{"id":888714,"date":"2026-09-11T23:50:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T23:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/888714\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T23:50:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T23:50:13","slug":"cancer-diagnosis-then-a-stroke-9-11-cancer-deaths-grand-slam-drug-and-price","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/888714\/","title":{"rendered":"Cancer Diagnosis, Then a Stroke; 9\/11 Cancer Deaths; ‘Grand Slam’ Drug and Price"},"content":{"rendered":"

Patients with cancer had an increased risk of ischemic stroke<\/a>, particularly in the first few months after diagnosis, most notably in patients with lung and pancreatic cancer, according to a large retrospective cohort study. (Cancer)<\/p>\n

The FDA expanded the label for the tyrosine kinase inhibitor sevabertinib (Hyrnuo) to include first-line therapy for locally advanced\/metastatic nonsquamous non-small cell lung cancers<\/a> (NSCLCs) harboring HER2 tyrosine kinase domain activating mutations.<\/p>\n

On the 25th anniversary of the 9\/11 terrorist attack, the number of cancer deaths linked to the incident<\/a> has surpassed the number of people who died that day. (News 12)<\/p>\n

A 30-year-old Australian woman has turned her years-long struggle with symptoms of undiagnosed colon cancer<\/a> into a book about the experience. (People)<\/p>\n

Actor Bruce Campbell<\/a>, 68, known for the “Evil Dead” movie franchise and the cable TV series “Burn Notice,” acknowledged he has a life expectancy of 5 years, “give or take,” because of his undisclosed type of cancer. (USA Today)<\/p>\n

“Well, that was her business.” Dolly Parton’s sister, Stella, explains why the late entertainer never disclosed the type of cancer she had<\/a>. (The Independent)<\/p>\n

People with disabilities have significantly lower rates of screening<\/a> for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer, meaning that potentially millions of Americans are missing out on the benefits of early detection. (American Cancer Society)<\/p>\n

Moderna announced plans to raise $2.6 billion to support its further development of therapeutic cancer vaccines<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The pancreatic cancer drug daraxonrasib<\/a> (Rasonque) not only set a new standard of care but also a new standard of cost for oncology drugs. (New York Times)<\/p>\n

With the closure of the daraxonrasib expanded access program, some patients who might benefit from the treatment are struggling to get access<\/a>. (STAT)<\/p>\n

People more likely to consume very hot drinks had a threefold higher risk of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma<\/a> in an analysis of 1 million U.K. adults. (International Journal of Cancer)<\/p>\n

Locally advanced head and neck cancer<\/a> that responds to neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy may allow patients to have less extensive surgery. (American Association for Cancer Research)<\/p>\n

Adding atezolizumab (Tecentriq) induction and consolidation to stereotactic body radiation therapy failed to improve overall survival<\/a> in a phase III trial of inoperable early-stage NSCLC versus radiation alone. (The Lancet)<\/p>\n

Medicare Advantage plans appear poised to make substantial cuts in benefits<\/a> in 2027. (Axios)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Patients with cancer had an increased risk of ischemic stroke, particularly in the first few months after diagnosis,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":888715,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[64,63,137],"class_list":["post-888714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/888714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=888714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/888714\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/888715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=888714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=888714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=888714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}