News tagged with womb cancer


Rare genetic faults identified in families with bowel cancer

(Medical Xpress)—Rare DNA faults in two genes have been strongly linked to bowel cancer by Oxford University researchers, who sequenced the genomes of people from families with a strong history of developing ...

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Baby born with brain cancer surviving with chemotherapy

Peering intently at the tiny white smudge in their baby's brain scan, Sue and Ben Erickson could see that the image did not reveal the miracle they had prayed for.

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Women who give birth after age 30 lower their risk of endometrial cancer

Women who last give birth at age 40 or older have a 44 percent decreased risk of endometrial cancer when compared to women who have their last birth under the age of 25, according to strong evidence in a new, international ...

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Womb cancer deaths rise by a fifth in the last decade

(Medical Xpress) -- Deaths from womb (uterine) cancer have risen by nearly twenty per cent in the last decade, according to new figures from Cancer Research UK today.

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Study reveals contraceptive cancer risks

A study has revealed that injectable contraceptives that are widely used around the world influence the risk of developing several types of cancer.

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Scientists prove regular aspirin intake halves cancer risk

Scientists including those from Queen's University have discovered that taking regular aspirin halves the risk of developing hereditary cancers.

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Women exposed to diethylstilbestrol in the womb face increased cancer risk

A large study of the daughters of women who had been given DES, the first synthetic form of estrogen, during pregnancy has found that exposure to the drug while in the womb (in utero) is associated with many ...

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