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Men and women receive different fertility advice following cancer diagnosis
There are significant gaps in the information women receive about their future fertility following cancer diagnosis, suggests a new paper published today (30 May) in BJOG: An International Journal ...
1 hours ago from Medical Xpress
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Childhood cancer scars survivors later in life
Scars left behind by childhood cancer treatments are more than skin-deep. The increased risk of disfigurement and persistent hair loss caused by childhood cancer and treatment are associated ...
Thu 24 May 12 from Medical Xpress
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Study supports value of sigmoidoscopy, an alternative to colonoscopy
(HealthDay) -- New research confirms that sigmoidoscopies -- less-invasive alternatives to colonoscopies that don't require sedation -- are effective in lowering the risk of colon cancer.
Mon 21 May 12 from Medical Xpress
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Psychiatric Drug May Kill Cancer Stem Cells
New strategy targets tumors without harming normal cells
Thu 24 May 12 from Science Now
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Folic acid may reduce some childhood cancers
Folic acid fortification of foods may reduce the incidence of the most common type of kidney cancer and a type of brain tumors in children, finds a new study by Kimberly J. Johnson, PhD, assistant ...
Mon 21 May 12 from Medical Xpress
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Lung cancer CT scans: Just for older heavy smokers
New lung cancer screening guidelines from three medical groups recommend annual scans but only for an older group of current or former heavy smokers.
Sun 20 May 12 from Medical Xpress
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Skp2 activates cancer-promoting, glucose-processing Akt
HER2 and its epidermal growth factor receptor cousins mobilize a specialized protein to activate a major player in cancer development and sugar metabolism, scientists report in the May 25 issue ...
Fri 25 May 12 from Medical Xpress
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Children exposed to the common pollutant naphthalene show signs of chromosomal damage
According to a new study, children exposed to high levels of the common air pollutant naphthalene are at increased risk for chromosomal aberrations (CAs), which have been previously associated ...
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Why People Stick with Cancer Screening, Even When It Causes Harm
Fri 25 May 12 from TIME
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Nanoparticles cut off 'addicted' tumors from source of their survival
(Medical Xpress) -- Yale biologists and engineers have designed drug-loaded nanoparticles that target the soft underbelly of many types of cancer — a tiny gene product that tumors depend ...
Mon 28 May 12 from Medical Xpress
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