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Breast Cancer Drug May Help Men With Prostate CancerNew study: New type of cancer drug originally aimed at women with rare, inherited forms of breast and ovarian cancer may also help men with prostate cancer.
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Cuba’s Lung Cancer Vaccine is Coming to the U.S. for Clinical TrialsRoswell Park Cancer Institute of Buffalo signed an agreement to import a revolutionary Cuban lung cancer vaccine called CimaVax which helps treat symptoms
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Cancer Rates Among Patients With Hepatitis C Are IncreasedInternational Liver Congress recently announced that cancer rates in patients with hepatitis C virus were increased compared to non-hepatitis C virus patients.
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Is Ovary Removal Connected to Breast Cancer Survival?Patients with gene mutation that puts them at risk of breast and ovarian cancers have better odds if ovaries and fallopian tubes taken out soon after diagnosis
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New Devices for Cancer TreatmentThe cylinder is designed to be implanted into the tumor, and then diffusion allows the drugs to shift from the tubes into the cancerous tissue nearby.
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Low cost lifesaving breast cancer & ovarian cancer testWhat would a woman do if she tests positive for the BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations? The patient may choose to undergo a preventive mastectomy and oophorectomy
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Impressive New Breast Cancer DrugThe first late-stage trial of Pfizer Inc’s treatment for advanced breast cancer was stopped after the medicine met its goal of delaying progression of disease
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Researchers Testing Compound that Inhibits TumorsThe goal of the research team is to develop a treatment to root out cancer stem cells. Cancer stem cells can go dormant after chemotherapy / radiation treatment
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Survival Rate Is Not the Best Way to Judge Cancer SpendingSurvival rates describe the number of people who live a certain time after a diagnosis. For example, the 5-year survival rate for lung cancer is 16.8%
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Chemotherapy Erases Patient’s FingerprintsCancer patient undergoing chemotherapy discovered that her fingerprints has disappeared after being denied a banking transaction from a fingerprint reader