A former cancer nurse who made a Disney princess wig out of yarn for a friend’s sick child never imagined…
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Bristol’s Opdivo boosts kidney cancer survival beyond 2 years
Bristol-Myers Squibb’s immunotherapy drug Opdivo extended kidney cancer survival rates by more than two years in a late-stage trial, setting…
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Survivors of teenage cancer struggle with jobs, emotions later in life
Even decades later, people diagnosed with cancer in their teenage years are less likely to have college degrees, to work…
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Skin protection could prevent 230,000 melanoma cases over a decade
The rate of melanoma cases in the United States has doubled in the last three decades, and the number of…
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Researchers oppose unvalidated gene panel tests for cancer links
A group of international researchers is making the case that genetic tests that look for multiple hereditary genes suspected of…
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Dispelling 3 diet soda myths
If you love a sweet, fizzy soda but want to lose weight or reduce your sugar consumption, it seems logical…
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Task force says women should get mammograms every 2 years from age 50
WASHINGTON – Women should get a mammogram every two years starting at age 50 — and while routine screening brings…
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Americans wear blue to raise colon cancer awareness
Advocates hope that people with colorectal cancer and their caregivers will dress in blue on Friday to raise awareness about…
Read MoreNYC girl may die because mother won’t allow leukemia treatment, hospital claims in lawsuit
A Manhattan girl could die from a serious – but curable – form of leukemia, because her mom won’t sign…
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Researchers find clues on how melanoma resists effective treatments
Researchers believe they have discovered a mechanism by which tumors eventually evade effective combination treatments for melanoma, providing clues that…
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