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Komen exec quits after funding flap
(AP) -- A high-ranking official resigned Tuesday from the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast-cancer charity after a dispute over whether the group should give funding to Planned Parenthood, ...
Tue 7 Feb 12 from Medical Xpress
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Mice study shows fasting weakens cancer
CONFUSING CANCER: Early research on mice with cancer shows that fasting may weaken tumours and help chemotherapy work better.
8 hours ago from ABC Science
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Risk of death from breast cancer higher among older patients
Among postmenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer, increasing age was associated with a higher risk of death from breast cancer, according to a study in the February 8 ...
Tue 7 Feb 12 from Medical Xpress
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Potential breast cancer prevention drug found to cause significant bone loss
A drug that has been shown to prevent breast cancer in postmenopausal women at high risk of developing the disease, and is poised for widespread use, appears to significantly worsen age-related ...
Mon 6 Feb 12 from Medical Xpress
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Scientists use an old theory to discover new targets in the fight against breast cancer
Reviving a theory first proposed in the late 1800s that the development of organs in the normal embryo and the development of cancers are related, scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological ...
Tue 7 Feb 12 from Medical Xpress
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FDA approves Roche skin cancer drug Erivedge
(AP) -- Regulators have approved a pill that treats the most common type of skin cancer, basal cell carcinoma.
Mon 30 Jan 12 from Medical Xpress
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Heart disease may be a risk factor for prostate cancer
In a large analysis of men participating in a prostate drug trial, researchers at the Duke Cancer Institute found a significant correlation between coronary artery disease and prostate cancer, ...
17 hours ago from Medical Xpress
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How early breast tumors become deadly: A small group of molecules might hold the answer
Researchers have discovered a restricted pattern of molecules that differentiate early-stage breast tumors from invasive, life-threatening cancer. They also found a similar molecular signature ...
Tue 7 Feb 12 from Medical Xpress
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Three 'targeted' cancer drugs raise risk of fatal side effects
Treatment with three relatively new "targeted" cancer drugs has been linked to a slightly elevated chance of fatal side effects, according to a new analysis led by scientists at Dana-Farber ...
Mon 6 Feb 12 from Medical Xpress
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Using the body's own immune system in the fight against cancer
DNA sequences from tumor cells can be used to direct the immune system to attack cancer, according to scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
15 hours ago from Medical Xpress
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