tumor

While we hear the stories of those whose scans found a dangerous tumor, we don’t hear from the many more who went through an unnecessary workup for something that was never going to harm them.

From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026

The scan found a mass in her brain, and surgery revealed that to be a malignant brain tumor.

From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026

Diagnosed in December, he went through four months of chemotherapy and immunotherapy—only to find that the tumor was still growing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

They may also need to target dormant cancer cells and the local environments that allow them to persist, with the goal of stopping tumor growth while reducing the risk that the disease returns later.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026

Lyddie kept the knowledge of the night cough tight inside herself, but the fear grew like a tumor.

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson

TwoStep Therapeutics, a San Carlos, Calif.-based startup developing targeted therapies for solid tumors, nabbed $62.5 million in Series A financing from investors including Insight Partners, Medical Excellence Capital, M Ventures and Pfizer Ventures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

Some resistant prostate tumors survive by activating alternative biological pathways that reshape the identity of their cells.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026

Meanwhile, the Food and Drug Administration last month approved a therapy for pancreatic tumors, a breakthrough in fighting one of the deadliest forms of cancer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

In June, Beijing regulators greenlighted a CAR-T treatment for a cancer of the stomach and upper small intestine—the world’s first approved CAR-T therapy for solid tumors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

In the middle of the summer, I remember, my mother tried to explain to me about brain tumors.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien