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2 studies find patients have lower health-related quality of life after cancer diagnosis

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created Jun 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cancer patients who are older than 65 years have poorer physical health and, in some cases, mental health when compared with people of the same age group without cancer, according to a study in the June 9 online issue of ...





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Increased levels of Muellerian-inhibiting substance could mean greater breast cancer risk

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created Oct 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Women with increased levels of Müllerian inhibiting substance (MIS), best known for regulating in utero sexual differentiation in boys, may be at a greater risk for breast cancer, according to a new study published online ...


MRI detects breast cancer at earlier stage

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created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) coupled with mammography detects almost all cancers at an early stage, thereby reducing the incidence of advanced stage breast cancer in high-risk women.


Do drug therapies raise risk of bladder cancer?

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created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In her most recent study of possible triggers of cancer among northern New England residents, Dartmouth epidemiologist Margaret R. Karagas, Ph.D., and her team identified an enhanced risk to the bladders of patients taking ...


Merkel cell polyomavirus associated with Merkel cell carcinoma

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created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCPyV) is the only human polyomavirus known to be associated with a rare skin cancer, known as Merkel cell carcinoma, according to a new study published online September 23 in the Journal of ...


Lung cancer risk increases with expression of specific genes

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created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A recent study published in the October 2009 issue of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology determined that variations of specific genetic markers identified in previous research, or SNPs, may indicate a greater lung cancer risk i ...


Genes identified may help breast cancer diagnosis

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created Sep 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers at Keele University, Germany, have identified two genes which may help improve the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer patients.


Obesity causes 100,000 US cancers every year: study

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created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Obesity causes more than 100,000 incidents of cancer in the US every year, the American Institute for Cancer Research said in estimates published Friday.


Taking aim at mysterious DNA structures in the battle against cancer

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created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Designers of anti-cancer drugs are aiming their arrows at mysterious chunks of the genetic material DNA that may play a key role in preventing the growth and spread of cancer cells, according to an article in the current ...


Pistachios may reduce lung cancer risk

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created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

A diet that incorporates a daily dose of pistachios may help reduce the risk of lung and other cancers, according to data presented at the American Association for Cancer Research Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research Conference, ...


'Live' imaging reveals breast cancer cells' transition to metastasis

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created Dec 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The spread, or metastasis, of individual breast cancer cells from the main tumor into the blood circulation to the lungs and other body tissues and organs is under the control of a growth factor abbreviated TGFb, according ...



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