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Genetic mutations of appendix cancer identified, may impact treatment: Appendix cancer is currently treated like colon cancer, but significant differences may alter therapy choices

August 10, 2018 Brain Tumor, breast cancer, cancer, Colon Cancer, Lung Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer, skin cancer

The rarity of appendix cancer, accounting for less than 1 percent of tumors that originate in the gastrointestinal tract, and

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Finally, a potential new approach against KRAS-driven lung cancer: Study finds COPD, asthma and cystic fibrosis gene involved in lung cancer

August 10, 2018 breast cancer, cancer, Colon Cancer, COPD, Cystic Fibrosis, Diseases and Conditions, Lung Cancer, Lung Disease

The previous decade has seen dramatic advances in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer, as genes driving subtypes of

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New study views cancer treatment as a game to find strategies that improve patient outcomes

August 9, 2018 Artificial Intelligence, breast cancer, cancer, Colon Cancer, Computer Modeling, Mathematics, skin cancer, Video Games

Game theory can be utilized to identify potential flaws in current cancer treatment approaches and suggest new strategies to improve

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Triple-negative: Genes associated with risk for aggressive breast cancer

August 8, 2018 Brain Tumor, breast cancer, cancer, Colon Cancer, Diseases and Conditions, leukemia, Ovarian Cancer, Women's Health

A new study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute has identified specific genes associated with increased risk

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Police officer dying from cancer makes heart-wrenching £250,000 plea

August 7, 2018 'police, 000, 250, brain, cancer, dying, heart, makes, officer, plea, therapy, wrenching

‘I can’t accept my 5-year-old daughter will grow up without her mum’: Police officer dying from brain cancer makes heart-wrenching

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Health Problems 

Reducing NOVA1 gene helps prevent tumor growth in most common type of lung cancer

August 6, 2018 cancer, common, gene, growth, helps, in, lung, Most, NOVA1, of, prevent, Reducing, tumor, type

Researchers have identified a gene that when inhibited or reduced, in turn, reduced or prevented human non-small cell lung cancer

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Health Problems 

Scientists show that highly lethal viruses hijack cellular defences against cancer

August 4, 2018 against, cancer, cellular, defences, highly, hijack, lethal, Scientists, show, that, Viruses

Henipaviruses are among the deadliest viruses known to man and have no effective treatments. The viruses include Hendra, lethal to

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After 60 years, scientists uncover how thalidomide produced birth defects: Defects linked to disruption of key protein involved in fetal development; finding will help guide development of new drugs

August 2, 2018 Birth Defects, cancer, Diseases and Conditions, leukemia, Personalized Medicine, Pharmaceuticals, Pharmacology, Pregnancy and Childbirth

More than 60 years after the drug thalidomide caused birth defects in thousands of children whose mothers took the drug

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If You’re a Black Man, You’re Twice as Likely to Die from Prostate Cancer

August 2, 2018 A, As, Black, cancer, Die, From, If, likely, man, prostate, to, twice, you're

Researchers are tackling why black men are more at risk than white counterparts. Prostate cancer is, aside from skin cancer,

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Mobile phones do NOT cause brain cancer, study suggests

August 1, 2018 brain, cancer, cause, Cellphones, evidence, Given, leads, mobiles, NO, not, radiation, tumours

Cellphones do NOT cause brain cancer: No evidence radiation given off by mobiles leads to tumours, reveals largest study of

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