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07/9/13 Many Men Not Told Pros, Cons of PSA Testing, Survey Finds

MONDAY, July 8 (HealthDay News) -- Many doctors insulate their patients from the complexities surrounding the PSA test, and instead decide on their own whether to screen for prostate cancer or not, a new study...

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07/8/13 Check Your Summer Burn IQ

FRIDAY, July 5 (HealthDay News) -- Sunburn might be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of summer burns, but it's not the only burn that could spoil your summertime fun. "Prevention...

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07/8/13 Study Ties Red and Processed Meats to Worse Colon Cancer Survival

MONDAY, July 1 (HealthDay News) -- People with colon cancer who continue to eat a lot of red and processed meats may have increased odds of dying from the disease, a new study suggests. The...

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07/1/13 Fish Habit May Reduce Breast Cancer Risk, Study Suggests

THURSDAY, June 27 (HealthDay News) -- Regularly eating oily fish such as salmon, tuna or sardines may help reduce the risk of breast cancer, a new report suggests. These fish contain a type of fatty...

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06/27/13 Melanoma More Deadly in Young Men

Melanoma More Deadly in Young Men Published: Jun 26, 2013 | Updated: Jun 27, 2013 By Charlene Laino, Senior Writer, Gupta Guide Reviewed by Robert Jasmer, MD; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California,...

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06/21/13 Growth Of Head And Neck Cancer Promoted By The Nanog Protein

21 Jun 2013 - A new study led by researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC-James) has identified a biochemical...

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06/21/13 Preventing Death Of Eggs During Chemotherapy

20 Jun 2013 Young women who have cancer treatment often lose their fertility because chemotherapy and radiation can damage or kill their immature ovarian eggs, called oocytes. Now, Northwestern Medicine® scientists have found the molecular...

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06/21/13 Gene-Based Blood Test for Colon Cancer Shows Promise

WEDNESDAY, June 19 (HealthDay News) -- Could screening for colon cancer someday be as easy as having a blood test? Researchers say just such a test is showing early promise in trials. The screening checks...

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06/21/13 HPV Vaccine Lowering Infection Rates Among Girls: CDC

WEDNESDAY, June 19 (HealthDay News) -- Vaccination against the cancer-causing human papillomavirus (HPV) is proving highly effective in reducing the spread of the sexually transmitted virus among young women, new research shows. The rate of...

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06/12/13 Childhood Cancer’s Health Woes Persist for Years

By AMY DOCKSER MARCUS June 12, 2013, As advances in treating pediatric cancers allow more and more patients to live into adulthood, doctors are increasingly concerned about the long-term health effects of the very treatments...

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06/11/13 Vegetable Fat May Help Prostate Cancer Patients Live Longer

Rachael Rettner, LiveScience Senior Writer Date: 10 June 2013 For men with prostate cancer, consuming vegetable fats — like those found in olive oils, nuts and avocados — instead of animal fats or carbohydrates may...

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06/4/13 HPV a growing cause of upper throat cancer Actor Michael Douglas’ throat cancer throws spotlight on HPV, cause of some oral cancers

By Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer | Associated Press – ATLANTA (AP) -- Doctors have known for some time that a sexually spread virus can cause some types of oral cancer. But actor Michael Douglas'...

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06/2/13 New Drug May Slow Advanced Ovarian Cancer

SATURDAY, June 1 (HealthDay News) -- Women with advanced ovarian cancer stayed in remission almost six months longer when they were treated with the targeted drug pazopanib (Votrient), new German research says. "Our findings show...

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06/2/13 Prepping for a Colonoscopy: Why It’s a Necessary Evil

THURSDAY, May 30 (HealthDay News) -- Let's face it: the very mention of the word "colonoscopy" is enough to make many people shudder, at least a bit. But, colonoscopy is an extremely effective cancer screening...

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06/2/13 Involving Patients in Decisions Raises Health Care Costs, Study Finds

TUESDAY, May 28 (HealthDay News) -- Although doctors and patients have long been urged to share decision-making, new research finds that patients who are involved in their care spend more time in the hospital and...

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05/25/13 Frequent heartburn raises throat cancer risk 80 percent, study finds

BY Ryan Jaslow Having heartburn often may lead to cancers of the throat and vocal cord, according to a new study. The good news, though, is over-the-counter antacids may help reduce risk, the study authors...

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05/25/13 The War on Cancer Gets Personal How personalized medicine based on genetics can help cancer prevention and treatment.

By Dr. Sanjay Gupta It’s been more than four decades since the U.S. National Cancer Act was signed into law, marking the unofficial start of the “war on cancer.” Cancer death rates continue to decline,...

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05/22/13 Study Supports Using Low-Dose CT Scans to Spot Early Lung Cancer

TUESDAY, May 21 (HealthDay News) -- Finding early signs of lung cancer was once next to impossible, but a new study adds to a growing body of evidence suggesting that screening with low-dose CT scans...

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05/15/13 Metformin Won’t Aid Breast Cancer Survival in Diabetics

TUESDAY, May 14 (HealthDay News) -- Despite prior research suggesting that the widely used diabetes drug metformin might help cancer patients, a new study finds it does not boost survival for older breast cancer patients...

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05/15/13 Scientists Discover More Genetic Clues to Testicular Cancer

SUNDAY, May 12 (HealthDay News) -- Twelve new genetic regions associated with an increased risk of testicular cancer have been identified by researchers in two studies. One study identified four regions and the other identified...

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