Oncology & Cancer
Marriage may be a cancer fighter
(HealthDay)—A wedding band may be powerful medicine against cancer, a new study suggests.
Apr 11, 2016
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Weight loss linked to lower breast cancer risk for postmenopausal women
In a study of postmenopausal women, participants who lost weight had a lower risk of developing invasive breast cancer than those who maintained or gained weight. Published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal ...
Oct 8, 2018
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Prostate cancer patients more likely to die of other diseases, say 15-year PLCO results
Starting in 1993 and ending in 2001, ten academic medical centers in the United States screened 76,685 men and 78,216 women for prostate, lung, colorectal and ovarian cancers. The question was whether yearly screening could ...
Dec 8, 2016
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Assessing cancer diagnosis in children with birth defects
Scientific studies suggest that children with birth defects are at increased risk of cancer. However, it has not been assessed whether the type of cancer, the age at which they are diagnosed or the extent of cancer spread ...
May 29, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Racial disparities persist in the survival of patients with ovarian, colon, and breast cancer
Three new articles present trends in survival for patients with ovarian, colon, and breast cancer in the United States by race and stage. Published early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, ...
Dec 5, 2017
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Adjuvant chemotherapy in early-stage colon cancer may improve survival
Researchers and physicians have grappled with the role of "adjuvant," or post-surgery, chemotherapy for patients with early-stage colon cancer, even for cancers considered high risk. Now researchers from the University of ...
Jul 15, 2016
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Most breast cancer patients have help choosing treatments
(HealthDay)—Most women who've been diagnosed with breast cancer don't go it alone.
Jul 10, 2017
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Medicaid restrictions linked to increased late-stage breast cancer diagnoses
Women in Tennessee who were diagnosed with breast cancer were more likely to be diagnosed with late stage disease after a substantial rollback of Medicaid coverage for adults in the state, according to a new analysis. When ...
Jun 26, 2017
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Studies link cancer patient's survival time to insurance status
Privately insured people with two types of cancer were diagnosed earlier and lived longer than those who were uninsured or were covered by Medicaid, according to two new studies.
Sep 23, 2016
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Factors ID'd for MAPK treatment outcome in melanoma
(HealthDay)—For patients with metastatic melanoma treated with mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) inhibitors, gender, serum lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), BRAF genotype, and primary melanoma ulceration status are independent ...
Aug 3, 2015
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