Let's talk F*ng Cancer

Ep. 86 - November "What's New" in cancer news and research AND Congratulations Julia and Matt!

November 20, 2025·44 min
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In this month’s “What’s New” episode, we kick things off with some joy — catching up on life, sharing big updates, and celebrating JULIA AND MATT GETTING MARRIED! 🥂✨ From there, we dive into the latest breakthroughs happening across the cancer research world. Each of us covers a different area of emerging science, treatment advancement, or clinical insight — and as always, we break it down in a way that’s real, relatable, and rooted in hope. 🧬 Julia: Understanding Carcinoid Tumors, 💨 Leah: How Far Lung Cancer Treatment Has Come — Especially in the Last 2 Years, 🔬 Colette: Pancreatic Cancer Breakthrough — Cryptic Peptides Reveal New TargetsSources Below:Mayo Clinic Carcinoid TumorsCleveland Clinic Neuroendocrine TumorsAACR Old New Borrowed and Blue, approaches for non small cell carcinomaThe Lancet - Lung cancer treatment: 20 years of progressPancreatic Cancer BreathroughThe full research paper is titled:“Pancreatic cancer–restricted cryptic antigens are targets for T cell immunotherapy.” Published in Science. DOI: 10.1126/science.adk3487 Lead authors: Zackery Ely and Zachary Kulstad Senior authors: Tyler Jacks and William Freed-PastorThis was summarized in the MIT News article:“Biologists identify targets for new pancreatic cancer treatments” Written by Anne Trafton Published May 8, 2025

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