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Brain Cancer Vaccine Proves Effective
With Help of Patient Groups, Phase 2 Clinical Trial Paves Way for Testing Therapy that Combines Cancer Vaccine with the Drug Avastin A new brain cancer vaccine tailored to individual patients by using...
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7 Diseases That Strike Younger Than You Think
What you can do now to delay—or prevent—problems later. “When we’re young, we think we’re invincible,” says Dr. Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association. “But...
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One in Six Cancers 'Caused by Treatable Infections'
Bacteria, viruses and parasites responsible for 2m cases of cancer each year, according to scientists Bacteria, viruses and parasites cause around 2m cases of cancer in the world each year, experts...
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Existing Drugs Boost New Cancer Vax Responses
Cancer vaccines are becoming an increasingly attractive focus of study, but there are still perils and pitfalls along the way to success. Two recent studies have looked at ways to get around these,...
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Study: Sleep Apnea Linked to Higher Mortality From Cancer
Doctors have known for a long time that sleep apnea has been linked to a number of conditions; stroke, high blood pressure, heart attack and diabetes can all be worsened by the disorder. Now, two...
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Experimental Drug Shrinks Melanoma Tumors
An agent that targets a genetic mutation active in half of melanoma cases substantially and safely shrank metastatic tumors. The drug, dabrafenib, also showed the most activity of any systemic...
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Childhood Cancer Survivors Face High Breast Cancer Risk
Children diagnosed with cancer remain at risk from a variety of serious, long-term complications even years after doctors pronounce them cured. Now, new research shows that girls treated with radiation...
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On the Horizon at Last, Cancer Drugs that Harness the Body’s Own Immune System
Researchers have long hoped to corral the immune system in the war on cancer. Now, antibody-based compounds show new promise. For years, researchers have longingly eyed the human immune system as a...
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Cancer Vaccine Breakthrough Using 'Cold' Virus
Scientists claim to have overcome a major hurdle in their work on finding a way to wipe out cancer with viruses. Scientists suggest the reovirus, which usually causes mild colds or stomach upsets, has...
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What is Cancer? What causes it?
What is Cancer? What Causes it? What are the Symptoms? How is it Diagnosed? Cancer harms the body when damaged cells divide uncontrollably to form lumps or masses of tissue called tumors (except in...
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