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04/5/17 Can Daily Low-Dose Aspirin Lower Cancer Death Risk?

MONDAY, April 3, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Millions of Americans take low-dose aspirin every day for heart health. In doing so, they may also slightly lower their risk of dying from several cancers, a large...

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04/5/17 Breast Cancer ‘Immunotherapy’ Helps Some With Tough-to-Treat Disease

MONDAY, April 3, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Women with a particularly aggressive form of breast cancer who responded to an new immune-focused drug gained a significant survival benefit, a new study shows. The patients all...

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04/5/17 U.S. Thyroid Cancer Cases Continue to Rise

FRIDAY, March 31, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- The rate of Americans diagnosed with thyroid cancer has more than tripled over the past four decades, and continues to rise more than 3 percent a year, new...

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04/5/17 Survival Continues to Improve for Most Cancers

FRIDAY, March 31, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Overall cancer death rates in the United States continue to fall, but racial gaps persist, a new report says. Death rates fell between 2010 and 2014 for 11...

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03/29/17 High Doses of Vitamin D Fail to Cut Cancer Risk, Study Finds

TUESDAY, March 28, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- High doses of vitamin D supplements may not lower older women's risk of developing cancer, a new clinical trial finds. Many studies have hinted that vitamin D might...

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03/29/17 Zejula Approved for Certain Female Cancers

TUESDAY, March 28, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Zejula (niraparib) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat adult women with recurring cancers of the ovaries, fallopian tubes or abdominal wall (peritoneum)...

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03/29/17 Helping Cancer Caregivers Help Themselves

WEDNESDAY, March 22, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- When people are diagnosed with cancer, it's easy to overlook the toll the disease also takes on their caregivers, say social workers who specialize in cancer care. Cancer...

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03/29/17 Obesity in Youth Tied to Higher Odds for Liver Cancer in Men

TUESDAY, March 21, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Overweight and obese young men are at increased risk for serious liver disease or liver cancer later in life, and those with diabetes have an even higher risk,...

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03/29/17 Blood Test May Spot Lung Cancer’s Return, Even Before Scans

MONDAY, March 20, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- A blood test can detect the return of lung cancer months before CT and PET scans, a new study suggests. The research included 48 adults with stage 2...

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03/29/17 Social Struggles Linger for Many Young Cancer Survivors

MONDAY, March 20, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Many teen and young adult cancer survivors face social struggles, a new study finds. Researchers surveyed more than 140 U.S. cancer patients who were 14 to 39 years...

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03/29/17 Seniors With Brain Cancer May Have Better Treatment Option

WEDNESDAY, March 15, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Combined chemotherapy and radiation treatment appears to extend the lives of older patients with brain cancer, new research finds. The study involved more than 560 older patients with...

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03/29/17 Another Obesity Downside: Higher Esophageal Cancer Risk

WEDNESDAY, March 15, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Overweight 20-somethings dramatically increase their risk of esophageal and stomach cancer if they become obese later in life, a new study suggests. The research indicated that people who...

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03/29/17 Is Radiation Therapy Overused in Breast Cancer Care?

TUESDAY, March 14, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- More than half of older American women with early breast cancer may get more radiation therapy than needed, which significantly boosts medical costs, a new study indicates. Analyzing...

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03/29/17 Hodgkin Lymphoma Survivors Face Risk of Second Cancer: Study

MONDAY, March 13, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- The risk of developing a second type of cancer may be high among Hodgkin lymphoma survivors, especially those with a family history of cancer. That's the finding of...

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03/29/17 Gleevec Keeps a Leukemia in Check for More Than a Decade: Study

WEDNESDAY, March 8, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- The cancer drug Gleevec appears to keep chronic myeloid leukemia at bay a decade into treatment -- with no signs of additional safety risks, a new study finds....

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03/29/17 Soy Safe, Even Protective, for Breast Cancer Survivors

TUESDAY, March 7, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- The pros and cons of soy for breast cancer patients have been debated for years. Now, research involving more than 6,200 breast cancer survivors finds that those who...

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03/6/17 Brain Training for Cancer Survivors’ Nerve Damage

FRIDAY, March 3, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Learning to control their brain waves with a type of training called neurofeedback seems to help cancer survivors ease symptoms of chemotherapy-caused nerve damage, a new study suggests....

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03/6/17 Skin Diseases Take Big Slice Out of America’s Health, Economy

THURSDAY, March 2, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Skin diseases have a major impact on Americans and the U.S. economy, a new report finds. "The impact of skin disease in this country is staggering, affecting one...

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03/6/17 Colon Cancer on the Rise Among Gen Xers, Millennials

TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Americans in their early 50s and younger -- Gen Xers and millennials -- are experiencing significant increases in colon and rectal cancer, a new study reports. And this...

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03/6/17 Diagnostic Mammograms Find More Cancers, and More False-Positives

TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Thanks to high-tech imaging, mammograms ordered when breast cancer is suspected are catching more tumors -- but the percentage of false alarms is up, too, a new study...

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