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• After Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Are Other Tests Overdone?

  

  Posted 3:46 PM 9/12/2012

  Sept. 12, 2012 (San Francisco) -- Tests often performed to look for cancer spread in women with early-stage breast cancer are generally unnecessary, new research suggests.

  Analysis of pooled data from eight published studies involving about 1,700 women with breast cancer shows that bone scans, (More)
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• Wins in War on Cancer Highlighted in New Report

  

  Posted 4:02 AM 9/12/2012

  Sept. 12, 2012 -- Seven-year-old Brooke Mulford and her family just returned to their Salisbury, Md., home after an action-packed West Coast tour, which included visits to Disneyland, Sea World, and the San Diego Zoo.

  Brooke has visited the Magic Kingdom many times over the years, but this trip was even more special than previous ones (and not just because she loves Space Mountain). The family was celebrating Brooke's three-year anniversary of being free (More)
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• Smoking Marijuana Tied to Testicular Cancer

  

  Posted 1:50 PM 9/10/2012

  Sept. 10, 2012 -- Smoking marijuana may affect a man's risk for testicular cancer.

  A new study found that men who had smoked marijuana were twice as likely as men who had not to get an aggressive form of the disease.

  Testicular cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed in men under age 45. It's also on the rise, says Scott Eggener, MD, a (More)
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• Prostate Cancer: Start-and-Stop Hormone Therapy Works

  

  Posted 9:20 PM 9/5/2012

  Sept. 5, 2012 -- "Start and stop" hormone therapy is as effective as continuous therapy in the treatment of some prostate cancer patients, a study shows.

  Hormone therapy is also known as androgen deprivation. It is often used to treat prostate cancer if surgery or (More)
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• Obesity May Affect Breast Cancer Recovery

  

  Posted 9:25 PM 8/27/2012

  Aug. 27, 2012 -- Extra pounds may raise the risk for recurrence among women with the most common kind of breast cancer, a new study shows.

  Prior studies have found that being overweight or obese increases the risk of getting a number of cancers, including breast cancer. And smaller studies have noted that obese breast cancer patients tended to fare worse than those who are normal weight.

  The new study takes a fresh look at data collected on more than (More)
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• Obesity May Affect Breast Cancer Recovery

  

  Posted 9:25 PM 8/27/2012

  Aug. 27, 2012 -- Extra pounds may raise the risk for recurrence among women with the most common kind of breast cancer, a new study shows.

  Prior studies have found that being overweight or obese increases the risk of getting a number of cancers, including breast cancer. And smaller studies have noted that obese breast cancer patients tended to fare worse than those who are normal weight.

  The new study takes a fresh look at data collected on more than (More)
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• Can Prostate Cancer Screening Improve Men's Lives?

  

  Posted 9:03 PM 8/15/2012

  Aug. 15, 2012 -- A European study suggests that men who undergo PSA prostate cancer screening will gain years of high-quality life.

  But it's not quite that simple.

  Those extra years of high-quality life showed up across big groups of screened men. Individual men may get different results -- especially if screening-associated risks such as (More)
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• Breast Cancer Radiation for Older Women?

  

  Posted 4:01 AM 8/13/2012

  Aug. 13, 2012 -- Radiation may help some older women beat breast cancer, contrary to national treatment guidelines.

  That finding comes from a new study of nearly 7,500 older women who got radiation after (More)
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• Daily Aspirin May Reduce Risk of Cancer Death

  

  Posted 1:37 AM 8/13/2012

  Aug. 12, 2012 -- Daily aspirin use, long recommended for people at high risk of heart attack, may also reduce the risk of dying from cancer, according to new research.

  The benefit, however, may not be as (More)
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• Blood Pressure Drugs and Lip Cancer: A Link?

  

  Posted 6:38 PM 8/7/2012

  Aug. 7, 2012 -- Some high blood pressure medicines, when taken long term, may increase the risk of lip cancer in white people, according to new research.

  The list includes commonly used (More)
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