Jane Fonda shares positive health update, reveals cancer is in remission. (Photo: Reuters) Jane Fonda received the best present ahead of her 85th birthday: Her cancer is in remission. The Grace & Frankie actress announced in September she’d been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and started chemotherapy. In a new blog post, Fonda revealed her oncologist said she can discontinue treatments. “I am feeling so blessed, so fortunate. I thank all of you who prayed and sent good thoughts my way. I… Source link
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Erik Spoelstra’s son has rung the bell. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) For the last few months, Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra and his family have apparently been going through a major challenge, one that is now hopefully done. Spoelstra’s wife, Nikki Sapp Spoelstra, announced Friday their son Santiago was diagnosed with Burkitt lymphoma, a serious, fast-growing form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, following an unexpected intestinal surgery the day after his fourth birthday. The cancer required months… Source link
Read More »A Cancer Trial’s Unexpected Result: Remission in Every Patient
Sascha Roth, a runner who helps manage a family furniture store, in Bethesda, Md., on June 3, 2022, learned she had rectal cancer in 2019. A small study on rectal cancer results in remission in every patient. (Shuran Huang/The New York Times) It was a small trial, just 18 rectal cancer patients, every one of whom took the same drug. But the results were astonishing. The cancer vanished in every single patient, undetectable by physical exam; endoscopy; positron emission tomography, or PET… Source link
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