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Special report: gynecologic cancers: cancers that affect the reproductive system are often symptomless, but awareness can lead to early detection and proper treatment.(Disease/Disorder overview)

You may be knowledgeable about breast cancer but, if you're like many women, you're less informed about cancers of the ovaries, uterus, cervix, and vagina. A recent national poll, conducted by the Gynecologic Cancer Foundation, found that nearly half the women surveyed were not aware of risk ...

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A cancer grows in Brooklyn

High Prostate Cancer Rates in Bed-Stuy and Crown Heights WINSTON DYER WAS SO BUSY MAKING MONEY IN HIS BROOKLYN NIGHTCLUB THAT HE WAS NOT THINKING AT ALL ABOUT CANCER. THAT WAS BEFORE BOTH HIS FATHER AND HIS BROTHER DIED FROM PROSTATE CANCER. THEN, IN 1995, HE, TOO, WAS DIAGNOSED WITH THE DISEASE. ...

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Study: Insured Cancer Patients Do Better

Uninsured cancer patients are nearly twice as likely to die within five years as those with private coverage, according to the first national study of its kind and one that sheds light on troubling health care obstacles. People without health insurance are less likely to get recommended cancer ...

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F.D.A. Reviews Arthritis Drugs for Links to Cancer

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:36:44 +0200

Regulators are investigating whether a group of arthritis drugs made by Abbott Laboratories, Schering-Plough and other companies heighten the risk of cancer in youngsters.

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Background radiation and cancer mortality in Bavaria: an ecological analysis.

Cancer risk from low doses of ionizing radiation is the focus of a long-standing controversy in radiation protection. Its magnitude is the subject of an ongoing debate because epidemiological studies have not provided consistent results. Researchers often estimate the expected risks at low doses by ...

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FDA Looks Into Arthritis Drug, Cancer Link

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:56:53 +0200

The oversight agency is looking into a connection between arthritis drugs and cancer in children.

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Kylie Minogue's Breast Cancer May Have Spurred Unneeded Tests

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 05:09:51 +0200

June 5 (Bloomberg) - Kylie Minogue , the Australian pop singer diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005, helped trigger a surge in tests for the disease in her homeland, though many may have been unnecessary as proportionally few cancers were found.

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Sense of Control and Adjustment to Breast Cancer: The Importance of Balancing Control Coping Styles.

Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer among American women. Nearly 200,000 new cases are diagnosed every year in the United States, and the lifetime risk of developing breast cancer is 1 in 8.[1,2] The diagnosis of breast cancer can cause feelings of helplessness and loss of control[3,4] ...

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Animal-assisted activity among patients with cancer: effects on mood, fatigue, self-perceived health, and sense of coherence.

Nurses consistently seek intervention strategies to reduce cancer symptoms and treatment-associated stress and to facilitate healing and feelings of wellness. Interventions often are considered complementary to traditional cancer treatment. Cancer remains the cause of one in four deaths in the ...

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Screening for Colorectal Cancer - United States, 1997.

Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States . During 1999, approximately 129,400 new cases of colorectal cancer will be diagnosed, and 56,600 persons will die from the disease . In 1996, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force ...

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FDA reviewing arthritis drugs for cancer link

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:32:05 +0200

Federal regulators are investigating whether a group of best-selling arthritis drugs made by Abbott Laboratories, Schering-Plough Corp. and other companies heighten the risk of cancer in youngsters.

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Surveillance behavior and prophylactic surgery after predictive testing for hereditary breast/ovarian cancer.

Since the identification of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, predictive genetic testing for hereditary breast or ovarian cancer became possible in many countries. The availability of predictive testing has allowed the identification of unaffected mutation carriers before they develop ...

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Those with a family history of colon cancer have better prognosis

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:21:10 +0200

A new study shows that patients whose parents or siblings had colorectal cancer face about a 1-in-10 chance of developing the disease, compared with 1 in 20 for those with no family history. They also are at lower risk of dying from the disease if they develop it.

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Cervical Cancer; Facts to Know.

The American Cancer Society estimates that in 2006, about 9,710 cases of invasive cervical cancer will be diagnosed in the United States and about 3,700 women will die from the disease. More than twice as many African-American women die from cervical cancer as Caucasian women. Hispanic and ...

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Colon Cancer; Diagnosis.

Because the symptoms of colon cancer are vague and typically occur late in the development of the cancer, a variety of tests are used to both screen and diagnose the disease. Screening tests look for disease in those who look and feel healthy, ideally catching the disease as early as possible or in ...

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New roles for Vicki Kennedy as Ted fights cancer

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:19:23 +0200

At the edge of the political stage for 16 years, Vicki Kennedy is now in the spotlight, her role in America's most storied political family expanded because of her husband's brain cancer.

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New oncology strategy: molecular targeting of cancer cells.

New understanding of how cancer cells survive, thrive, and metastasize has enabled researchers to create new targeted therapies for cancer treatments, such as melanoma and Kaposi's sarcoma, to minimize the harmful systemic effects (therapy on healthy cells. The specific and selective targets of ...

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A critique of the Kelley Nutritional-Metabolic Cancer Program.

Abstract Introduction: Dr. Kelley developed the Kelley Nutritional-Metabolic Cancer Program in the 1960s which involves 4 major components: pancreatic enzymes, nutrition, detoxification and spirituality. The Kelley Program defines cancer according to Dr. Beard's theory that states that cancer is a ...

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Breast Cancer; Overview.

Breast cancer is the most common site of cancer and the second deadliest cancer in women in the US Approximately 211,240 new cases were expected to occur in 2005, according to the American Cancer Society . Fortunately, the number of deaths caused by breast cancer has declined significantly in ...

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