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Cancer blood test finds eight kinds of tumors: study

Anewbloodtestforcancerhasshownpromisetowarddetectingeightdifferentkindsoftumorsbeforetheyhavespreadelsewhereinthebody,offeringhopeofearlydetection,researcherssa

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Breast cancer gene does not boost risk of death: study

YoungwomenwiththeBRCAgenemutationthatpromptedactressAngelinaJolie'spre-emptiveandmuch-publiciseddoublemastectomyarenotmorelikelytodieafterabreastcancerdiagnosis

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Study: Night shifts raise women's risk of cancer

Womenwhoworkonnightshiftscouldhaveanincreasedriskofdevelopingmultiplecommoncancers,especiallybreastcancer,researchersfromChinasaidMonday.MaXuelei,anoncologistat

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Mouse study shows how alcohol damages and can cause cancer

ResearchershaveusedmicetoshowhowalcoholdamagestheDNAofstemcellsresponsibleforproducingnewblood.Thismayexplainwhydrinkingincreasestheriskofcancer,accordingtoastu

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Study sheds light on cancer origins

ResearchersfromWashingtonUniversityinSt.Louisfoundthat,whilerapidlydividingyetaberrantstemcellsareamajorsourceofcancer,maturecellsalsoplayakeyroleininitiatingca

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Blood test may help predict which breast cancers will recur

Abloodtestfiveyearsafterbreastcancertreatmenthelpedidentifysomewomenwhoweremorelikelytorelapse,longbeforealumporothersignsappeared,apreliminarystudyfound.Itwast

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Lung cancer on the rise in China

DuShifei,29,smilesassheswipesthroughphotosofhernewbornsononhertablet,justlikeanymother.YetsheliesonahospitalbedinWestChinaHospitalinSichuanProvince,withtubesplu

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Drinking 3 to 4 cups of coffee a day may have health benefits: Study

Coffeemaynotonlygiveyouamorningboost;italsomayhavesignificanthealthbenefits.SosaysareviewbyBritishscientistsofmorethan200studiesoncoffeeconsumptionandhealth,pub

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China's fight against lung cancer

NovemberisInternationalLungCancerAwarenessMonth,thetimetoraiseawarenessforoneoftheleadingcauseofdeathworldwide.Theartificialsimulationimageofhumanlung.According

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Biotech firms race to recruit good bugs in war on cancer

Biotechcompaniesarecompetingtodevelopmedicinesusing“bugsasdrugs”tofightcancer,buildingonthelatestscientificfindingsthatpatientswithhighlevelsofgoodgutbacteriaar

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Metal from asteroid that killed dinosaurs can 'destroy' cancer cells

Metalfromtheasteroidthatcausedtheextinctionofthedinosaurscanbeusedtotargetanddestroycancercells,accordingareportpublishedbytheUniversityofWarwick.Thereportsaidr

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FDA approves Roche drugs for rare types of blood, lung cancers

RocheHoldingAGwonU.S.approvaltomarketitsskincancerdrugZelborafforcertainpatientswithErdheim-ChesterDisease,araretypeofbloodcancer,andtomarketitsdrugAlecensaasaf

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China reaches agreement with WHO on fight against cancer

ChinahasannouncedanagreementwiththeWorldHealthOrganization(WHO)tocollaborateonthefightagainstcancer,theleadingcauseofdeathinthecountry.TheNationalCancerCenter(N

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Researchers develop new approach to detect liver cancer efficiently

Aninternationalteamofresearchershasdevelopedanewdiagnosticandprognosismethodforearlydetectionofhepatocellularcarcinoma(HCC),basedonasimplebloodsamplecontainingc

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U.S. senator McCain calls brain cancer prognosis 'very poor'

U.S.Sen.JohnMcCainsaysdoctorshavegivenhima"verypoorprognosis"ashebattlesbraincancer.McCainunderwentsurgeryinJulyforabraintumorthatwaslaterfoundtobeaformofgliobl

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Maze-like chip helps spot aggressive cancer cells

It'sdifficulttospotcancercells--justoneinabillionbloodcellsarecancerous.Howdoyouisolatethemtoknowthetroublesomeoneisfacingandeventuallytreatit?Bydrawingthekindo

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First cancer gene therapy gets US go-ahead

USregulatorsonWednesdayapprovedthefirstgenetherapyagainstcancer--atreatmentthatusesapatient'sownimmunecellstofightleukemia--openinganewerainthefightagainstoneof