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Cabozantinib Improves Survival in Advanced Hepatocellular Cancer

July 6, 2018 Advanced, Cabozantinib, cancer, Hepatocellular, Improves, in, survival

FRIDAY, July 6, 2018 — Cabozantinib results in significantly longer overall and progression-free survival than placebo among patients with advanced

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Prostate cancer ultrasound treatment as effective as surgery or radiotherapy

July 6, 2018 As, cancer, effective, or, prostate, radiotherapy, surgery, treatment, ultrasound

Using high energy ultrasound beams to destroy prostate cancer tumours may be as effective as surgery or radiotherapy, but with

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Three major failings in some apps used for the diagnosis of skin cancer

July 6, 2018 cancer, Diseases and Conditions, Education and Employment, Public Health, Scientific Conduct, skin cancer, Skin Care, STEM Education

In the scramble to bring successful apps for the diagnosis of skin cancer to market, there is a concern that

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How obesity drives colon cancer in mice

July 5, 2018 cancer, colon, drives, How, in, mice, obesity

Obesity, which is on the rise worldwide, has been linked to colon cancer but the mechanism has been a mystery.

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It’s not just chemotherapy, there are less toxic tools to fight cancer

July 5, 2018 breast cancer, cancer, Cancer treatment, Chemotherapy, fitness, health, How to treat cancer, Immunotherapy, Prostate Cancer, radiation, surgery, Toxic cancer treatment, Tumour

John Ryan is just one of the miracles to emerge from the Johns Hopkins cancer unit in Baltimore. An immunotherapy

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Care provided by specialist cancer nurses helps improve life expectancy of patients with lung cancer

July 5, 2018 By, cancer, care, expectancy, helps, improve, life, lung, nurses, of, patients, provided, specialist, with

A new study looking at the picture of lung cancer care in England finds that patients with lung cancer experience

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Sub-fertility in men treated with ICSI associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer

July 4, 2018 an, associated, cancer, ICSI, in, Increased, Men, of, prostate, risk, Sub-fertility, treated, with

Subfertile men who have received fertility treatment with the microinjection technique of ICSI (intracytoplasmic sperm injection) have been found at

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Off/on switch for DNA repair protein

July 3, 2018 cancer, genes, Human Biology, Lung Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, Prostate Cancer, skin cancer, Workplace Health

Damage to DNA is a daily occurrence but one that human cells have evolved to manage. Now, in a new

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This Woman’s Heavy Period Turned Out To Be Terminal Cancer

July 2, 2018 cancer, cervical, real life, signs, symptoms

When 29-year-old Talitha Sargeant experienced abnormal bleeding on her honeymoon she was frustrated, but didn’t read too much into it.

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Hormonal Contraception Found To Increase Risk Of Cancer

July 2, 2018 birth control, breast cancer, cancer, Contraceptive, health, hormonal contraception, hormones, pregnancy, study

It’s estimated that around 140 million women worldwide rely on hormonal birth control. And according to a new study, these

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