The family of sick nine-year-old Alex Goodwin are considering TV and book deals to help fund his treatment in the USA. Alex’s father Jeff Goodwin, now back at home near Lutterworth, told the Mail that agents had approached the family offering deals to write a book about Alex and to film a documentary.
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Worldwide Solid Tumors Drugs Market 2016 Trend, Analysis and Overview
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Emma McCloskey is celebrating two years clear after battling a tumour the size of a newborn baby.
A YOUNG woman who was given a five per cent chance of survival after she was diagnosed with a tumour the size of a newborn baby is celebrating a new lease of life after being given the all-clear. Emma McCloskey was diagnosed with sarcoma, an rare and aggressive soft tissue cancer, four-and-a-half years ago after doctors discovered that she had a tumour weighing nearly eight pounds wrapped around her right leg.
Boy could be asked to leave US before cancer treatment is complete
A 9-year-old boy who is in United States for special cancer treatment, could be asked to leave before his procedures are complete. A statement made on the family’s Twitter account reads: “Devastating news today that our immigration status only allows Alex to stay until April.
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New Scholarship Created In Honor Of Berrien County Teen
A new scholarship program has been created in honor of a Berrien County teen who tragically died after a battle with cancer this month. The Berrien Community Foundation on Tuesday announced the David A. Hicks Scholarship for the Arts, which will be used to help Berrien County high school grads who wish to pursue a career in visual, performing or graphic arts.
Chi-Med Initiates a Phase II Study of Savolitinib in Pulmonary Sarcomatoid Carcinoma
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Health matters should supersede European bureaucracy
… patients are often not reimbursed for their care if they get treated abroad – or they only receive what their health care system would have paid locally, leaving them to fund the (often significant) difference out-of-pocket. This is not just a …
Small horizons: One Midlothian family’s struggle with their 9-year-old son’s cancer
… only features distinguishing it from the surrounding night. “I hate coming here,” she thinks as she approaches VCU Health’s campus, Beckett tucked safely inside her car. “I hate it for him.” Beckett has gone to the downtown health system at least …
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Jen was diagnosed with a rare cancer and underwent dozen of rounds of chemo and a half dozen surgeries before she died in 2011. Additionally, WGN writer Rebecca Bodner and her husband Keith are big cycle for survival advocates as he continues his own 8 year battle against a rare sarcoma.
PHOTOS: Skinny dip raises thousands for breast cancer
It’s not the easiest time for a skinny dip, but one Hampshire man braved the cold and let it all hang out in aid of a local charity. Geoff Tingley from Locks Heath raised A 2,800 with a New Year’s Day dip to raise money for breast cancer support centre the Haven.
Lymphoedema trial extended by a year after 100% of patients report reduced pain
… months that it has already been extended by a further year, according to the Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University (ABMU) health board. Originally, all the procedures were to be carried out by consultant plastic surgeon Amar Ghattaura, who was the only …
Former UNM Alum and USA Olympian battling cancer for the second time
A New Mexico athlete did just that only two years ago, then went on to become an Olympian. But Jillion Potter’s cancer has now returned.
Cancer patients too sick to leave the hospital held their own Women’s March on the ward
Unable to leave the hospital but determined to participate in the historic, these cancer patients held their very own Women’s March down a ward. While tens of thousands of women took part in the city’s official Women’s March, these patients held their own protest.
Study unveils new way to starve tumors to death
For decades, scientists have tried to halt cancer by blocking nutrients from reaching tumor cells, in essence starving tumor cells of the fuel needed to grow and proliferate. Such attempts often have disappointed because cancer cells are nimble, relying on numerous backup routes to continue growing.
‘He still has so much to give’: Heaton daughter facing race against time to help save dad
Charlotte McClean needs to raise 350,000 to pay for dad David’s immunotherapy treatment which is not available on the NHS A daughter is facing a race against time to fund radical cancer treatment she hopes will save her dad’s life. Charlotte McClean’s beloved dad David was diagnosed with glioblastoma – an aggressive brain cancer – last year, and has been told that immunotherapy is his last hope.
Garland woman behind viral dance video loses battle to cancer
A Garland woman whose dance moves and uplifting spirit went viral has lost her battle to cancer, FOX 4 has confirmed. Ana-Alecia Ayala died on Jan. 18 after more than a year-long battle with uterine sarcoma.
Common Heart Drug Repurposed to Treat Rare Cancer in Europe
… blood pressure, is being repurposed to treat soft tissue sarcomas. Credit: Tommie Morelos / Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso. Click here for high-resolution version Brad Bryan, Ph.D., a biomedical scientist at Texas Tech …
Suffolk-based foundantion supports charity
A global online auction and grand secret garden ball has seen a Suffolk-based charity present more than 57,000 to Sarcoma UK. The GeeWizz charitable foundation, led by Gina Long MBE, organised the two-week ultimate charity auction and secret garden ball last October in support of national and local charities.
Kristi Loyall: Girl Took Home Her Amputated Foot, It Is now an Instagram Star
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‘Meet Footzilla!’ Cancer survivor who had to have her leg…
‘Meet Footzilla!’ Cancer survivor who had to have her leg amputated below the knee now takes her detached limb EVERYWHERE – and it even has its own Instagram account A young woman who was forced to have her right leg amputated below the knee following a cancer diagnosis now takes her detached limb on her adventures – and has even given it its own Instagram account. Kristi Loyall, from El Reno, Oklahoma, was diagnosed with epitheliod sarcoma, a rare form of cancer in April last year after four years of symptoms that baffled medics.
BRIEF-Cytrx granted type b pre-nda meeting with U.S. FDA for registration pathway with aldoxorubicin
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Newtown Woman Seeks Help Through GoFundMe In Battle Against Rare Sarcoma
A GoFundMe page has been established to raise money for a Newtown mother diagnosed Dec. 2 with a rare form of cancer called soft tissue sarcoma. “My mother Lynn is the light of my life,” says the daughter of Lynn McKeen Mora in an appeal on the page which asks for help raising $20,000.