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Study Reveals Optimal Interval For Stomach Cancer Screening
Jul 16, 2012
A new study has determined how often people should get screened for gastric or stomach cancer in high-risk regions of the world. Published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the findings could help reduce deaths from gastric cancer, which is the second most common cause of cancer-related mortality... Read More
One Fifth Of Breast Conserving Surgeries Require Reoperation
Jul 15, 2012
About one fifth of female breast cancer patients who chose breast conserving surgery instead of mastectomy eventually need another operation, British researchers reported in the BMJ (British Medical Journal)... Read More
One Fifth Of Breast Conserving Surgeries Require Reoperation
Jul 15, 2012
About one fifth of female breast cancer patients who chose breast conserving surgery instead of mastectomy eventually need another operation, British researchers reported in the BMJ (British Medical Journal)... Read More
Managing Colorectal Cancer Using Multidrug Strategy
Jul 13, 2012
A Harvard researcher studying the evolution of drug resistance in cancer says that, in a few decades, "many, many cancers could be manageable." "Many people are dying needlessly of cancer, and this research may offer a new strategy in that battle," said Martin Nowak, a professor of mathematics and of biology and director of the Program for Evolutionary Dynamics... Read More
New Strategy Developed To Overcome Drug-Resistant Childhood Cancer
Jul 13, 2012
A new drug combination could offer hope to children with neuroblastoma - one of the deadliest forms of childhood cancer - by boosting the effectiveness of a promising new gene-targeted treatment... Read More
Exploring The Healing Powers Of Singing
Jul 13, 2012
The Welsh cancer charity Tenovus and Cardiff University, both based in the UK, have reported that participation in a choir improves a number of quality of life factors for cancer survivors and their carers. In an effort to create a community for cancer survivors and their carers, Tenovus established the choir, Sing for Life, in 2010... Read More
Exploring The Healing Powers Of Singing
Jul 13, 2012
The Welsh cancer charity Tenovus and Cardiff University, both based in the UK, have reported that participation in a choir improves a number of quality of life factors for cancer survivors and their carers. In an effort to create a community for cancer survivors and their carers, Tenovus established the choir, Sing for Life, in 2010... Read More
Researchers Discover Switch That Lets Early Lung Cancer Grow Unchecked
Jul 13, 2012
Cellular change thought to happen only in late-stage cancers to help tumors spread also occurs in early-stage lung cancer as a way to bypass growth controls, say researchers at Mayo Clinic in Florida... Read More
Researchers Discover Switch That Lets Early Lung Cancer Grow Unchecked
Jul 13, 2012
Cellular change thought to happen only in late-stage cancers to help tumors spread also occurs in early-stage lung cancer as a way to bypass growth controls, say researchers at Mayo Clinic in Florida... Read More
Skin Cancer Self Exam By Use Of Mobile App
Jul 12, 2012
Each year, over 2 million people in the U.S. are diagnosed with skin cancer. 50,000 of these will be diagnosed with melanoma, the most serious type of skin cancer. Regular skin checks can assist in detecting melanoma in its earliest stages. Cancer screening has just gone mobile with a new free app called UMSkinCheck, downloadable on iTunes... Read More
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