but the drug has been approved for other children.
Nathan Traller's daughter was diagnosed with a rare type of cancer in seventh grade. She fought to …
Conz Preti
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A doctor who stayed out the sun and dismissed a scab on her scalp as eczema was 'bewildered' when she was told it was skin cancer
Dr. Susannah Hills didn't get an irregular patch of skin checked for a long time because she though…
Kim Schewitz
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A 14-year old was diagnosed with skin cancer. A year later, he helped his grandma when she got the same diagnosis.
Sam Gee, 17, and his grandmother, Suzan Taff, 83, both received a melanoma diagnosis within one yea…
Julia Pugachevsky
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SpaceX's first tourist crew brought a spacesuit-wearing puppy plushie to orbit
The Inspiration4 crew's zero-gravity plush is based on two real-life dogs: Puggle and Huckleberry, …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Children with cancer may not be at increased risk of severe COVID-19 infection
"The Covid-19 pandemic spread rapidly in the early part of 2020 and there were initial concern…
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This photographer creates heartwarming images where pediatric cancer patients can live out their lifelong dreams
"I wanted to tell stories that mattered [and] that could inspire, and help other people," Diaz told…
Courtney Verrill
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I had a rare form of cancer with a less than 1% chance of survival — until a clinical trial saved my life. Now I'm finishing high school.
At the age of 14, I was diagnosed with a stage 4 hypermutated glioblastoma and a clinical trial sav…
PollyAnna Brown
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Children in Beirut lost access to their cancer treatment after their hospital was destroyed in the explosion
"My home is now destroyed," a 7-year-old cancer patient said. "This was my hospital. It's gone. I d…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Billionaire Jared Isaacman is raffling off a seat on a SpaceX flight to benefit childhood cancer research
The chartered space flight will include a St. Jude donor. Elon Musk said that he sees this mission …
Annabelle Williams,Morgan McF…
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Cattle farmers in Rajasthan cashing in on the rising demand for cow urine
However, ensuring that cow urine is collected without spillage is no mean feat. Kailesh Gujj…
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Trump promises Cincinnati rally that US will find a cure for AIDS and childhood cancer 'very shortly'
Cincinnati is one of the jurisdictions targeted by the administration's ambitious AIDS plan. Public…
Tom Porter,Tom Porter
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Celgene is buying cancer drugmaker Juno Therapeutics for $9 billion
"The acquisition of Juno builds on our shared vision to discover and develop transformative medicin…
Lydia Ramsey
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Gilead just bought a cancer immunotherapy company for $12 billion
Short for chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy, CAR-T treatment takes a person's own cells, rem…
Lydia Ramsey
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The hottest thing in cancer drug development just won a $9 billion endorsement
If approved, JCAR017 would compete with Yescarta, which is already approved for DLBCL. DLBCL will l…
Lydia Ramsey
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This drugmaker is taking an unprecedented approach to getting its cancer treatment approved
All the patients involved in the trial had exhausted all other treatment options for their particul…
Lydia Ramsey
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We got a tour of UnitedHealth's flashy new cancer center, and it reveals how the healthcare giant is taking a new approach to reshape the health system and lower costs
Based in Minnetonka, Minnesota, UnitedHealth is a massive business. It owns the biggest US health i…
Lydia Ramsey
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A revolutionary experimental cancer treatment just got one step closer to approval
It's a type of cancer that Novartis wants to get approval for in the future. In June, Novartis rele…