Topic: National Cancer Institute
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Even without treatment, only a small minority of men diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer die from the disease, Swedish researchers reported Friday. Drawing from a national cancer register, they estimated that after 10 years prostate cancer would ...
Radiation plus hormones boosts prostate cancer survival; new breast cancer drug shows promiseDoctors are reporting a key advance in treating men with cancer that has started to spread beyond the prostate: survival is significantly better if radiation is added to standard hormone ...
Hong Kong scientists say they have identified the cancer stem cells responsible for the spread of colorectal cancer to other organs and believe the find will revolutionise treatment. Current treatments regard all cancer cells as alike, but the Hong Kong University researchers ...
Hong Kong scientists say they have identified the cancer stem cells responsible for the spread of colorectal cancer to other organs and believe the find will revolutionise treatment. Current treatments regard all cancer cells as alike, but the Hong Kong University researchers ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States does not produce or import anywhere near enough fruits and vegetables to provide Americans the right kind of diet to prevent cancer, government researchers said on Wednesday. And Americans also overestimate how much they exercise, another ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former National Institutes of Health director Dr. Harold Varmus was nominated by President Barack Obama on Monday to return to his former agency, this time as head of the National Cancer Institute. "Today, cancer research is poised to move ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - You can keep on chugging coffee without worrying about whether your java will increase your risk of colon cancer, according to new research. The same appears true for soda, while in the study tea was tied to ...
US stomach cancers rates take puzzling rise in young, white adults; decline in othersScientists are puzzling over a surprising increase in stomach cancer in young white adults, while rates in all other American adults have declined. Chances for developing stomach cancer are ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Only one in 100 women with symptoms typical of ovarian cancer, such as persistent bloating or pelvic pain, actually has the disease, researchers reported on Thursday. Several medical societies recommend the use of these and other symptoms ...
Celgene's Revlimid meets study goal of slowing multiple myeloma progressionCelgene Corp. said Friday data from a late-stage study show Revlimid significantly slowed the progression of multiple myeloma in patients following a type of stem cell treatment. The study is being conducted by ...
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