Oncology & Cancer
Breast cancer types and what your type means
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn about breast cancer types and what your type means.
Oct 5, 2022
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Medical research
How a patient partnership is propelling cancer research
In the fall of 2018, cancer researcher Corrie Painter began presenting some intriguing early results from a new study on a rare and deadly cancer known as angiosarcoma. She and her fellow scientists hoped that by sharing ...
Sep 14, 2022
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Medical research
Overcoming the barriers that keep clinical trials from recruiting diverse populations
Clinical trial participants are predominantly white. Despite Black and Hispanic people respectively making up 12% and 16% of the U.S. population in 2011, together they made up only 6% of clinical trial participants overall ...
Sep 8, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Brain tumor study highlights differences among Hispanics
Although typically classified as a single ethnic group, people of Hispanic heritage have markedly different risks for brain tumors based on their geographic origins, suggesting greater diversity that warrants attention in ...
Aug 4, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Study could lead to better education and treatment of sexual health for breast cancer patients
A new study released by the University of Colorado Cancer Center shows that more than 70 percent of breast cancer patients have reported changes that affect their sexual health during and beyond treatment.
Aug 2, 2022
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Health
Study examines 'black boxing' in breast cancer survivorship care
Today, many women diagnosed with breast cancer live long after completing their cancer treatments and have post-treatment health and information needs. Unfortunately, across healthcare systems, survivorship care is neither ...
Aug 1, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Benefits of NHS Breast Screening Program outweigh the small risk of overdiagnosis
In the UK, breast cancer accounts for 31% of all new cancers diagnosed in women each year, with cases having increased by 4% in the last decade. Despite the rise in cases, deaths caused by breast cancer are declining. This ...
Jul 19, 2022
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Health
Can you outrun a poor diet?
New research has found that high levels of physical activity do not counteract the detrimental effects of a poor diet on mortality risk.
Jul 11, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Marital status likely key factor in predicting early stage gastric cancer survival
Marital status is likely to be an important contributory factor in predicting long term survival in people with early stage gastric cancer, suggests research published online in the Journal of Investigative Medicine.
Jul 5, 2022
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Medical research
Black patients with metastatic breast cancer willing to consider clinical trials
Black patients with metastatic breast cancer (MBC) are willing to consider participating in clinical trials, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, held from June ...
Jun 8, 2022
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