| Screening for Lung Cancer Might Benefit Those at Highest Risk |
SUNDAY, May 20 (HealthDay News) -- Using low-dose CT scans to screen for lung cancer might save the lives of patients at the greatest risk for the disease, a new analysis suggests. |
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| Sleep Apnea Linked to Higher Cancer Death Risk |
SUNDAY, May 20 (HealthDay News) -- Sleep apnea has already been linked to a host of adverse health problems, such as high blood pressure and heart disease. Now, new research suggests that in people who already have cancer, the sleep disorder may raise their risk of dying from cancer. |
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| Lung cancer CT scans: Just for older heavy smokers |
 New lung cancer screening guidelines from three medical groups recommend annual scans but only for an older group of current or former heavy smokers.
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| Convicted ex-Mass. speaker diagnosed with cancer |
A former Massachusetts House speaker who's in federal prison on a corruption conviction has been diagnosed with cancer. |
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| Chronic Heartburn May Boost Risk for Esophageal Cancer |
FRIDAY, May 18 (HealthDay News) -- Inflammation caused by chronic heartburn may increase the risk of esophageal cancer, a new study finds. |
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| Advanced Prostate Cancer Drug May Help at Earlier Stage |
WEDNESDAY, May 16 (HealthDay News) -- A drug approved to treat advanced prostate cancer appears to help men who have localized high-risk prostate cancer if given before surgery. |
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| New York judge with cancer makes case for marijuana |
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A cancer-stricken judge in New York has become an unlikely voice in support of legalizing the use of medical marijuana with the admission that he smokes pot to ease the side-effects of his treatments. Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Gustin Reichbach, who is being treated for pancreatic cancer, wrote in a New York Times article on Thursday that he had been using marijuana provided by friends at "great personal risk" to help him cope with the nausea, sleeplessness and loss of appetite from chemotherapy treatments. ... |
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| Texas Researchers Report Promising Breast Cancer Vaccine |
Researchers at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Hospital have reported good results on what amounts to a vaccine that helps to prevent the re-occurrence of breast cancer. |
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| Disco legend Donna Summer dead from cancer: family |
 Grammy-winning disco legend Donna Summer died Thursday after a battle with cancer, aged 63, her family said in a statement.
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| Study unpicks gene changes behind breast cancer |
 LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have mapped the complete genetic codes of 21 breast cancers and created a catalogue of the mutations that accumulate in breast cells, raising hopes that the disease may be able to be spotted earlier and treated more effectively in future. The research, the first of its kind, untangles the genetic history of how cancer evolves, allowing scientists to identify mutational patterns that fuel the growth of breast tumors, and start to work out the processes behind them. ...
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| The cancer-stricken 9-year-old who is choosing to die |
A Michigan boy has made a decision that would devastate any adult... to stop fighting and try to enjoy his final days |
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| J&J drug shows promise in high-risk prostate cancer |
 (Reuters) - Adding Johnson & Johnson's advanced prostate cancer drug, Zytiga, to hormone therapy before surgery has been shown for the first time to eradicate tumors in some men with high-risk forms of the disease. The mid-stage trial found that six months of treatment with the combination therapy completely or nearly eliminated the cancer in a third of patients, all of whom had localized, aggressive cancer. ...
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