When Breath Becomes Air is a profoundly moving memoir by Paul Kalanithi, a gifted neurosurgeon whose life is upended by a diagnosis of stage IV lung cancer at age thirty-six. As both doctor and patient, Kalanithi explores what makes life meaningful in the face of mortality, grappling with universal questions of identity, purpose, and legacy. Completed in the shadow of his own passing, this unforgettable book is a life-affirming reflection on courage, love, and the fragile beauty of existence.

Urine test better than MRI for monitoring low-risk prostate cancer in new study

The urine test offers a noninvasive option to determine which patients truly need to undergo a biopsy and which can avoid a potentially unnecessary and invasive procedure. Read here. 

Predicting Infection Risk Related to CAR T-Cell Therapy in Leukemia Patients. 

Simple factors measured before CAR T-cell therapy, such as age, prior infections and blood counts, can help predict which patients with B-ALL are most likely to develop serious infections after treatment with the therapy. Read here. 

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