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06/29/16 Scans May Spare Some Hodgkin Lymphoma Patients From Chemo

THURSDAY, June 23, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- A certain type of medical scan can be used to help spare some Hodgkin lymphoma patients from the severe side effects of chemotherapy, a new study suggests. Researchers...

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06/29/16 Patient Positioning Might Hamper Accuracy of Breast MRI

WEDNESDAY, June 22, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- There's evidence that the position a woman is placed in during her pre-surgical breast MRI could influence -- for better or worse -- the scan's accuracy. The small...

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06/29/16 Long Work Hours May Hurt Your Health

TUESDAY, June 21, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Years of working long hours may help you climb the career ladder, but those hours may take a steep toll on your health -- and that's especially true...

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06/29/16 Do Too Many Lung Cancer Patients Miss Out on Surgery?

TUESDAY, June 21, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Many patients with advanced lung cancer might live longer if treated surgically, but few go that route, new research indicates. A study of U.S. patients with late-stage non-small...

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06/29/16 Brain Tumors More Common in Better Educated, Wealthier Folks: Study

MONDAY, June 20, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- People who have a college education, a professional career or a big paycheck may be more likely to be diagnosed with a brain tumor than people who are...

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06/29/16 Extensive Surgery Best for an Aggressive Brain Cancer: Study

THURSDAY, June 16, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- When it comes to battling a particularly aggressive form of brain tumor, more extensive surgeries may be best to boost patient survival, researchers have concluded. The brain cancer...

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06/29/16 Expert Panel Reaffirms Need for Colon Cancer Screen Beginning at Age 50

WEDNESDAY, June 15, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Reiterating a recommendation last made in 2008, an influential U.S. panel of health experts is advocating that regular colon cancer screening begin at age 50 and continue until...

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06/14/16 Starving cancer cells by blocking their metabolism June 14, 2016

Scientists at EPFL have found a way to starve liver cancer cells by blocking a protein that is required for glutamine breakdown—while leaving normal cells intact. The discovery opens new ways to treat liver cancer....

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06/14/16 California Enacts Right-to-Die Law

THURSDAY, June 9, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- California on Thursday becomes the fifth and largest state in the country to allow terminally ill patients to end their own lives. With the state's right-to-die law in...

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06/14/16 Better Lung Cancer Survival? There’s an App for That

THURSDAY, June 9, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- A new smartphone app may help lung cancer patients live longer and better by monitoring their symptoms and alerting doctors to potential problems, researchers report. The Moovcare smartphone...

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06/14/16 Cancer’s Heavy Financial Burden

WEDNESDAY, June 8, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Many cancer patients can't afford to see their doctor or take the medications they've been prescribed, a new study finds. And the problem will likely only get worse...

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06/14/16 U.S. Black Women Get Less Care to Prevent Breast Cancer Return

TUESDAY, June 7, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Black breast cancer survivors in the United States are less likely than white or Hispanic women to get follow-up genetic screening and surgeries that can help prevent a...

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06/7/16 Double Stem Cell Transplant May Help Fight a Childhood Cancer

TUESDAY, June 7, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Young children with a rare and often deadly cancer of the nervous system might have a better chance of survival if they receive two stem cell transplants, a...

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06/7/16 Useless Treatments Common in Young, Terminal Cancer Patients

health day 3 in 4 get aggressive therapies with painful side effects in last months of their lives, study findsMONDAY, June 6, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Three-quarters of young or middle-aged Americans with terminal cancer...

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06/7/16 Superior Results for Myeloma Drug That’s Added Earlier in Treatment

health day Response rate doubled for patients with this blood cancer, study findsMONDAY, June 6, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- A recently approved immunotherapy drug for a blood cancer called multiple myeloma can provide even better...

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06/7/16 Antibody-Based Therapy Shows Promise Against Stomach Cancer

health day Patients with advanced disease lived longer when they received this targeted treatment, research showsSUNDAY, June 5, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- An experimental therapy based on immune-system antibodies is helping some people with advanced...

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06/7/16 Two-Pronged Chemo Helps Some With Advanced Ovarian Cancer

SATURDAY, June 4, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Some women with advanced ovarian cancer may fare better if chemotherapy is dripped directly into their abdomens as well as introduced into their bloodstream through traditional IV, a...

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06/7/16 ‘Smart Bomb’ Targets Tough-to-Treat Breast Cancer

FRIDAY, June 3, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- A new drug therapy shows promise for treating triple-negative breast cancer, an especially aggressive form of the disease, researchers say. A recent trial -- the second of three...

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06/7/16 1 in 5 Ovarian Cancer Patients Doesn’t Get Life-Extending Surgery

FRIDAY, June 3, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Surgery may significantly extend ovarian cancer patients' lives, but one in five women does not have the procedure, a new study finds. "Though surgery isn't right for every...

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06/7/16 Low-Dose Aspirin Tied to Longer Colon Cancer Survival

THURSDAY, June 2, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Colon cancer patients who take low-dose aspirin may have a somewhat better chance of surviving the disease, a large study hints. Norwegian researchers found that among over 23,000...

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