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https://www.foxnews.com/health/lung-cancer-pill-shows-earth-shattering-results-5-year-study-optimistic-time
Many lung cancer patients now have access to a potentially life-saving medication.
Osimertinib, sold under the brand name Tagrisso, is available to patients with Stage 1B-3A lung cancer who have a certain genetic mutation and have had surgery to remove cancerous tumors.
Among those patients, Tagrisso was shown to reduce the five-year risk of recurrent cancer by up to 73% and the risk of death by up to 51%, according to research published in The New England Journal of Medicine over the summer.
SHOULD YOU BE SCREENED FOR LUNG CANCER BASED ON NEW GUIDELINES FOR HIGH-RISK PATIENTS?
"In the world of oncology, that is earth-shattering," Dr. Faiz Y. Bhora, chief of thoracic surgery and central region chair of surgery at Hackensack Meridian Health in New Jersey, told Fox News Digital.
"In the past, medical oncologists were happy with 5% or 10% — and now we're talking about in excess of 50% improvement in survival."
Dr. Faiz Y. Bhora / Kim Mosko
Dr. Faiz Y. Bhora, chief of thoracic surgery and central region chair of surgery at Hackensack Meridian Health in New Jersey (left), treated Kim Mosko, 67 (right), who is taking Tagrisso after surgery to remove a cancerous tumor. (Hackensack Meridian Health)
Bhora, who has prescribed the medication to several of his lung cancer patients, spoke about the "groundbreaking" results he's seen in his own practice.
"We're truly in the era of personalized medicine," Bhora also told Fox News Digital. "We now have a lot of targeted therapies that work well for patients who have mutations in their tumors."
LUNG CANCER: TYPES, SYMPTOMS AND TREATMENT OPTIONS
For this particular medication, patients who have a genetic mutation called EGFRm — and who have already had surgery — are viable candidates for Tagrisso.
"The pill helps prevent recurrence once the tumor is removed with surgery for those with the genetic marker," he said.
Dr. Faiz Y. Bhora and team
Dr. Faiz Y. Bhora (left) and his team prepare for surgery. "We have perhaps the most outstanding team of thoracic surgeons, who can perform the most complex operations robotically," he told Fox News Digital. (Hackensack Meridian Health)
Patients with stage 4 lung cancer are also eligible for the pill if they have the EGFR mutation, even without having had surgery, the doctor noted.
To determine if a patient has the mutation, a tissue sample is extracted from the tumor and tested. Results are typically obtained within 10 to 14 days.
A blood test is also available, Bhora said, with those results available within five to 21 days.
"We used to think of lung cancer as just a smoker's illness. Now, we know that over 30% of individuals who develop lung cancer have never smoked."
"I would say about 25% of patients with lung cancer end up having an ETFR mutation," the doctor estimated.
Around 238,000 new cases of lung cancer are expected in 2023, according to the American Cancer Society (ACS), along with some 127,000 deaths.
Dr. Faiz Y. Bhora
Dr. Faiz Y. Bhora is pictured during surgery. "Even with some stage 4 patients, we try to treat with systemic therapy first, and if there is residual disease we go in surgically to remove what’s left," he said. (Hackensack Meridian Health)
"We used to think of lung cancer as just a smoker's illness," Bhora said. "Now, we know that over 30% of individuals who develop lung cancer have never smoked, and a lot of them are women."
Looking ahead, he hopes to be able to prescribe the pill soon to patients upfront, before any other procedures or therapies, with the goal of shrinking tumors prior to surgery.
A patient’s story
Kim Mosko, 67, was diagnosed with stage 2A lung cancer in February 2023.
The mother of two had robotic surgery at Hackensack Meridian just a couple of weeks later.
Kim Mosko with husband
Kim Mosko, 67, has been taking Tagrisso for 3½ months. "Overall, my experience has been positive, and I am grateful that this medication is available," she said. (Hackensack Meridian Health)
"The lobectomy was performed by robotic surgery and was an incredible experience," she told Fox News Digital. "I owe all the doctors I see and consulted with a debt I can never repay."
Next, she had four rounds of chemotherapy, which she completed at the end of June 2023.
"I absolutely believe that this medication is going to make sure the lung cancer will not return. I am planning on living for many more years."
When Mosko’s doctors determined in July that she has the genetic mutation, they recommended that she take Tagrisso.
"I needed no persuasion at all," she told Fox News Digital. "I will do whatever is necessary to treat this cancer and lengthen my lifespan."
Kim Mosko with husband
When Mosko’s doctors recommended that she take Tagrisso, "I needed no persuasion at all," she told Fox News Digital. "I will do whatever is necessary to treat this cancer and lengthen my lifespan." (Hackensack Meridian Health)
Mosko has now been taking Tagrisso for 3½ months, with plans to continue taking it daily for three years.
Her insurance covers the cost of the medication.
"Overall, my experience has been positive, and I am grateful that this medication is available," she said.
TWO NEW CANCER PILLS SHOW ‘UNPRECEDENTED’ RESULTS IN BOOSTING SURVIVAL RATES AND PREVENTING RECURRENCE
She has experienced some side effects, such as a skin rash, diarrhea and fatigue, "all of which are manageable," Mosko said.
"I don’t need to have hope," she added. "I absolutely believe that this medication is going to make sure the lung cancer will not return. I am planning on living for many more years."
Where to start
For lung cancer patients interested in Tagrisso, Bhora recommends seeing an experienced team of physicians to get tested for the genetic mutation.
At Hackensack, Bhora said, "we consider every patient a candidate for a cure."
Dr. Faiz Bhora
"This is a very optimistic time for patients who used to have what was universally considered a fatal disease," Bhora said. (Hackensack Meridian Health)
With the advent of personalized therapies, he believes there is hope on the horizon for many lung cancer patients.
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"This is a very optimistic time for patients who used to have what was universally considered a fatal disease," Bhora said.
"We are now in an era where in a vast majority of cases, we can either turn it into a chronic disease or aim for a complete cure."
"We are now in an era where in a vast majority of cases, we can either turn it into a chronic disease or aim for a complete cure."
Safety information
AstraZeneca, the maker of Tagrisso, indicates on its website that some side effects have been reported.
AstraZeneca North America headquarters
The logo for AstraZeneca is seen outside its North America headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, March 22, 2021. AstraZeneca is the maker of Tagrisso. (REUTERS/Rachel Wisniewski/File Photo)
The most common of those include low white blood cell counts; low platelet counts; diarrhea; low red blood cell counts (anemia); rash; muscle, bone, or joint pain; mouth sores, fatigue, cough, dry skin; and changes in the fingernails, including redness, tenderness, pain, inflammation, brittleness, separation from the nailbed and shedding of the nail.
Although rare, some potentially serious side effects may affect the lungs, heart, eyes, skin, and blood and bone marrow.
Patients who experience bothersome or long-lasting side effects should consult with their health care provider, AstraZeneca states.
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They can also report any side effects to the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) by calling 1-800-FDA-1088.
For more Health articles, visit www.foxnews.com/health.
Melissa Rudy is health editor and a member of the lifestyle team at Fox News Digital.
Yesterday 11/1/2023 Bobby Knight my hero in life died...
But the Texas Rangers also won their 1st world series ever - once they were 1 strike away in 2011
only u can change u:
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What if the USD looses reserve currency and is no longer accepted in 85% of the world?
This could happen at BRICSS+ meeting on August 22nd to 24th imo
Would we drop from 100% down to 20% (Canada, US)? Severe impact on our nuclear power plants imo
Here is where we get our Uranium at-
https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/nuclear/where-our-uranium-comes-from.php
The United States imports most of the uranium it uses as fuel.
Uranium is the fuel most widely used by nuclear power plants for nuclear fission. Uranium is a common metal found in rocks all over the world. Uranium occurs in combination with small amounts of other elements. There are economically recoverable uranium deposits in the western United States, Australia, Canada, Central Asia, Africa, and South America.
Owners and operators of U.S. nuclear power reactors purchased the equivalent of about 46.74 million pounds of uranium in 2021.
Sources and percentage shares of total U.S. purchases of uranium in 2021 were:
Kazakhstan: 35%
Canada: 15%
Australia: 14%
Russia: 14%
Namibia: 7%
United States: 5%
Five countries combined (W): 10%
Data source: Uranium Marketing Annual Report, Table 3, May 2022
Note: W = data withheld; sum of shares may not equal 100% because of independent rounding.
The chart below shows annual U.S. uranium production and the sources of uranium purchased by U.S. nuclear power plant operators from 1950 through 2021.
Housing shortages- The analysis found four cities are at the epicenter of the crisis, with three located in Texas — San Antonio, Dallas and Houston. Finishing off the list is Orlando, Florida.
https://www.foxweather.com/earth-space/view-perseid-meteor-shower-2023
The best meteor shower in the world, some call it, peaks this week, according to NASA. The Perseid meteor showers are one of the most spectacular, with 50 to 100 "shooting stars" per hour. The max number of meteors will strike the Earth's atmosphere from the evening of August 12 to the morning of August 13.
Water and HE3 on moon - HE3 could solve power needs!!!
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June 2nd - same kind of news
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June 3rd report - 2 minutes - 2 proposals - expansion of members + common currency (to replace USD sadly)
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2023 NBA Finals Schedule:
Denver Nuggets (1) vs. Miami Heat (8)
• Game 1: Nuggets 104, Heat 93
• Game 2: Heat vs. Nuggets | Sun., June 4 | 8 p.m. ET (ABC)
• Game 3: Nuggets vs. Heat | Wed., June 7 | 8:30 p.m. ET (ABC)
• Game 4: Nuggets vs. Heat | Fri., June 9 | 8:30 p.m. ET (ABC)
• Game 5: Heat vs. Nuggets | Mon., June 12 | 8:30 p.m. ET (ABC) *
• Game 6: Nuggets vs. Heat | Thurs., June 15 | 8:30 p.m. ET (ABC) *
• Game 7: Heat vs. Nuggets | Sun., June 18 | 8 p.m. ET (ABC) *
Sadly imo... June 2nd 2023 tomorrow... the USD dies...
and loses its status as the worlds reserve currency when...
BRICS+ and a subset of SCO meet and announce they will no longer be using the USD for trade settlement anymore...
rather adopting their own new currency / trade in their own currencies
perhaps they wait until the end of the conference and make the announcement on June 3rd?
Wow 2nd largest ever bank failure in US if i read this right...
https://www.kitco.com/news/2023-03-10/Very-good-week-for-the-gold-market-bulls-what-to-expect-Monday.html
Safe-have demand was featured as Silicon Valley Bank, the 16th largest U.S. bank, collapsed after it experienced a “run” on it by its depositors and investors. While the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) quickly came in to take over the bank’s assets and accounts, the failure of SVB has badly shaken the general marketplace. It calls into question how aggressive the Federal Reserve can continue to be in tightening its monetary policy to battle problematic price inflation. SVB is reported to be the second-largest bank failure in modern U.S. history.
https://www.riotinto.com/news/releases/2022/Rio-Tinto-starts-tellurium-production-at-Kennecott
Rio Tinto starts tellurium production at Kennecott
11 May 2022
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SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Rio Tinto has started producing tellurium at its Kennecott copper operation in Utah, becoming one of only two U.S. producers of the critical mineral used in advanced thin film photovoltaic solar panels.
The tellurium will be refined in North America by 5N Plus, a leading global producer of specialty semiconductors and performance materials, under a commercial agreement between 5N Plus and Rio Tinto. The refined tellurium will primarily be supplied to First Solar, the only American company among the world’s ten largest solar manufacturers, under an existing supply contract between 5N Plus and First Solar. 5N Plus will also use the tellurium to manufacture ultra-high purity semiconductor materials at its facility in St. George, Utah, to serve the security and medical imaging markets.
Approximately 20 tons of tellurium will be produced per year through a new $2.9 million circuit built at the Kennecott refinery. This valuable material is recovered from by-product streams generated during the copper refining process, reducing the amount of waste that needs to be treated and discarded as mine tailings.
Tellurium is listed as a critical mineral by the U.S. Government due to its importance to the economy and energy security.
Rio Tinto Copper Chief Operating Officer Clayton Walker said: “We are proud to deliver a new domestic supply of tellurium to support the manufacturing of solar panels and other critical equipment here in the United States. Approximately 90 percent of the world’s tellurium resource is contained in copper ore and no other metal has more critical mineral by-products than copper. The Kennecott team is constantly looking for ways to extract new critical minerals to meet emerging demand for the clean energy transition.”
5N Plus President and Chief Executive Officer Gervais Jacques said: “As a leading global supplier of specialty semiconductor compounds for applications in renewable energy, security and medical imaging, 5N Plus is proud of this partnership with Rio Tinto, and to further leverage its expertise in the transformation of mining and metallurgical by-products into high purity value-added critical minerals such as tellurium, here in North America.”
First Solar Chief Manufacturing Operations Officer Mike Koralewski said: “Rio Tinto’s decision to invest in tellurium is a win for responsibly-produced, American solar. We’re thrilled that tellurium from Kennecott will play a role in powering our country’s transition to a sustainable energy future.”
Utah Governor Spencer Cox said, “Utah continues to play a key role in domestic production of critical minerals. With operations in our state like Rio Tinto Kennecott, we are able to demonstrate to the world how to responsibly make use of our natural resources to move toward a sustainable future.”
Tellurium is one of ten metals and products recovered from ore extracted at Kennecott, which produces nearly 15 percent of U.S. copper with the country’s lowest carbon footprint.
Notes to editors
Rio Tinto is partnering with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Critical Materials Institute (CMI) to discover further ways to economically recover critical minerals such as tellurium and lithium. The company is also investing in new facilities to extract battery-grade lithium from waste rock at its Boron, California mine site and high-quality scandium oxide from waste streams at its metallurgical complex in Sorel-Tracy, Quebec.
First Solar, which produces cadmium telluride (CadTel) solar panels, is expanding its U.S. manufacturing capacity by 3.3 gigawatts (GW) annually, by building its third American manufacturing facility in Lake Township, Ohio. When fully operational, the new facility will scale the company’s Northwest Ohio footprint to a total annual capacity of 6 GW, which is believed to make it the largest fully vertically integrated solar manufacturing complex outside of China.
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i take KC cause noone else will!!! Go KC good luck!
wow 11/11 will be out of diesel fuel in 17 days - rumor has it
JP too funny lol - sad that some companies are like that today
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https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/10/why-more-than-7-million-student-loan-borrowers-could-miss-forgiveness-.html
Here’s why more than 7 million student loan borrowers could miss out on federal forgiveness program
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Consumer advocates say that requiring student loan borrowers to apply for forgiveness will lead to many people missing out on the relief.
Many borrowers may mistakenly assume they don’t qualify.
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The White House has repeatedly said that its application for student loan forgiveness, which is expected to go live within days, will be simple.
Still, consumer advocates say that any red tape around the relief is likely to cause millions of borrowers to miss out on it.
“Those who need it the most won’t get it, and it will make the policy more regressive,” said Thomas Gokey, co-founder of the Debt Collective, a national union of debtors. “There will be a higher percentage of people making $124,000 a year who apply than people making $30,000.”
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Most people with federal student debt are eligible for some forgiveness: up to $10,000 if they didn’t receive a Pell Grant, which is a type of aid available to low-income undergraduate students, and up to $20,000 if they did.
Yet nearly 20% of qualifying borrowers may not take the necessary steps to get that relief, according to the U.S. Department of Education’s own estimate.
That comes out to more than 7 million people, explained higher-education expert Mark Kantrowitz.
“I’ve seen too many examples in which people assumed that they were ineligible for something, but actually were eligible, and ended up leaving money on the table,” Kantrowitz said.
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The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Applicants may miss out due to mistaken beliefs
A big reason some eligible borrowers may not apply is that they’ll mistakenly believe their income disqualifies them, Kantrowitz said. The relief is limited to borrowers who made less than $125,000, or married couples or heads of households who earned under $250,000, in either 2020 or 2021.
However, the vast majority of people with student debt fall under these income caps, Kantrowitz said. “Most people with just an undergraduate degree or a master’s degree should qualify,” he said.
It should take only a few minutes to submit an application.
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Still, others might not apply because they’re unsure what their income was in 2020 or 2021. “Do you remember how much you earned two years ago?” Kantrowitz said.
Some borrowers, meanwhile, may have outdated contact information on file with their student loan servicer, and therefore not be getting updates about the relief, according to Kantrowitz.
You should make sure your servicer, as well as the Education Department, has the most recent contact information for you. You can make sure that data is current at StudentAid.gov. You can also sign up on the government’s website for developments on the process.
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Borrowers who are on the fence about if they qualify for forgiveness might as well apply anyway, said Douglas Boneparth, a certified financial planner and president of Bone Fide Wealth in New York.
“The worst that can happen is that they’re ineligible,” Boneparth said. “There’s no downside to that. But if they qualify, they could receive relief, and that can be huge.”
Kantrowitz agreed.
“It should take only a few minutes to submit an application,” he said.
Got my $100 pair of RCA speakers up and going... They sound awesome!!!
Paid $50 each for a pair - $100 total at a garage sale - back in 1976
they had wax on them...
real wood... cleaned them up...
In my opinion... Chances exist for: Sept 24th 2022 USD Haircut -
loss of world reserve currency status - 30% plus loss of purchasing power instantly
many countries not even accepting the USD for trade - they want real goods / services not paper
precious metals fly
Today you hear 63% inflation 5% abortion 1% green LOL
Mad as Hell coming more and more sadly...
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RP with Chris - Nice
https://www.brighteon.com/d587f76e-79ba-4aab-8c88-c7dfbb38ba1b
How True:
* Hard times create Strong Men
* Strong men create Easy times
* Easy times create Weak men
* Weak men create difficult times
Spot on Stew... Make FIRING SQUADS GREAT AGAIN - Start with POS fauci for TREASON and MASS MURDER
Substitute FIRING SQUAD with TORTURE for this EVIL ASSHOLE!!!
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Pure BS - DEMONCRAPS (the Shit they are) Lying!!!
In the REAL world it is Republican 75% Demons 25%
Just the TRUTH Asshole Fox News SUCKS - Back to their 2020 BS
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democrats-hold-slight-edge-gop-abortion-more-important-voters-inflation-poll-shows
The Second US Civil War Has Begun - Lt. General Thomas G. McInerney
https://www.brighteon.com/fdfdf14a-9366-4867-98be-feb2c6e080cb
Ignore the morons - https://www.foxnews.com/health/who-declares-monkeypox-global-health-emergency
their evil agenda is not going to work
people in the world are going to tell the WHO to GOTO HELL!!!
About time the world woke up to the evil there
Wow 2023 - imagine No Taco Bell, Hardees, Burger King, Pizza Hut, Subway...
About all that will still be around near me are local restaurants - if they too still exist
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i can't unsee what i have seen - selected - not elected
https://www.brighteon.com/5c9235b2-f0dd-445e-8e94-ddc9e4e813cf
So if the USD is SO STRONG... Why does all cost TWICE as much?
good question eh?
https://kingworldnews.com/major-alert-mining-stocks-soared-189-last-time-this-happened-plus-us-dollar-surprise/
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