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3 weeks ago | survivornet.com | Danielle Cinone

Haylee Busby, a 20-year-old dispatcher in Carson City, Nevada, was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of liver cancer called Fibrolamellar carcinoma (FLC) after experiencing “severe weakness in her legs.” She has just stared her first round of immunotherapy and her older sister has made a GoFundMe to help with the financial burden of her cancer journey.

3 weeks ago | survivornet.com | Danielle Cinone

The U.S. government is preparing to make moves to get food dyes out of what we eat—such as Red 3, Red 40, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Blue 1, Blue 2, and Green 3—and we’re looking into what risks come along with consuming foods or drinks with artificial food dyes, and reminding you that there’s inconclusive evidence that they are dangerous to the majority of the U.S. population.

1 month ago | survivornet.com | Danielle Cinone

Legendary baseball player Babe Ruth, passed away from a rare type of head and neck cancer called nasopharyngeal carcinoma on August 16, 1948—and aside from his impressive pitching career, many don’t know that he played an influential role in the study of cancer treatments. Ruth took part in one of the first chemotherapy clinical trials, taking the drug teropterin (a precursor to methotrexate, a chemotherapy drug still used today).

1 month ago | survivornet.com | Danielle Cinone

Elton John is now 78— and in honor of turning another year older, the British singer and pianist is taking time to reflect on how thankful he is for his loved ones and his own mortality, especially after beating prostate cancer. He was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2017 and treated it with surgery. For men with earlier stage stage prostate cancer, there are a number of options and respected urologists can sometimes offer very different opinions for treatment.

1 month ago | survivornet.com | Danielle Cinone

Canadian-American retired professional wrestler Bret ‘The Hitman’ Hart, is raising awareness for men’s health and encouraging others to get tested for prostate cancer more than a decade after he was diagnosed with the disease. The WWE Hall-of-Famer, 67, was first diagnosed with cancer in 2013. After active surveillance, his PSA levels in 2015 prompted him to schedule surgery to remove his prostate in February 2016. He has since been declared cancer-free.