Oncology & Cancer
What's behind the increase in bowel cancer among younger Australians?
Bowel cancer mostly affects people over the age of 50, but recent evidence suggests it's on the rise among younger Australians.
Jan 22, 2019
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Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention
Health
Parents ranked cancer prevention as number one provider reason for HPV vaccination
Parents ranked cancer prevention as the most compelling reason health care providers can give for recommending the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, according to a survey led by University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive ...
Jun 14, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Bowel cancer screening cost effective, but does not reduce health inequalities
Bowel-cancer screening in New Zealand will improve health cost effectively, according to University of Otago research just published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention.
Jul 20, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Rich or poor? Where you start in life influences cancer risk in adulthood
Researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah announced today the results of a study that found that circumstances in childhood, such as parental occupation at birth and neighborhood income, might ...
Oct 13, 2016
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Health
Research shows not all low nicotine cigarettes reduce harm
Switching to reduced nicotine content (RNC) cigarettes may not necessarily reduce harm to smokers, according to new research conducted by Penn's Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Nicotine Addiction (CIRNA). Smokers ...
Jun 15, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
Possible new mechanism for aspirin's role in cancer prevention
Aspirin has been shown to decrease the risk of colorectal cancer and possibly other cancers. However, the risk of side effects, including in some cases severe gastrointestinal bleeding, makes it necessary to better understand ...
Nov 19, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
To increase testing for hepatitis B, promote it in the community, study shows
It's been called the silent epidemic. Four million people worldwide are infected with chronic Hepatitis B (HBV) and in the United States over two million people have been diagnosed with the disease. The viral infection is ...
Oct 2, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Breast cancer incidence, death rates rising in some economically transitioning countries
A new study finds breast cancer incidence and death rates are increasing in several low and middle income countries, even as death rates have declined in most high income countries, despite increasing or stable incidence ...
Sep 10, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Study links leisure time sitting to higher risk of specific cancers
Spending more leisure time sitting was associated with a higher risk of total cancer risk in women, and specifically with multiple myeloma, breast, and ovarian cancers, according a new study. The higher risk was present even ...
Jul 13, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Study links new genetic anomalies to breast cancer in African American families
The "Jewels in our Genes" study, led by University at Buffalo researcher Heather Ochs-Balcom, has uncovered previously unknown segments of DNA shared by African American family members who have breast cancer.
Feb 5, 2015
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