Things to know when you get cancer(jjmaxwell4.com)
1850 points by jjmaxwell4 | 442 comments
A personal blog post by someone diagnosed with oral squamous cell carcinoma in 2026, listing practical lessons learned about navigating cancer care.
#cancer on Hacker News
16 stories tagged cancer, newest first.
Study: Exercise increases cancer survival rates(nejm.org)
71 points by RickJWagner | 39 comments
A New England Journal of Medicine study page on exercise and cancer survival, blocked here by a Cloudflare security verification screen.
1 in 8 cancer cases are caused by infections(livescience.com)
11 points by bookofjoe | 0 comments
Live Science article on a study finding about 1 in 8 cancer cases are caused by infections, mostly from four pathogens, and the role of vaccines in prevention.
Things that apparently cause cancer(breakthroughjournal.org)
172 points by timpera | 63 comments
An Ecomodernist article by Deric Tilson and Adam Stein questioning the methodology behind studies claiming various things cause cancer.
1 in 8 cancer cases worldwide are caused by infections, study finds(cbc.ca)
217 points by colinprince | 122 comments
CBC News article on a Lancet Oncology study estimating that infections caused 2.3 million new cancer cases worldwide in 2024, about 1 in 8.
CRISPR tech selectively shreds cancer cells, including "undruggable" cancers(innovativegenomics.org)
945 points by gmays | 204 comments
Innovative Genomics Institute press release about a new CRISPR technique that selectively destroys cancer cells, including cancers considered undruggable.
Immunotherapy drug clinical trial results: half of tumors shrink or disappear(rockefeller.edu)
425 points by marc__1 | 84 comments
Rockefeller University news article on a clinical trial of an engineered CD40 agonist antibody that shrank or eliminated tumors in about half of patients.
We’re secretly winning the war on cancer(vox.com)
365 points by lr0 | 161 comments
Vox Future Perfect article by Bryan Walsh arguing that falling cancer death rates reflect quiet advances like reduced smoking and immunotherapy.
The year I didn't survive(bessstillman.substack.com)
856 points by LaurenSerino | 220 comments
Personal essay by Bess Stillman on how her husband's death from cancer and the birth of her daughter in the same year transformed her brain, body, and sense of self.
US will ban cancer-linked Red Dye No. 3 in cereal and other foods(bloomberg.com)
371 points by toomuchtodo | 502 comments
Bloomberg news article reporting that the US FDA will ban the cancer-linked artificial food coloring Red Dye No. 3 in cereal and other foods.
Jake Seliger has died(marginalrevolution.com)
908 points by A_D_E_P_T | 189 comments
Alex Tabarrok's Marginal Revolution post remembering writer Jake Seliger after his death from cancer, noting his advocacy for faster drug development.
No Salt(jakeseliger.com)
459 points by jdkee | 147 comments
A blog post on Jake Seliger's site, written by his brother Sam, about arriving in Arizona as Jake nears death from cancer and handling end-of-life arrangements.
Starting Hospice(jakeseliger.com)
1108 points by jdkee | 140 comments
Jake Seliger's blog post announcing he is entering hospice after his squamous cell carcinoma progressed and efforts to find another clinical trial failed.
EPA bans asbestos, a deadly carcinogen still in use decades after partial ban(apnews.com)
348 points by anigbrowl | 326 comments
AP News article reporting that the EPA has banned asbestos, a carcinogen still in use decades after a partial ban was enacted.
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Richard Stallman reveals he has cancer in the GNU 40 Hacker Meeting talk [video](audio-video.gnu.org)
1203 points by fury999io | 634 comments
A WebM video of Richard Stallman's talk at the GNU 40 Hacker Meeting, in which he discloses that he has cancer.
I am dying of squamous cell carcinoma, and potential treatments are out of reach(jakeseliger.com)
723 points by theoldlove | 386 comments
Jake Seliger's blog post describing his terminal squamous cell carcinoma and arguing that FDA delays keep potentially life-saving treatments out of reach.