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Small cancer drug trial sees tumors disappear in 100% of patients

Placeholder while loading article actions Small drug trial has seismic impact in oncology world: After six months of experimental treatment, tumors disappeared in 14 patients diagnosed with early-stage rectal cancer who completed study at the time of its publication. Colorectal cancer researchers welcome the study, published Sunday in the New England Journal of Medicine, as …

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Every patient in this experimental drug trial saw their cancer disappear, researchers say

A small clinical trial conducted by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center found that every rectal cancer patient who received experimental treatment with immunotherapy saw their cancer go into remission. One participant, Sascha Roth, was preparing to travel to Manhattan for weeks of radiation therapy when the results came in, Sloan Kettering Memorial said. That’s when …

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‘Donkey Kong defense’ comes during Bill Cosby sex abuse trial

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — The “Donkey Kong defense” came into play Monday in a civil trial on allegations of sexual assault against Bill Cosby, as his attorney pressed a key witness on previous statements according to which she had played the arcade game during a visit with Cosby to the Playboy Mansion in 1975, …

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The unexpected result of a cancer trial: remission in every patient

Sascha Roth, a runner who helps run a family-owned furniture store, in Bethesda, Maryland on June 3, 2022, learned she had rectal cancer in 2019. A small rectal cancer study leads to a remission in each patient. (Shuran Huang/The New York Times) This was a small trial, just 18 patients with rectal cancer, all of …

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The unexpected result of a cancer trial: remission in every patient

Sascha Roth, a runner who helps run a family-owned furniture store, in Bethesda, Maryland on June 3, 2022, learned she had rectal cancer in 2019. A small rectal cancer study leads to a remission in each patient. (Shuran Huang/The New York Times) This was a small trial, just 18 patients with rectal cancer, all of …

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Johnny Depp trial: How much damage did Amber Heard’s op-ed do to the fading star?

The Johnny Depp and Amber Heard The libel lawsuit grabbed headlines because of the often preposterous and sordid details of the couple’s troubled marriage. But jurors are also being asked to determine if either of them suffered any real damage to their career because of the other’s lies about them. And while there is evidence …

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Jury begins deliberations in trial between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard after 6 weeks of dramatic testimony

The jurors began their deliberations on Friday In the civil lawsuit in defamation between actors Johnny Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard, after six weeks of court drama that lifted the curtain on the stars’ troubled marriage. Depp is suing Heard for $50 million in Fairfax County Circuit Court in Virginia over a December 2018 …

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Jury begins deliberations in trial between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard after 6 weeks of dramatic testimony

The jurors began their deliberations on Friday In the civil lawsuit in defamation between actors Johnny Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard, after six weeks of court drama that lifted the curtain on the stars’ troubled marriage. Depp is suing Heard for $50 million in Fairfax County Circuit Court in Virginia over a December 2018 …

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