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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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• Anti-Estrogen Combo Better for Late Breast Cancer

  

  Posted 10:28 PM 8/1/2012

  Aug. 1, 2012 -- Older women with the most common type of metastatic breast cancer may soon have a new treatment option that may improve their survival.

  A new study shows that postmenopausal women with advanced disease treated with a combination of two anti- (More)
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• Study: PSA Testing Cuts Worst Prostate Cancers

  

  Posted 4:03 AM 7/30/2012

  July 30, 2012 -- If it weren't for routine PSA prostate cancer screening, an extra 17,000 Americans each year would learn that they had the worst form of the disease, a new study suggests.

  That kind of prostate cancer -- metastatic prostate cancer, in which the cancer spreads to the bone or other parts of the body -- is rapidly fatal, usually within two years or (More)
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• Eat Antioxidants to Lower Pancreatic Cancer Risk?

  

  Posted 3:01 PM 7/24/2012

  July 24, 2012 -- New research suggests that diets rich in antioxidants such as vitamin E, (More)
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• Cervical Cancer: Uninsured Are Diagnosed Later

  

  Posted 8:08 PM 7/19/2012

  July 19, 2012 -- Women without health insurance are far more likely to receive a diagnosis of advanced cervical cancer, a new study from the American Cancer Society shows.

  Lack of health insurance was second only to age as the strongest predictor of advanced-stage disease.

  Once a leading cancer killer of women, deaths from cervical (More)
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• Prostate Cancer Surgery May Not Always Up Survival

  

  Posted 9:36 PM 7/18/2012

  July 18, 2012 -- For men with early prostate cancer, surgery to remove the prostate gland appears to offer no survival advantage over watching and waiting, a new study shows.

  The study, which is published in the New England Journal of Medicine, suggests that many men (More)
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• FDA Approves New Breast Cancer Drug Perjeta

  

  Posted 6:20 PM 6/12/2012

  June 12, 2012 -- The FDA on Monday approved a new drug for the treatment of a type of late-stage breast cancer. The drug helped stop cancer growth for about six months longer than existing medications.

  Pertuzumab, to be marketed under the name Perjeta, targets the HER2 protein, which is found in (More)
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• Vitamin D and Calcium Pills: Task Force Report

  

  Posted 4:54 PM 6/12/2012

  June 12, 2012 -- Vitamin D and calcium supplements may not stave off osteoporosis-related bone (More)
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