Consumer Health: Understanding thyroid cancer risk
January is Thyroid Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn about thyroid cancer risk factors.
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January is Thyroid Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn about thyroid cancer risk factors.
Jan 26, 2022
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March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn about treating colorectal cancer.
Mar 23, 2022
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Large differences in radiation doses used for CT scans are mainly due to how the scanners are used by medical staff rather than differences in the patients scanned or the machines used, finds a study in The BMJ today.
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Research led by the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Massachusetts, performed a secondary analysis of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 05-043 trial. In the paper, "Risk of Short-Term Prostate-Specific Antigen Recurrence and ...
Research shows that up to 50 percent of cancer cases and deaths are preventable. Cancer prevention is the most cost-effective and sustainable long-term strategy for the control of cancer.
Nov 28, 2018
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May is Bladder Cancer Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn more about bladder cancer.
May 18, 2021
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Scientists already knew radiation exposure and a lack of gravity stress the bodies of astronauts. But new research may offer a better idea of what's driving some of that. It's a clue that could help them measure the physical ...
Oct 20, 2021
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Proton therapy treatment for prostate cancer is associated with higher survival rates and decreased risk of complications compared to intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) according to a new study by researchers at ...
Oct 25, 2017
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Lung cancer is not the most common form of cancer, but it is by far among the deadliest. Despite treatments such as surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy, only about a quarter of all people with the disease will live ...
Feb 23, 2024
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The antibiotic vancomycin alters the gut microbiome in a way that can help prime the immune system to more effectively attack tumor cells after radiation therapy. A new study in mice from researchers at the Abramson Cancer ...
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