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04/28/15 Many Breast Cancer Patients Still Opt for Mastectomy Over Lump Removal

THURSDAY, April 23, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Breast cancer surgeries have advanced so that surgeons can often remove the tumor while safely conserving the breast, in what's known as lumpectomy. But a new study shows...

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04/23/15 What do 120 cancer survivors have in common?

April 22, 2015 Fox News.com By Bill Aron About one in every 20 adults in the United States has survived cancer, according to new federal data. In 1971 there were three million cancer survivors living...

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04/23/15 Study Supports HPV Vaccination Guidelines

TUESDAY, April 21, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- New research finds that young women who get the HPV vaccine gain significant protection against infection in three parts of the body if they haven't already been exposed...

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04/23/15 Immune-Focused Drugs Show Promise Against Melanoma

MONDAY, April 20, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Drugs that supercharge the body's immune system show promise in treating advanced melanoma, according to a pair of clinical trials. The trials both involve drugs called immune checkpoint...

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04/23/15 U.S. Breast Cancer Cases Could Rise 50 Percent by 2030

MONDAY, April 20, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- The number of U.S. women diagnosed with breast cancer could rise by as much as 50 percent within the next 15 years, according to new government predictions. Researchers...

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04/23/15 Aspirin May Help Ward Off Gastro Cancers, Study Finds

SUNDAY, April 19, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Taking aspirin regularly over several years may help prevent gastrointestinal cancers, a new study suggests. There was a 20 percent lower risk of cancers of the gastrointestinal tract,...

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04/23/15 Drug Shows Early Promise for Advanced Lung Cancer

SUNDAY, April 19, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- A new drug that boosts the immune system's cancer-fighting potential is showing early promise for some patients with advanced lung cancer. The drug, marketed as Keytruda, was recently...

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04/23/15 Gene Variation Could Spur Longer Smoking, Earlier Cancer

FRIDAY, April 17, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- A gene variation associated with smoking longer and getting lung cancer at a younger age has been identified by researchers. People usually are screened for lung cancer based...

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04/23/15 Breath Test Might Spot Stomach Cancer Risk

MONDAY, April 13, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- A new breath test may one day help spot the earliest signs of stomach cancer, a small trial from Israel suggests. This novel technology senses small changes in...

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04/23/15 Fewer U.S. Children Getting Melanoma: Study

THURSDAY, April 9, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- The incidence of deadly melanoma skin cancer is falling among American children, a new study finds. Researchers led by Dr. Lisa Campbell, of Case Western Reserve University and...

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04/17/15 Study Probes Use of MRI to Spot Pancreatic Cancer in High-Risk Patients

WEDNESDAY, April 8, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Pancreatic cancer remains a "silent killer" because it is typically discovered too late for treatment to be very effective. Now, a small new study hints -- but cannot...

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04/7/15 Costlier Breast Cancer Treatments Linked to Better Survival

HealthDay April 6, 2015 | 4:00 p.m. EDT + More By Mary Elizabeth Dallas, HealthDay Reporter breast_cancer06142.jpg MONDAY, April 6, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- More expensive breast cancer treatments are linked to a greater chance...

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04/7/15 Breast Cancer Surgery Now Often Involves Fewer Lymph Nodes

FRIDAY, April 3, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Compared with five years ago, women with breast cancer and just one cancerous lymph node are less likely to have most underarm lymph nodes removed, a new study...

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04/3/15 HPV’s link to head, neck cancer

April 3, 2015 Medical Xpress HPV's link to head, neck cancer Tobacco and alcohol use may be the most common cause of head and neck cancers, but a new culprit has come on the scene...

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04/1/15 New data helps doctors zero in on breast cancer risks, treatments

By Jessica Firger CBS News March 30, 2015, 5:23 PM At Ricki Fairley's annual check-up in 2012, doctors found a tiny lump. She was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer, a less common and more...

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04/1/15 Progress Reported in Battling Advanced Ovarian Cancer

SATURDAY, March 28, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- An experimental vaccine and a drug already on the market each may help slow down advanced ovarian cancer, two new studies suggest. In one, of just 31 patients,...

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04/1/15 Terminally Ill Can Do Without Statins, Study Finds

THURSDAY, March 26, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Halting the use of cholesterol-lowering statins in terminally ill patients may improve their quality of life, a new study indicates. These findings suggest that care for terminally ill...

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04/1/15 Midlife Fitness May Be a Real Cancer Fighter for Men

THURSDAY, March 26, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Fit middle-aged men appear less likely to develop lung and colon cancer in later life than their out-of-shape peers. And if they do develop cancer, they are more...

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04/1/15 3 Drinks Per Day May Raise Liver Cancer Risk, But Coffee Lowers It

THURSDAY, March 26, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- People who have three or more alcoholic drinks per day could be raising their odds for liver cancer, according to a report from a panel of experts. But...

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03/27/15 Palliative Care in Cancer: Earlier Is Better

Oncology/Hematology 3/24/15 by Kay Jackson Contributing Writer Early concurrent palliative care in patients with advanced cancer had a significantly beneficial effect on 1-year survival, even for patients living in a remote rural setting, according to...

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