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04/4/14 Certain Colon Cancer Patients Might Benefit From Aspirin, Study Says

MONDAY, March 31, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Recent research has raised the possibility that low-dose aspirin could add extra years to the lives of colon cancer patients. Now, a new study suggests that only certain...

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04/4/14 Lung Cancer Diagnosis Takes Toll on Patients’ Sex Lives, Experts Say

FRIDAY, March 28, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- With between 40 percent and 100 percent of lung cancer patients vulnerable to some form of persistent sexual dysfunction, experts say the issue can no longer be sidelined...

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04/4/14 Slight Drop in Rate of Advanced Cancers, CDC Says

THURSDAY, March 27, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Rates of invasive cancers in the United States fell slightly from 2009 to 2010, and widespread adoption of colon cancer screening and other measures could push those rates...

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03/26/14 Treatment May Prevent Esophagus Condition From Progressing to Cancer

TUESDAY, March 25, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Using radio-frequency waves to treat certain cases of Barrett's esophagus can substantially cut people's risk of progressing to esophageal cancer, a new clinical trial suggests. The trial, reported...

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03/26/14 Targeted Radiation Might Help Fight Advanced Breast Cancer: Study

MONDAY, March 24, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- A minimally invasive treatment that delivers radiation directly to tumors may slow progression of breast cancer that has spread to the liver, a new study suggests. The treatment...

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03/26/14 For Women’s Cancers, Where You’re Treated Matters

MONDAY, March 24, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Where you're treated for ovarian or other gynecologic cancers makes a difference. Women with these conditions live more than a year longer on average if they're treated at...

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03/26/14 Ways to Cut Your Colon Cancer Risk

SATURDAY, March 22, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death, but there are ways of reducing your risk. "Colorectal cancer is largely preventable with early screening and detection,"...

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03/26/14 Still Too Few Minority Participants in U.S. Clinical Trials, Study Finds

FRIDAY, March 21, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- It's been 20 years since Congress required that research funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) include minorities, but non-whites still account for less than 5...

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03/26/14 Daily Exercise Lowers Breast Cancer Risk: Study

THURSDAY, March 20, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Getting more than an hour of physical activity each day can reduce women's risk for breast cancer, new research suggests. Although the type of tumor a woman has...

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03/19/14 Study Supports Radiation When Breast Cancer Spreads to Few Lymph Nodes

WEDNESDAY, March 19, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Having radiation therapy after a mastectomy benefits patients with breast cancer that has spread to just a few lymph nodes under their arms, a new study suggests. Researchers...

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03/19/14 New Stool Test Shows Promise as Colon Cancer Screen

WEDNESDAY, March 19, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- A new at-home stool test screens for colorectal cancer with more than 90 percent accuracy, researchers report. "That kind of result is really unprecedented for a noninvasive stool-based...

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03/18/14 Colon cancer rates decreasing among older Americans

Monday 17 March 2014 - 5am PST According to a new report from the American Cancer Society, rates of colorectal cancer - commonly called colon cancer - are decreasing steeply among older people in the...

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03/14/14 Meditation May Help Teens Cope With Cancer

FRIDAY, March 14, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Meditation could help improve mood, sleep and quality of life in teens with cancer, according to a small new study. Canadian researchers assigned eight teens with cancer to...

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03/14/14 Diabetes Linked With Lower Cancer Survival: Study

THURSDAY, March 13, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Cancer patients with diabetes are more likely to die than those without diabetes, and the risk is especially high for those taking insulin, a new study finds. The...

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03/14/14 Experimental Drug May Boost Leukemia Survival, Without Chemo

WEDNESDAY, March 12, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- An experimental drug may extend the lives of people with certain hard-to-treat forms of leukemia and lymphoma -- without the need for traditional chemotherapy, according to two studies...

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03/14/14 Excess Weight a Risk Factor for Ovarian Cancer: Report

TUESDAY, March 11, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- A new report reveals that excess weight raises the risk of yet another kind of cancer, with the latest results linking levels of body fat to ovarian tumors....

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03/8/14 Younger Skin Cancer Survivors May Be at Risk for Other Cancers

FRIDAY, March 7, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- People who've had nonmelanoma skin cancer are at increased risk for melanoma and other types of cancers, and this link is especially strong among young people, a large,...

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03/5/14 Yoga May Help Breast Cancer Patients During Radiation Therapy

TUESDAY, March 4, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Women with breast cancer who practiced yoga had lower levels of stress hormones and reported less fatigue and better quality of life, new research shows. "Yoga is having...

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03/4/14 High-Protein Diet Raises Cancer Risk As Much As Smoking

By Bahar Gholipour, Staff Writer | March 04, 2014 People who eat a high-protein diet during middle age are more likely to die of cancer than those who eat less protein, a new study finds....

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03/4/14 Late-Stage Cancer Diagnosis More Likely in Uninsured Teens, Young Adults

THURSDAY, Feb. 27, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Teens and young adults who don't have health insurance are much more likely to be diagnosed with advanced forms of cancer than other young people who do have...

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