Every so often, a piece of news reminds us how serious cancer still is. We hear that someone has died, and for a moment we are brought face to face with the reality of a disease that continues to take lives across the world. In recent years, we read about…
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This News Made Me Smile So Wide!
The Hepatobiliary unit is one place I always dreaded covering when I had to do HPB ward rounds. Not because I didn’t want to learn, but because of what I saw there. Patients with pancreatic cancer stayed with me long after the ward round ended. Some had tubes everywhere. Some…
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How a Small Lump Can Change Everything
It often begins quietly. A tiny cluster of cells. A millimetre. Then grows into a centimetre. It can remain at that size or get larger. On a scan it looks harmless, almost innocent. Yet inside that shadow lies the power to upend a life. Cancer does not start as a…
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Breakthroughs in Cancer: 3 New Discoveries Giving Real Hope
The world of cancer treatment is evolving fast and the latest studies are rewriting the rules of what’s possible. From reprogramming tumor cells into healthy ones to skipping surgery altogether, here are three powerful discoveries that could change how we treat cancer forever. Turning Caner Cells Back into Healthy Cells Researchers at KAIST…
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Why Cancer Research Matters to Us All
It is estimated that 1 in 2 people will get cancer in their lifetime. Cancer is not just a clinical diagnosis or a statistic in a medical journal. It is a deeply human story, one that touches millions of lives across the globe. Almost every one of us knows someone…