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cancer

[kan-ser] / ˈkæn sər /


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The Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne operate a 42-bed nursing facility in New York that gives free palliative care to poor people with cancer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Nevertheless, other drugs such as Kisqali for breast cancer and Scemblix for leukemia should deliver solid results, the analysts say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

According to findings published in Cell Reports Medicine, this common carotenoid may also help the immune system fight cancer by enhancing the activity of key immune cells.

From Science Daily • Apr. 10, 2026

Investors will watch for updates on drug candidates camizestrant for breast cancer, tozorakimab for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and efzimfotase alfa for rare disease hypophosphatasia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

But to study cancer, I realized, is to also study its obverse.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee