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Some prostate cancer patients more likely to die after weekend ER visits

Patients with prostate cancer that has metastasized, or spread, to other parts of the body face a significantly higher risk of dying when visiting a hospital emergency department on the weekend instead of on a weekday, according ...

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Extra chromosome 21 removed from Down syndrome cell line

(Medical Xpress)—University of Washington scientists have succeeded in removing the extra copy of chromosome 21 in cell cultures derived from a person with Down syndrome, a condition in which the body's ...

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Testicular cancer on rise in US, especially among Hispanic men

(HealthDay)—The number of testicular cancer cases continues to climb slowly but steadily in the United States, according to new research.

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Common food preservative may slow, even stop tumor growth

Nisin, a common food preservative, may slow or stop squamous cell head and neck cancers, a University of Michigan study found.

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Early biomarker for pancreatic cancer identified

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center have identified a new biomarker and therapeutic target for pancreatic cancer, an often-fatal disease for which there is currently ...

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Stigma hampering cervical cancer battle in India

Social stigma is harming attempts to combat cervical cancer in India where more women die annually of the disease than anywhere else in the world, a new report said Friday.

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Chemo, radiation followed by surgery improves survival in lung cancer patients

In one of the largest observational studies of its kind, researchers report that a combination of chemotherapy and radiation followed by surgery in patients with stage 3 non-small cell lung cancer improves survival.

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Gene deletion drives more than a quarter of breast cancers

A new study shows that the lack of a certain gene occurs in almost 28 percent of human breast cancers, playing a role in some 60,000 breast cancer cases in the United States and 383,000 worldwide this year.

Genetics created Aug 15, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Benefits of prostate-specific antigen testing remain unclear

(HealthDay) -- It remains unclear whether the benefits of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing outweigh the harms, but evidence suggests that men with a longer life expectancy may benefit from testing, ...

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Study suggests new treatment target for glioblastoma multiforme

A study by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers published online today in Nature reveals new insight into why the most common, deadly kind of brain tumor in adults recurs and identifies a potential target ...

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Breakthrough in understanding lung cancer vulnerabilities points the way to new targeted therapy

More effective treatments for one of the deadliest forms of cancer are one step closer thanks to groundbreaking research from an international collaborative study.

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Novel technique for delivering multiple cancer treatments may solve hurdle for combinatorial drug therapies

Cancers are notorious for secreting chemicals that confuse the immune system and thwarting biological defenses.

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New study moves researchers closer to lung cancer blood test

Early signs of lung cancer could be diagnosed using a simple blood test following a new discovery by scientists at the University of York.

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Postcode inequality for cancer diagnosis 'costs lives'

Hundreds of women with breast cancer living in England's most deprived areas would have better survival rates if they were diagnosed at the same stage as those who lived in affluent areas.

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US cancer screening rates decline over the last 10 years, study finds

The rate of people who seek preventive cancer screenings has fallen over the last ten years in the United States with wide variations between white-collar and blue-collar workers, according to a University of Miami Miller ...

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