Oncology & Cancer
Poor environmental quality linked to elevated cancer rates
Experts warn that recent legislative proposals could jeopardize research on the links between cancer and the environment.
May 8, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Women should continue cervical cancer screening as they approach age 65
Cervical cancer is often thought of as a disease that primarily affects young women. Because of this, many older women fail to keep up with appropriate screening as they age. While current guidelines indicate that screening ...
May 1, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Better detection may explain higher child cancer numbers: UN
Global childhood cancer rates jumped 13 percent in the decade to 2010 compared to the 1980s, according to a UN-backed study released Wednesday that says the increase may be due in part to improved detection.
Apr 12, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
New study finds that most cancer mutations are due to random DNA copying 'mistakes'
Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center scientists report data from a new study providing evidence that random, unpredictable DNA copying "mistakes" account for nearly two-thirds of the mutations that cause cancer. Their research ...
Mar 23, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Cancer 'hot spots' in Florida may be associated with hazardous waste sites
Studies have shown that hazardous waste sites have the potential to adversely affect human health and disrupt ecological systems. Florida has the sixth highest number of hazardous waste sites, known as Superfund sites, in ...
Mar 6, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Colorectal cancer statistics, 2017
Despite dramatic reductions in overall colorectal cancer incidence and mortality, striking disparities by age, race, and tumor subsite remain. That's according to the latest edition of Colorectal Cancer Statistics and its ...
Mar 1, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Study finds colorectal cancer rates have risen dramatically in Gen X and millennials
A new study finds that compared to people born around 1950, when colorectal cancer risk was lowest, those born in 1990 have double the risk of colon cancer and quadruple the risk of rectal cancer.
Feb 28, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Does depression boost the risk of cancer death?
People who are frequently depressed or anxious may run a higher risk of dying from certain types of cancer, researchers said on Thursday.
Jan 26, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Sunbed users get melanoma at a younger age
Melanoma is the most dangerous type of skin cancer with the strongest increase in incidence in the last decade, and the incidence rates have never been as high as in 2014 (www.kreftregisteret.no). Now there are about 2,000 ...
Jan 13, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Study estimates global cancer cases, deaths in 2015
In 2015, there were an estimated 17.5 million cancer cases around the globe and 8.7 million deaths, according to a new report from the Global Burden of Disease Cancer Collaboration published online by JAMA Oncology.
Dec 3, 2016
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