medical 100% success rate in experimental cancer drug making waves in medical world – Boston 25 News Christin Hakim, June 24, 2023March 19, 2023 BOSTON — A small drug trial is offering the potential of a major impact in the fight against cancer. The 18 rectal cancer patients involved in the study experienced something of a medical miracle after their cancer disappeared without chemotherapy, radiation or surgery. Those patients took an immunotherapy drug called… Continue Reading
Automotive Woman is breast cancer and pancreatic cancer survivor Christin Hakim, January 23, 2022 A BRCA2 gene mutation is most often associated with breast cancer, but it can also raise the risk of other types of cancer. Two years after Michele Miller, 53, was diagnosed with breast cancer, she had to confront more frightening news: a tumor in her pancreas. Miller, who lives in… Continue Reading
medical Swedish Medical Center to build new cancer pavilion facility Christin Hakim, December 20, 2021 The Sarah Cannon Cancer Institute at Swedish Medical Center will break ground on the new cancer pavilion this month. ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Swedish Medical Center has unveiled plans for a new cancer pavilion. The new Englewood facility will bring together the Sarah Cannon Cancer Institute at Swedish Medical Center’s oncology… Continue Reading
Automotive Veteran Wayne County prosecutor Athina Siringas dies of cancer Christin Hakim, December 15, 2021 In the courtroom, Athina Siringas was a force to be reckoned with, a fierce and fearless advocate for crime victims and their families who relied on the passionate and focused prosecutor to deliver them justice — which she did for two decades. Siringas, a longtime assistant prosecutor at the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office who put… Continue Reading
Automotive Woman battling cancer survives a bear attack in her Lake Tahoe cabin Christin Hakim, November 8, 2021 Laurel-Rose von Hoffmann-Curzi was woken up early on October 30 by a series of thumping sounds downstairs in her family’s Tahoe Vista cabin. At first she thought her son was being noisy, but as she came down the stairs she realized that there was a large bear rummaging in her… Continue Reading
medical Opinion: What a cancer misdiagnosis taught me about coping with medical distrust Christin Hakim, October 31, 2021 I had breast cancer that had traveled to my lymph nodes, and on a bone scan it appeared to have spread to my skull. For two weeks, I had been reading the dismal, nauseating survival statistics for younger women with metastatic breast cancer. “If I were in Vegas, I’d put… Continue Reading