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PublishedApril 21, 2024
From a Portland hospital bed, this tennis coach with cancer sits courtside for son’s high school debut
Even as he is hospitalized for non-Hodgkin lymphoma treatment, Seth Meyer was able to catch his kid's first match miles away in Rockport. For this tennis-focused family, love is not nothing – it's everything.
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PublishedApril 16, 2024
A blood test to detect cancer? Some patients are using them already.
These new cancer detection blood tests – about 20 are in various stages of development – measure cancer 'signals,' which are biological substances shed by cancers such as fragments of tumor DNA.
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PublishedFebruary 20, 2024
Cancer therapy approved by FDA uses body’s own cells as a ‘living drug’
A new therapy approved by the Food and Drug Administration supercharges the immune system to kill a kind of skin cancer, opening the door to targeting common tumors.
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PublishedNovember 24, 2023
Central Maine Healthcare partners with oncology group to operate cancer facilities
The partnership will make more medical oncologists available to Central Maine patients.
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PublishedJuly 13, 2023
Soda sweetener aspartame now listed as possible cancer cause. But it’s still considered safe
Aspartame joins a category with more than 300 other possible cancer-causing agents, including things like aloe vera extract, Asian-style pickled vegetables and carpentry work. The guidance on use of the sweetener, though, isn’t changing.
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PublishedJune 30, 2023
Rumford native Matt Carrier shares his story on surviving cancer
A crowd of about 40 people gathered at the library Thursday to hear Carrier read from his book, “To Ring the Bell,” about surviving cancer twice in his lifetime.
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PublishedJune 29, 2023
MaineGeneral Health seeks to expand Augusta cancer center, with $36 million project up for review
Officials said the Harold Alfond Center for Cancer Care is seeing many more patients than anticipated when it was built, and demand for services is projected to continue increasing.
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PublishedJanuary 19, 2023
New England Cancer Specialists welcomes oncologist with local roots
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PublishedDecember 29, 2022
Darling’s Auto Group donates $2,500 to Dempsey Center
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PublishedOctober 1, 2022
Day of Hope for cancer survivors, patients, families
MaineGeneral's annual, inspirational event returns to in-person at Augusta Civic Center.
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