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Study Says Breast Cancer Drugs Stave Off Other Cancers Too
By Kanika Gupta | Dec 31, 2015 09:24 AM ESTNew research found a drug whose efficacy to treat breast cancer has also been proven successful in combating other potential cancers when used in combination with endocrine therapy.
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Tom Brady Grants Wish Of Eight-Year-Old Kid With Leukemia
By Jenn Loro | Dec 28, 2015 09:30 AM ESTNFL star Tom Brady granted an eight-year old leukemia patient’s Christmas wish by giving her a personal meet-and-greet at Gillette Stadium in Massachusetts before flying off to a game in New York
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Jimmy Carter Announced Death Of 28-Year Old Grandson
By Jenn Loro | Dec 22, 2015 12:45 PM ESTFormer US President Jimmy Carter shared the sudden death of his 28 year-old grandson in an emotionally-filled announcement to his Maranatha Baptist Congregation barely two weeks after telling the public that he’s cancer-free.
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One Third of Patients with Incurable Cancer Work, Study Says
By Cheri Cheng | Dec 21, 2015 04:24 PM ESTA third of people diagnosed with incurable cancer continue to work, a new study found
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Ovarian Cancer Screening Tests Effectiveness Remains Inconclusive
By Jenn Loro | Dec 21, 2015 10:03 AM ESTA large ovarian cancer-related screening involving 200,000 women over a 14-year period claimed that blood screening reduces risk of death by 20% but data remained largely vague and inconclusive.
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Developing Countries Account for More than Half of World’s Cancers
By Jenn Loro | Dec 21, 2015 09:58 AM ESTCancer appears to have leveled off in affluent countries but dramatically increases in less developed societies as more and more people have become accustomed to unhealthy Western lifestyle and habits.
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Cancer: Environmental Factors Might Contribute To 90 Percent Of Cancers
By R. Siva Kumar | Dec 19, 2015 02:54 PM ESTNew research contradicts studies that point to intrinsic factors as being at the root of cancer risks.
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Bad Lifestyle And Environment May Lead To Cancer
By Jenn Loro | Dec 19, 2015 02:53 PM ESTNew study from Stony Brook University suggested that luck is not mostly accountable for cancer which slammed an earlier claim by John Hopkins University-led research that cancer is mainly due to random DNA mutations.
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Rich Countries Report Less Instances of Cancer, While the Number Grows in Poorer Ones
By Kanika Gupta | Dec 18, 2015 06:34 PM ESTMany high income countries have been able to combat the instances of cancer due to better screening facilities and lifestyle changes. However, the low and middle-income countries are witnessing a surge in those rates as they adopt the Western lifestyle
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Research Shows Factors Causing Cancer Avoidable
By Kanika Gupta | Dec 17, 2015 01:40 PM ESTA new scientific study has found that 9 out of 10 cancers are caused due to external factors such as drinking, smoking, exposure to sun and air pollution. 2015 was the year when origins of cancer became an important topic of discussion
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Jimmy Carter Cancer Update: A Closer Look On The Former US President's Regimen To Fight Disease
By Jenn Loro | Dec 16, 2015 09:45 AM ESTFormer US President Jimmy Carter attributed his recovery from melanoma cancer to Keytruda which is part of an emerging and promising cancer treatment drugs known as immune therapy.
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Missouri Mother Died As She Did Not Get Her Cancer Treated Due To Her Fourth Pregnancy
By R. Siva Kumar | Dec 14, 2015 02:32 PM ESTSuffering from the fourth stage of melanoma, Cara Combs died as she did not get herself treated, due to her pregnancy.
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Virus-Based Gene Therapy, Radiation Cause Prostate Cancer To Commit 'Suicide'
By Peter R | Dec 14, 2015 02:30 PM ESTTermed 'Suicide Gene Therapy' the technique can improve survival by 20 percent, researchers claim.
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Pregnant Woman Suffering from Cancer Alive Until She Gave Birth to a Baby
By Kanika Gupta | Dec 11, 2015 09:09 AM ESTCara Walters Combs was only 38 years old and 23 weeks pregnant when she was diagnosed with stage IV cancer, melanoma
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Carter’s Miracle Drug Offers Hope Among Melanoma Cancer Patients
By Jenn Loro | Dec 10, 2015 08:49 AM ESTNewly-developed anti-cancer drug offers promises of recovery by taking on the cancer cells through the body’s immune system as news of Jimmy Carter’s successful treatment has shown.
