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Cancer Risk in Nuke Test Fallout Areas
On Tuesday a panel of federal advisers concluded that Americans who lived in areas exposed to nuclear fallout from above-ground […]
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Single-Fraction Radiotherapy the Treatment of Choice for Painful Bone Metastases
According to a new study, for cancer patients with painful bone metastases, single-fraction radiotherapy is as effective as multiple-fraction...
Cycling reduces breast cancer risk
Research has found that women who cycle regularly appear to reduce their risk of developing breast cancer. Three hours a […]
Diarrhoea May Protect Against Colon Cancer
Escherichia coli is one of the main causes of diarrhoea in people visiting or living in foreign countries. This bacterium […]
Cancer Risk of Wooden Play Sets
Playground equipment made of pressure-treated wood is being phased out because of concerns it can leach arsenic, a known human […]
Vitamin A Could Prevent Lung Cancer
Researchers from the University of Texas have found that a drug derived from vitamin A could assist in the prevention […]
Excessive Annual BMI Increase After Chemotherapy Among Young Survivors of Testi…
Investigators from the Norwegian Radium Hospital and University of Oslo, both in Oslo, have found that survivors of testicular cancer […]
BRCA2 Mutations Linked to Familial Pancreatic Cancer
The findings of a recent study suggest that BRCA2 mutations play an important role in a subgroup of families with […]
EU Funded Project Carries Out Unprecedented Study Into Oral Cancers
A European funded project across eight European countries is conducting the largest, most unprecedented study into the cancers of the […]
What Doctors Are Doing Online
A 2002 survey from Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and Harris Interactive carried out in 2002 found that 90% of physicians […]
Retinoid Therapy May Help Prevent Lung Cancer in Ex-Smokers
A recent report has found that treatment with 9-cis-retinoic acid (RA) can restore expression of the retinoic acid receptor beta […]
Intra-Arterial Chemotherapy Improves Survival in Patients with Pancreatic Cancer
At the 14th International Congress on Anti-Cancer Treatment (ICACT) earlier this week, Dr Mauro Pagani and his colleagues from the […]
Rare Lung Cancer is Leaving a Sorrowful Legacy Among the Working Class
Mesothelioma, often misdiagnosed for pneumonia initially, is a rare cancer suffered mainly by workers such as those exposed to asbestos. […]
Melanoma Survivors Should Not be Organ Donors
A new report has found that people with an invasive melanoma even if successfully treated, should never be organ donors. […]
Plan for reform of cancer services released on World Cancer Day
February 4 was declared `World Cancer Day’ to mark the anniversary of the first World Summit Against Cancer in Paris […]
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