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It was a fall day in 2024 and Ken Aster was hiking in Catalina, California, with his wife, Melissa Orr. They hiked together often but 64-year-old Aster—also an avid cyclist, surfer and pickleball player—was shocked to find he couldn’t keep up.His …

Gastrointestinal cancer cases are expected to double worldwide by 2050, according to a multi-institutional study co-led by Cedars-Sinai. The projections, based on 2022 data and published in the journal Cancer, conclude that the biggest increases …

Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) is a special type of treatment for patients with certain cancers that have spread to the abdominal cavity (peritoneum).Unlike regular chemotherapy, which is often delivered through an intravenous …