 | Cancer Risk: Study finds broad spectrum of cancer risk for organ transplant recipients
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| | Organ transplant recipients in the United States have a high risk of developing 32 different types of cancer, according to a new study of transplant recipients which fully describes the range of ... [more]
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| Prostate Cancer Detection: Urine test shows prostate cancer risk
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| | ANN ARBOR, Mich — A new urine test can help aid early detection of and treatment decisions about prostate cancer, a study from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Michigan ... [more]
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| Studies Report Progress Against Breast Cancer
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| | CHICAGO, June 6, 2010– Studies describing new advances against breast cancer were released at a press briefing today at the 46th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).
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| PET SCANNING PROBES REVEAL DIFFERENT CELL FUNCTION WITHIN THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
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| | A commonly used probe for Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scanning and a new probe developed by researchers at UCLA reveal different functions in diverse cells of the immune system, providing a non... [more]
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| RACIAL DISPARITIES PERSIST IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF ADVANCED BREAST CANCER AND COLON CANCER IN THE U.S.
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| | SEATTLE – The incidence of advanced breast cancer diagnosis among black women remained 30 percent to 90 percent higher compared to white women between 1992 and 2004, according to new findings by resea... [more]
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| Acupuncture Eases Radiation-Induced Dry Mouth in Cancer Patients
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| | Twice weekly acupuncture treatments relieve debilitating symptoms of xerostomia - severe dry mouth - among patients treated with radiation for head and neck cancer, researchers from The University of ... [more]
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| Health choices predict cancer survival, University of Michigan Study Finds
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| | ANN ARBOR, Mich — Head and neck cancer patients who smoked, drank, didn’t exercise or didn’t eat enough fruit when they were diagnosed had worse survival outcomes than those with better health habits,... [more]
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| New Research Results Explain How Dormant Tumor Cells Become Active in Later Years
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| | The recurrence of breast cancer often follows a long latent period in which there are no signs of cancer, and metastases may not become clinically apparent until many years after removal of the ... [more]
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| Discovery by UCLA Researchers May Result in Test to Determine Predisposition to Cancer
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| | Researchers at UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have developed an assay that may be used to help identify new genes that can predict a predisposition to cancer.... [more]
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| Compound Can Distinguish Between Benign, Localized and Metastatic Prostate Cancer
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| | Researchers have determined that a molecule produced by the body's metabolism could be used to differentiate between benign prostate tissue vs localized and metastatic prostate cancer. They also found... [more]
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| Genetic Variations Raise Lung Cancer Risk for Smokers and Ex-Smokers
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| | Two common inherited genetic variations are associated with increased risk of lung cancer for smokers and former smokers, a research team led by scientists at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Ca... [more]
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| Smokers with advanced colon cancer may face higher odds of disease recurrence
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| | CHICAGO--People with advanced colon cancer who have smoked cigarettes or used other
tobacco products for many years may have an increased risk that their colon cancer
will return, according to ... [more]
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| Study Finds Racial Disparities Exist in Radiation Therapy Rates For Early Stage Breast Cancer
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| | Black women are less likely than white women to receive radiation therapy after a lumpectomy, the standard of care for early stage breast cancer, according to a new study by researchers at The ... [more]
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| Rare head and neck cancer linked to HPV, study finds
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| | ANN ARBOR, Mich - An increase in cases of a rare type of head and neck cancer appears to be linked to HPV, or human papillomavirus, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Mich... [more]
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