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Cancer Patients Share Web Info With Docs for Insight, Advice
5/25/2012 - They are not typically challenging their treatments, study found ...
Few U.S. Hispanics Screened for Skin Cancer
5/25/2012 - Only 7 percent had a doctor look over their skin for suspicious moles, study finds ...
Fitness May Boost Survival for Women With Breast Cancer
5/25/2012 - Disease, chemotherapy often result in lingering damage to women's heart and lungs ...
States Use Only Fraction of Tobacco Revenues to Fight Smoking, Study Finds
5/24/2012 - Just $8 billion was spent on prevention out of almost $244 billion received, CDC says ...
Cancer Docs Often Deal With Own Grief, Doubts When Patients Die
5/23/2012 - Study found some cope through physical, emotional distance as sadness becomes too much ...
Breast MRI Best at Tracking Response to Chemo: Study
5/23/2012 - It was better than clinical exam in determining if treatment was working before breast cancer surgery ...
U.S. Advisers Say No to Routine PSA Tests for Prostate Cancer
5/22/2012 - Benefits of prostate-specific antigen screening don't outweigh harms, panel contends ...
Men Can Still Ask for PSA Test, and Some Should, Doctors Say
5/22/2012 - New guidelines on prostate cancer screening don't supersede physician-patient relationship, experts note ...
Do Bald Men Face Higher Risk of Prostate Cancer?
5/22/2012 - Study finding is preliminary, and men with full heads of hair may still have equal risk ...
Study Ties Genes to Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms, Prostate Cancer Risk
5/22/2012 - Findings may help doctors diagnose and treat these problems, expert says ...
Colonoscopy May Detect Curable Cancer in Elderly: Study
5/22/2012 - Screening should be offered to healthy seniors who haven't been tested before, researchers say ...
Middle-Aged Diabetics May Need Earlier Colon Checks
5/22/2012 - Type 2 disease linked with higher risk of precancerous lesions in those 40 to 49, study finds ...
Studies See Advances in Detecting, Treating Pancreatic Cancer
5/22/2012 - Early research includes a vaccine and a high-tech probe to spot signs of disease ...
Patients Prefer More Invasive Form of Colon Scan: Study
5/22/2012 - They reported less pain with traditional colonoscopy than with 'virtual' imaging procedure ...
Sleep Apnea Linked to Higher Cancer Death Risk
5/21/2012 - Cancer compensates, spreads in search for oxygen, researcher suggests ...
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