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Cancer screening
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Routine cancer screening is designed to catch tumors at an early stage, when they are more susceptible to treatment. The practice is credited with reducing death rates of some cancers by as much as 70%.
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Scrutiny for cancer screenings
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It's been a confusing week for women. On Monday, it started with breast cancer. A federal advisory board made a controversial recommendation that women begin routine mammograms at age 50, rather than
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Getting to the facts in the debate on mammograms
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It's such an appealing idea -- catch breast cancer early, treat accordingly and your patients will live. So perhaps it's no wonder the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force -- a panel of primary care physicians
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Health bill opponents make most of mammogram advisory
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A dozen Republican senators spent Friday in an orchestrated, hours-long session of floor speeches, assailing the health-care bill as a vehicle to higher taxes, Medicare cuts and premium increases. Meanwhile,
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The New Mammogram Guidelines: What You Need to Know
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If the brouhaha following a government advisory panel's recent change in breast-cancer-screening recommendations has proved anything, it is that even modern medicine does not rely on statistics, scientific
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Faculty Position - Center for Viral Oncology
- 3 Hours ago
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Homepage > Job search > Job description : Employer: Website: http://www.kumc.edu/ Location: Posted: November 12, 2009 Expires: January 11, 2010 Jobs by tag(s): viral oncology tumor viruses hbv hcv
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Israelis make cancer research gains
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Medical researchers in Tel Aviv have identified a substance that can kill cancerous cells without harming healthy ones. So far, experiments have only been carried out on mice, but they hope the discovery
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Vitamin supplements complicate cancer treatments
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New research shows there can be problems for people who mix complementary vitamins and supplements with standard medical treatments. Complementary medicine is a huge market in Australia, with nearly three
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Laser therapy can worsen skin cancer
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Pain relieving, anti-inflammatory 'cold laser' causes increased skin tumour growth, says a new study. Jan M. Bjordal from Bergen University College, Norway, worked with a team of Brazilian researchers
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No Immediate Changes Expected in Mammogram Coverage
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FRIDAY, Nov. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Women can rest assured, at least for now, that their health plan will continue to pay for an annual mammogram beginning at age 40. A firestorm set off this week by
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Folic acid fortification might boost cancer risk
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TUESDAY, Nov. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Although folic acid fortification of foods can prevent many birth defects, it may also increase the risk for developing cancer, Norwegian researchers report. Since
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Cancers' sweet tooth may be weakness
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he pedal-to-the-metal signals driving the growth of several types of cancer cells lead to a common switch governing the use of glucose, researchers at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University have
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