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Breaking cancer news, research breakthroughs & survivor stories; all evidence-based, never hype. Follow for progress, hope & real science. From @ChrisGeiger.com, author of The Cancer Survivors Club. #TCSC . X: www.TheCancerSurvivorsClub.com

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Cancer Survivors Club 📙 @thecancersurvivorsclub.com · 06/10/2026
At just 25, Anastasia Sevriukova was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer after experiencing rectal bleeding. Now she’s sharing her story to encourage younger people not to dismiss persistent symptoms. www.businessinsider.com/woman-25-sho... #ColonCancer #CancerAwareness #YoungAdultCancer #TCSC
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A 25-year-old woman got engaged after landing her dream job. Days later, she was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer.
Anastasia Sevriukova landed her dream job and got engaged. Then, she learned she had stage 4 colon cancer.
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Cancer Survivors Club 📙 @thecancersurvivorsclub.com · 06/10/2026
Dr Lorrie Basnight spent decades caring for patients before suddenly finding herself on the other side of medicine following a breast cancer diagnosis. Her experience has changed how she thinks about cancer care. www.ecuhealth.org/patients-can... #BreastCancer #CancerSupport #CancerCare #TCSC
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Patient's cancer diagnosis reinforces value of expert care and personal connection at ECU Health
A breast cancer diagnosis reinforced the value of expert care and personal connection throughout Dr. Lorrie Basnight’s treatment at ECU Health.
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Cancer Survivors Club 📙 @thecancersurvivorsclub.com · 06/10/2026
For certain cancers, stereotactic body radiation therapy can precisely target a tumour in as few as one to five treatments, reducing the burden of repeated hospital visits. www.novanthealth.org/healthy-head... #Radiotherapy #CancerTreatment #CancerCare #TCSC
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Cancer radiation in 5 days? What to know about SBRT
Learn how SBRT can shorten cancer radiation treatment from weeks to just one to five days, and which cancers may be eligible for this approach.
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Cancer Survivors Club 📙 @thecancersurvivorsclub.com · 06/10/2026
FDA oncology approvals between July and September expanded options for pancreatic, breast, lung, skin, kidney, bile duct and blood cancers, as well as some solid tumours with specific genetic alterations. www.aacr.org/blog/2026/10... #CancerTreatment #CancerResearch #Oncology #TCSC
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FDA Approvals in Oncology: July-September 2026
In the third quarter of 2026, the FDA issued approvals for new treatment options for cancers of the breast, lung, pancreas, and more.
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Cancer Survivors Club 📙 @thecancersurvivorsclub.com · 06/10/2026
Cancer-fighting T cells can become exhausted before the job is done. Scientists have identified a way to help them conserve energy and keep fighting for longer, potentially improving several forms of immunotherapy. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202... #Immunotherapy #CancerResearch #TCells #TCSC
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Cancer-fighting t cells burn out. Scientists may have found a fix
Cancer immunotherapy can lose its punch when tumor-fighting T cells become exhausted, but researchers may have found a way to keep them going longer. Scientists at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Cent...
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Cancer Survivors Club 📙 @thecancersurvivorsclub.com · 02/10/2026
CAR-T research continues to push into solid tumours. A second patient has now received the highest dose being studied in a Phase 1 trial of an experimental FSHR-targeted CAR-T therapy for recurrent ovarian cancer. www.prnewswire.com/news-release... #OvarianCancer #CARTCell #ClinicalTrials #TCSC
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Cancer Survivors Club 📙 @thecancersurvivorsclub.com · 02/10/2026
Breast cancer treatment is becoming increasingly personal. Tumour genomics can identify who may benefit from intensive treatment while targeted approaches such as antibody-drug conjugates aim treatment more directly at cancer cells. news.med.miami.edu/advances-per... #BreastCancer #Cancer #TCSC
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How Breast Cancer Treatment Is Becoming More Personalized - InventUM
Breast oncologist Elisa Krill Jackson, M.D., explains advances in targeted treatment, tumor genomics and clinical trials for breast cancer.
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Cancer Survivors Club 📙 @thecancersurvivorsclub.com · 02/10/2026
Less treatment could still bring meaningful relief. Ultra-low-dose radiation given in just one or two sessions controlled painful bone lesions without further radiation in 81% of evaluable multiple myeloma patients in a trial. medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09... #MultipleMyeloma #Radiotherapy #TCSC
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Ultra-low-dose radiation therapy relieves bone pain from multiple myeloma
A short course of ultra-low-dose radiation therapy relieved painful bone lesions from multiple myeloma for most patients in a multi-institutional Phase II clinical trial. The findings suggest that a l...
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Cancer Survivors Club 📙 @thecancersurvivorsclub.com · 02/10/2026
Five major Phase 3 trials reported encouraging results in September, including advances in lung cancer and multiple myeloma and longer-term evidence for targeted treatment after lung cancer surgery. www.curetoday.com/view/the-5-m... #CancerResearch #ClinicalTrials #Oncology #TCSC
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The 5 Most Impactful Phase 3 Cancer Trial Results From September 2026 | CURE
Ivonescimab outperformed Keytruda, a new myeloma drug lowered progression risk by 60% and more: the biggest phase 3 cancer results of September 2026.
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Cancer Survivors Club 📙 @thecancersurvivorsclub.com · 02/10/2026
September brought a remarkable wave of progress in cancer care, with 10 FDA decisions covering breast, lung, kidney, bile duct, skin and neuroendocrine cancers, plus advances in brain tumour imaging. www.curetoday.com/view/10-canc... #CancerResearch #CancerTreatment #CancerNews #TCSC
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10 Cancer Treatment Approvals From September 2026 and What They Mean for You | CURE
September brought new options for breast, lung, kidney, bile duct, skin and neuroendocrine cancers, plus a brain tumor scan and easier lung cancer treatment.
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Cancer Survivors Club 📙 @thecancersurvivorsclub.com · 28/09/2026
A wonderful story of recovery. After being diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, Leila Macy received targeted treatment and immunotherapy. Tests now show no detectable residual leukaemia! baptisthealth.net/baptist-heal... #Leukaemia #CancerSurvivor #CancerTreatment #TCSC
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After an Acute Leukemia Diagnosis, She Finds Her Way Back to ’Joyful’ Life
Diagnosed with a type of acute leukemia last year, Leila Macy turned to Baptist Health Herbert Wertheim Cancer Institute for treatment. She says her recovery is “excellent” as she resumes her busy lif...
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Cancer Survivors Club 📙 @thecancersurvivorsclub.com · 28/09/2026
Fewer hospital visits for prostate cancer patients? A study found that 25 radiotherapy sessions after surgery achieved similar five-year cancer control to 37 sessions. www.news-medical.net/news/2026092... #ProstateCancer #Radiotherapy #CancerResearch #TCSC
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Hypofractionated radiotherapy for prostate cancer matches conventional treatment outcomes
Men with high-risk prostate cancer have a higher likelihood of having residual disease following prostatectomy and may require radiation therapy after surgery, particularly when PSA levels begin to ri...
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Cancer Survivors Club 📙 @thecancersurvivorsclub.com · 28/09/2026
Encouraging news for patients with advanced stomach cancer. New FDA-approved treatment combinations using zanidatamab offer additional first-line options for certain HER2-positive cancers. news.cancerconnect.com/fda-approves... #StomachCancer #CancerTreatment #CancerResearch #TCSC
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FDA Approves New First-Line Treatment Options for HER2-Positive AdvancedGastric and GEJ Cancer - CancerConnect
The FDA has approved new first-line zanidatamab-based treatment options for certain people with HER2-positive advanced stomach, gastroesophageal junction, and esophageal cancers. In a major clinical t...
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Cancer Survivors Club 📙 @thecancersurvivorsclub.com · 28/09/2026
Making cancer treatment less frightening for children. Following the first paediatric treatments using upright proton therapy, Leo Cancer Care is developing interactive experiences to help young patients! www.prnewswire.com/news-release... #ChildhoodCancer #Radiotherapy #CancerCare #TCSC
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Leo Cancer Care Unveils Bold Plans to Improve How Children Experience Radiotherapy, Following World-First Treatments
/PRNewswire/ -- Leo Cancer Care has announced plans to further invest in the treatment experience for children undergoing radiation therapy. Following the...
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Cancer Survivors Club 📙 @thecancersurvivorsclub.com · 28/09/2026
Radiotherapy could become faster and more convenient. Siemens Healthineers has unveiled Accela, a new system designed to deliver precise stereotactic treatments in as little as 60 seconds. www.siemens-healthineers.com/en-us/press-... #Radiotherapy #CancerTreatment #MedicalInnovation #TCSC
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The Future of Radiotherapy is Here: SiemensHealthineers Launches Accela
The Accela radiotherapy solution is engineered around NeoArc dynamic modulated arc therapy (DMAT),  a breakthrough technique combining speed and precision. NeoArc makes single breath-hold stereotactic...
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Cancer Survivors Club 📙 @thecancersurvivorsclub.com · 22/09/2026
A new ovarian cancer trial is testing a different way to harness the immune system. NTB-928 is designed to redirect a patient’s own T cells to recognise and attack cancer cells. www.uab.edu/news/researc... #OvarianCancer #Immunotherapy #ClinicalTrials #TCSC
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UAB clinical trial explores new approach to treat ovarian cancer
UAB clinical trial explores new approach to treat ovarian cancer
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Cancer Survivors Club 📙 @thecancersurvivorsclub.com · 22/09/2026
Another treatment option for advanced breast cancer. The FDA has approved imlunestrant plus abemaciclib for certain patients with ER-positive, HER2-negative, ESR1-mutated advanced or metastatic disease. www.fda.gov/drugs/resour... #BreastCancer #CancerTreatment #TCSC
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FDA approves imlunestrant in combination with abemaciclib for ER-posit
On September 18, 2026, the Food and Drug Administration approved imlunestrant (Inluriyo) in combination with abemaciclib (Verzenio), for adults with estrogen receptor (ER)-positive, human epidermal gr...
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Cancer Survivors Club 📙 @thecancersurvivorsclub.com · 22/09/2026
Sometimes hope means travelling 1,700 miles to find the care you need. After a gynecologic cancer diagnosis and limited access to specialist treatment, Nan Magdits travelled across the US in search of another chance. www.cityofhope.org/orange-count... #CancerSurvivor #CancerCare #TCSC
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“Hope Goes Everywhere with Me”: How One Woman Found Lifesaving Cancer Care at City of Hope
After a gynecologic cancer diagnosis and limited access to specialty cancer care, Nan Magdits traveled 1,700 miles for lifesaving treatment at City of Hope. Learn more.
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Cancer Survivors Club 📙 @thecancersurvivorsclub.com · 22/09/2026
Encouraging results in HER2-mutant lung cancer. Enhertu achieved median progression-free survival of 14.3 months versus 8.3 months with chemotherapy plus immunotherapy in DESTINY-Lung04. www.curetoday.com/view/enhertu... #LungCancer #CancerResearch #TargetedTherapy #TCSC
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Enhertu in HER2-Mutant Lung Cancer: The First Year, Side Effects and Sequencing | CURE
Progression-free survival reached 14.3 months with Enhertu versus 8.3 months with chemotherapy plus Keytruda in HER2-mutant lung cancer.
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Cancer Survivors Club 📙 @thecancersurvivorsclub.com · 18/09/2026
Prostate cancer treatment is becoming increasingly personalized. Genetic testing, targeted treatments, radioligand therapy and emerging immunotherapies are helping doctors match treatment more closely to individual cancers. www.jnj.com/health-and-w... #ProstateCancer #CancerTreatment #TCSC
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5 things we now know about prostate cancer
This disease is highly treatable if caught early—but in its earliest stages, prostate cancer often has no symptoms, allowing it to develop without detection. Learn more about this common cancer and ho...
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Cancer Survivors Club 📙 @thecancersurvivorsclub.com · 18/09/2026
A new approach to pancreatic cancer treatment delivers chemotherapy directly into the tumor. TAMP uses a catheter to target the cancer while potentially reducing the whole-body effects of chemotherapy. www.hackensackmeridianhealth.org/en/healthier... #PancreaticCancer #CancerTreatment #TCSC
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New Pancreatic Cancer Treatment Targets the Tumor Directly
TAMP delivers chemotherapy directly to hard-to-reach pancreatic tumors. Learn how this new pancreatic cancer treatment works at Hackensack Meridian Health.
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Cancer Survivors Club 📙 @thecancersurvivorsclub.com · 18/09/2026
Scientists may have found a new way to help the immune system see hard-to-treat cancers. Dana-Farber research suggests changing the targets displayed by cancer cells could help turn some “cold” tumors “hot.” www.dana-farber.org/newsroom/new... #Immunotherapy #CancerResearch #TCSC
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Making invisible cancers visible: Study suggests a new route to turn ‘cold’ tumors ‘hot’ | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
One of the biggest challenges in cancer immunotherapy may not be that immune cells are too weak, but that some tumors give them too little to see. New research from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scient...
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Cancer Survivors Club 📙 @thecancersurvivorsclub.com · 16/09/2026
Treatment options for non-Hodgkin lymphoma continue to expand. Bispecific antibodies, CAR T-cell therapy and targeted treatments are reshaping care and giving doctors more ways to treat different forms of lymphoma. www.targetedonc.com/view/jeff-sh... #Lymphoma #BloodCancer #CancerResearch #TCSC
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Jeff Sharman, MD, on Advances in Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Treatment | Targeted Oncology - Immunotherapy, Biomarkers, and Cancer Pathways
Jeff Sharman, MD, discusses bispecific antibodies, CAR T-cell therapy, and targeted agents reshaping non-Hodgkin lymphoma treatment.
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Cancer Survivors Club 📙 @thecancersurvivorsclub.com · 16/09/2026
More encouraging news for pancreatic cancer. The FDA has granted Breakthrough Therapy designation to daraxonrasib plus chemotherapy as a potential first-line treatment for metastatic pancreatic cancer. www.onclive.com/view/fda-gra... #PancreaticCancer #CancerResearch #TCSC
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FDA Grants Breakthrough Therapy Designation to First-Line Daraxonrasib Plus Chemo in mPDAC | OncLive
Daraxonrasib plus gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel received FDA breakthrough therapy designation for treatment-naive metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
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Cancer Survivors Club 📙 @thecancersurvivorsclub.com · 16/09/2026
Cancer treatment using sound waves is moving forward. The University of Michigan has launched a new Histotripsy Center to expand research into a non-invasive technology that mechanically destroys tumors. www.forbes.com/sites/michae... #CancerResearch #CancerTreatment #TCSC
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University Of Michigan Launches An Ultrasound-Based Cancer Treatment Center
The University of Michigan has launched a first-of-its-kind research center that will use ultrasound to treat cancer, a technology invented by U-M researchers in 2002.
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Cancer Survivors Club 📙 @thecancersurvivorsclub.com · 16/09/2026
Encouraging progress in lung cancer. New antibody-drug conjugates showed significant survival benefits in small cell lung cancer, while Enhertu delivered promising results in HER2-positive disease. www.biopharmadive.com/news/wclc-20... #LungCancer #CancerResearch #TCSC
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WCLC ‘26: A new ‘ADC era,’ China questions and AstraZeneca’s spotlight
The year’s biggest meeting on lung cancer research featured data suggesting a new treatment standard for an aggressive tumor as well as debate about the reliability of results from China-run studies.
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Cancer Survivors Club 📙 @thecancersurvivorsclub.com · 15/09/2026
Precision medicine continues to change lung cancer care. For some patients with EGFR-mutated lung cancer, targeted treatment after surgery can reduce recurrence risk and improve survival. www.onclive.com/view/adjuvan... #LungCancer #PrecisionMedicine #TCSC
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Adjuvant Treatment Paradigm in Resected EGFR-Mutated NSCLC: Setting the Stage with Clinical Scenario 1 | OncLive
Dr. Roy Herbst introduces the program and presents clinical scenario 1: a 61-year-old woman with a 4-week history of dry cough, CT-confirmed 3.2 cm spiculated right lower lobe nodule, no mediastinal l...
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Cancer Survivors Club 📙 @thecancersurvivorsclub.com · 15/09/2026
Could a blood test help personalise chemotherapy after colon cancer surgery? A Phase 2 study suggests circulating tumour DNA could help identify who may need more or less treatment. www.nature.com/articles/s43... #ColonCancer #CancerResearch #TCSC
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Circulating tumor DNA-guided de-escalation or escalation of adjuvant therapy in high-risk stage II and stage III colon cancer: the phase 2 PEGASUS trial - Nature Cancer
Marsoni et al. evaluated the feasibility of a dynamic circulating tumor DNA-guided adjuvant and postadjuvant treatment strategy in patients with resected microsatellite-stable, high-risk stage II or I...
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Cancer Survivors Club 📙 @thecancersurvivorsclub.com · 14/09/2026
More encouraging lung cancer research. Tagrisso plus Orpathys significantly improved progression-free survival in a Phase 3 trial for patients with advanced EGFR-mutated lung cancer and MET overexpression. www.astrazeneca.com/media-centre... #LungCancer #CancerResearch #TCSC
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Tagrisso plus Orpathys demonstrated statistically significant and highly clinically meaningful improvement in progression-free survival in 1st-line MET-overexpressing EGFR-mutated lung cancer
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Cancer Survivors Club 📙 @thecancersurvivorsclub.com · 14/09/2026
Long-term survival continues to improve for some people with EGFR-mutated lung cancer. Tagrisso has produced encouraging long-term survival results following surgery for early-stage disease. www.astrazeneca.com/media-centre... #LungCancer #CancerTreatment #TCSC
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Tagrisso achieved unprecedented survival in early-stage EGFR-mutated lung cancer, with 88% of patients alive at five years in ADAURA Phase III trial
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Cancer Survivors Club 📙 @thecancersurvivorsclub.com · 10/09/2026
Encouraging early CAR T results: a patient with relapsed AL amyloidosis achieved complete remission within weeks of treatment and has needed no further cancer therapy for more than a year. consultqd.clevelandclinic.org/patient-case... #CARTCell #BloodCancer #CancerResearch #TCSC
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Patient with AL Amyloidosis Experiences Complete Remission after CAR T-Cell Therapy
Treatment yields positive results despite late diagnosis and cardiac involvement
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Cancer Survivors Club 📙 @thecancersurvivorsclub.com · 10/09/2026
Prostate cancer treatment has changed dramatically in five years. New targeted drugs, PSMA therapies and improved imaging are giving doctors more ways to personalise treatment and patients more options. www.curetoday.com/view/5-years... #ProstateCancer #CancerTreatment #TCSC
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5 Years of Prostate Cancer Advances: A Timeline of FDA Approvals and What They Mean for Patients | CURE
Prostate cancer treatment has advanced rapidly in five years. Explore key FDA approvals, improved treatments and what these changes mean for patients.
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Cancer Survivors Club 📙 @thecancersurvivorsclub.com · 10/09/2026
A new option for some advanced abdominal cancers. PIPAC delivers chemotherapy directly into the abdomen as a pressurised mist and may help patients who aren’t candidates for more extensive surgery. www.onclive.com/view/new-sur... #CancerTreatment #CancerCare #TCSC
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New Surgery Offers New Treatment Options for Patients with Advanced Abdominal Cancers | OncLive
Patients with advanced abdominal cancers who are not candidates for tumor-removing surgery now have access to a treatment that may help control disease within the abdomen, reduce symptoms, preserve qu...
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Cancer Survivors Club 📙 @thecancersurvivorsclub.com · 10/09/2026
A new cancer immunotherapy has entered its first human trial. DISP-10 aims to tag solid tumour cells so engineered CAR T cells can find and attack them, initially in advanced gastrointestinal cancers. www.thedp.com/article/2026... #CancerResearch #CARTCell #ClinicalTrials #TCSC
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Penn startup launches first human trial for solid tumor cancer treatment
Johnson said he hopes the cell therapy will eventually produce “robust” and “long-lived” effects that extend patients’ life expectancies. 
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Cancer Survivors Club 📙 @thecancersurvivorsclub.com · 10/09/2026
Encouraging lung cancer results: Imdelltra plus Imfinzi significantly improved overall survival in a late-stage trial for extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer. www.reuters.com/business/hea... #LungCancer #CancerResearch #TCSC
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Amgen-AstraZeneca lung cancer drug combo boosts survival in late-stage trial
Amgen's targeted immunotherapy, Imdelltra, combined with AstraZeneca's cancer drug ​Imfinzi, significantly improved overall survival in patients with extensive-stage small-cell ‌lung cancer in a late-...
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Cancer Survivors Club 📙 @thecancersurvivorsclub.com · 10/09/2026
A first for breast cancer treatment. The FDA has approved camizestrant for certain advanced breast cancers, guided by a blood test that can detect treatment resistance before it appears on scans. www.bcrf.org/blog/fda-app... #BreastCancer #CancerResearch #TCSC
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FDA Approves Camizestrant for ESR-1 Mutated Breast Cancer
The FDA approved Etcamah, Camizestrant, for HR-positive/HER2-negative advanced breast cancer with an ESR1 mutation. Here’s what to know.
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Cancer Survivors Club 📙 @thecancersurvivorsclub.com · 10/09/2026
Promising cancer research: scientists have engineered ready-to-use T cells that attacked solid tumours in laboratory and mouse studies, potentially opening the door to more accessible cell therapies. medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09... #CancerResearch #Immunotherapy #TCSC
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Scientists engineer ready-to-use cancer-fighting T cells for solid tumors
T-cell receptor, or TCR, therapy is a cancer treatment that genetically reprograms immune cells, called T cells, to hunt down cancer with precision. It's similar to another treatment, CAR T-cell thera...
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Cancer Survivors Club 📙 @thecancersurvivorsclub.com · 09/09/2026
Could AI help solve some of cancer’s hardest problems? Arm CEO Rene Haas believes AI could help find a cure within our lifetime as increasingly powerful systems tackle complex cancer biology. www.theguardian.com/business/202... #CancerResearch #AIHealth #TCSC
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AI will help find cure for cancer ‘within our lifetimes’, says Arm Holdings chief
Rene Haas also claims artificial intelligence could pave way for widespread use of humanoid robots within five years
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Cancer Survivors Club 📙 @thecancersurvivorsclub.com · 09/09/2026
Encouraging progress in lymphoma treatment. CAR T-cell therapy, bispecific antibodies and targeted treatments are giving patients more options, including potentially curative treatments. www.curetoday.com/view/lymphom... #Lymphoma #Immunotherapy #TCSC
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Lymphoma Treatment Is Changing Fast: What Patients Should Know | CURE
Dr. Andrew Ip answers common lymphoma questions, from diagnosis and treatment options to CAR T-cell therapy, side effects and hope for patients.
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Cancer Survivors Club 📙 @thecancersurvivorsclub.com · 09/09/2026
A first for breast cancer treatment. The FDA has approved camizestrant for certain patients, using a blood test to detect treatment resistance before it appears on scans. www.beckersoncology.com/pharmacy/fda... #BreastCancer #CancerResearch #TCSC
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FDA approves 1st-of-its-kind breast cancer treatment - Becker's Oncology
The FDA has granted accelerated approval to Etcamah (camizestrant), marking the first FDA approval of a cancer therapy guided by the detection of a resistance mutation in circulating tumor DNA before ...
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Cancer Survivors Club 📙 @thecancersurvivorsclub.com · 09/09/2026
A major advance for pancreatic cancer. FDA-approved daraxonrasib increased median survival to 13.2 months vs 6.7 months with chemotherapy in a Phase 3 trial. www.healthcare-brew.com/stories/onco... #PancreaticCancer #TCSC
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Oncologists say newly approved pancreatic cancer drug is a breakthrough for treatment
The medicine doubled survival time for patients in a Phase 3 clinical trial.
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Cancer Survivors Club 📙 @thecancersurvivorsclub.com · 08/09/2026
A new approach to treating advanced breast cancer. The FDA has approved Etcamah after a blood test detects an ESR1 resistance mutation, allowing treatment to change before scans show the cancer progressing. www.fda.gov/news-events/... #BreastCancer #CancerTreatment #PrecisionMedicine #TCSC
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FDA Grants Accelerated Approval to a New Breast Cancer Treatment
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today expanded treatment options for adult patients with advanced breast cancer, reflecting the FDA’s commitment to advancing medical innovation and getting new t...
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Cancer Survivors Club 📙 @thecancersurvivorsclub.com · 03/09/2026
Six cancer drug approvals in a single month. August brought new FDA-approved treatment options across pancreatic cancer, gastroesophageal cancer, melanoma, multiple myeloma and rare blood cancers. www.curetoday.com/view/6-cance... #CancerTreatment #CancerResearch #CancerNews #TCSC
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6 Cancer Drugs FDA Approved in August 2026 and What They Mean for You | CURE
The FDA approved six cancer drugs in August 2026, including a landmark pancreatic cancer pill. Here's what each approval means for patients and side effects.
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Cancer Survivors Club 📙 @thecancersurvivorsclub.com · 03/09/2026
Encouraging development for daraxonrasib. New trial results suggest the approved pancreatic cancer drug may also have potential against RAS-mutated non-small-cell lung cancer, with tumours shrinking in more than 30% of participants. www.nature.com/articles/d41... #LungCancer #ClinicalTrials #TCSC
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Landmark pancreatic cancer drug shows potential against lung cancer too
Results bolster hopes that the drug daraxonrasib could prove effective against a variety of tumours.
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Cancer Survivors Club 📙 @thecancersurvivorsclub.com · 03/09/2026
A personalised cancer vaccine moves another step closer. A late-stage trial of an mRNA vaccine tailored to each patient’s tumour has shown it can reduce the risk of melanoma returning or spreading. www.ucsf.edu/news/2026/08... #Melanoma #CancerVaccine #CancerResearch #TCSC
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Why Novel Cancer Vaccine Tested at UCSF Marks New Treatment Era
UCSF researchers helped test the first personalized mRNA cancer vaccine shown to prevent melanoma from returning or spreading, marking a breakthrough in cancer treatment.
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Cancer Survivors Club 📙 @thecancersurvivorsclub.com · 30/08/2026
Clinical trials can provide access to promising new cancer treatments, but too few pancreatic cancer patients get the opportunity. A new review identifies practical ways to make trials easier and faster to access. www.nature.com/articles/s43... #Pancreatic #ClinicalTrials #CancerResearch #TCSC
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Progress and challenges in expanding access to clinical trials in pancreatic cancer - Communications Medicine
Thang et al. review the barriers to clinical trial participation in pancreatic cancer across the patient pathway, from referral to enrolment. They identify coordinated improvements in referral, molecu...
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Cancer Survivors Club 📙 @thecancersurvivorsclub.com · 30/08/2026
An ambitious new approach to solid cancers has reached patients. Dispatch Bio has begun its first clinical trial, aiming to develop an immune-based treatment capable of tackling hard-to-treat solid tumours. www.inquirer.com/health/dispa... #CancerResearch #Immunotherapy #ClinicalTrials #TCSC
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Dispatch Bio launches its first clinical trial to develop a universal treatment for solid cancers
The Penn spinout launched a year ago with CAR-T pioneer Carl June as a scientific co-founder and $216 million in funding from private investors. It dosed its first patient in a clinical trial.
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Cancer Survivors Club 📙 @thecancersurvivorsclub.com · 30/08/2026
Another step forward for CAR T-cell therapy in solid tumours. The FDA has cleared ADI-212 for clinical testing in advanced prostate cancer, allowing a Phase 1/2 trial of the off-the-shelf treatment to move ahead. www.targetedonc.com/view/fda-cle... #Prostate #CARTCellTherapy #ClinicalTrials #TCSC
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FDA Clears IND for ADI-212, a PSMA-Targeted CAR T, in mCRPC | Targeted Oncology - Immunotherapy, Biomarkers, and Cancer Pathways
FDA clears IND for ADI-212, an off-the-shelf PSMA-targeted gamma-delta CAR T for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, as phase 1/2 trial readies 2026 enrollment.
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Cancer Survivors Club 📙 @thecancersurvivorsclub.com · 30/08/2026
A cancer treatment could have a remarkable second life. CAR T-cell therapy dramatically reduced severe rheumatoid arthritis in a small trial, with three of six patients achieving medication-free remission. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202... #CARTCellTherapy #CancerResearch #MedicalResearch #TCSC
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A cancer therapy put severe rheumatoid arthritis into remission
CAR T-cell therapy dramatically reduced disease activity in six people with severe rheumatoid arthritis that had resisted other treatments, with three achieving medication-free remission. The treatmen...
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Cancer Survivors Club 📙 @thecancersurvivorsclub.com · 28/08/2026
A $15 million research initiative could help answer a difficult question for older people with acute myeloid leukemia: when is stem cell transplantation better than modern non-transplant treatment? www.fredhutch.org/en/news/rele... #Leukemia #AML #ClinicalTrials #CancerResearch #TCSC
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Fred Hutch Cancer Center to lead $15 million national clinical trial initiative for older adults with acute myeloid leukemia
A five-year funding award led by Mohamed Sorror, MD, MS, from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) will support three national randomized trials.
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