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Health knowledge made personal
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Cancer recurs in 'dense' breasts (BBC News)
Mon Nov 09 02:23:55 PST 2009
Women treated for breast cancer are at a higher risk of cancer recurrence if they have 'dense' breasts, a study finds.
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Hopper: All's 'good right now' despite cancer (USA Today)
Sun Nov 08 09:18:56 PST 2009
Prostate cancer couldn't keep Dennis Hopper away from the Breeders' Cup on Saturday.
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Brunch helps battle cancer (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)
Mon Nov 09 02:06:21 PST 2009
Chefs, cancer survivors cook for CURE brunch benefit.
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Skin cancer costs NZ millions (The New Zealand Herald)
Sun Nov 08 23:57:10 PST 2009
Shock new figures reveal skin cancer costs New Zealand at least $123 million a year. A report for the Cancer Society says treatment of the preventable disease costs the health system more than $57m. An estimated $66m is from loss of life and income.
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Cholesterol may affect prostate cancer (Brisbane Times)
Sun Nov 08 22:33:49 PST 2009
Men may protect more than their hearts if they control their cholesterol: Their chances of getting aggressive prostate cancer may be lower, research suggests.
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Breast density associated with increased risk of cancer recurrence (EurekAlert!)
Sun Nov 08 21:28:08 PST 2009
( American Cancer Society ) A new study finds that women treated for breast cancer are at higher risk of cancer recurrence if they have dense breasts. Published in the Dec. 15, 2009, issue of Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study's results indicate that breast...
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Eight-year-old cancer survivor lives his firefighter dream (The Press-Enterprise)
Sun Nov 08 22:05:24 PST 2009
When Erick Romero, 8, removed the blindfold from his eyes he couldn't believe what he saw: a row of shiny red fire trucks and firefighters waiting to meet him. He was speechless. Erick, who was diagnosed with brain cancer as a toddler, dreams of becoming a fireman one day. His cancer is in...
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Breast density associated with increased risk of cancer recurrence (PhysOrg)
Mon Nov 09 02:43:58 PST 2009
A new study finds that women treated for breast cancer are at higher risk of cancer recurrence if they have dense breasts. Published in the December 15, 2009 issue of Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study's results indicate that breast cancer patients with dense...
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Scientists uncover new key to the puzzle of hormone therapy and breast cancer (PhysOrg)
Mon Nov 09 01:59:08 PST 2009
The use of postmenopausal hormone therapy has decreased over time in the United States, which researchers suggest may play a key role in the declining rate of atypical ductal hyperplasia, a known risk factor for breast cancer.
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Actor MacCorkindale has terminal cancer (UPI)
Sun Nov 08 12:14:29 PST 2009
LONDON, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- British actor Simon MacCorkindale said he was diagnosed with bowel cancer more than three years ago and it has since become terminal.
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