cancer

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What is absent from the readouts of presidential checkups has gained attention since Biden was diagnosed with cancer after leaving office.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

Stage four is the most advanced stage of cancer, and means the disease has spread to other parts of the body.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Duggan is well-known in biopharma circles as the former CEO of Pharmacyclics, a cancer biotech that was sold to AbbVie for $21 billion in 2015.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026

The researchers believe that declines in thymic health may reduce T cell diversity, making it harder for the immune system to recognize and respond to new threats such as cancer and other diseases.

From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026

Her mom from a disease called ovarian cancer, when Mom was sixteen, and her dad in a car accident two years later.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy