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Research shows 4 of 10 UK cancer cases could be avoided with lifestyle changes

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Mar 23, 2018
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Recent research by Cancer Research UK (CRUK) indicates that four of every 10 cases of cancer in the UK could be avoided through lifestyle change such as a weight loss, quitting smoking, and cutting down on alco...

American Cancer Society research predicts quarter million new breast cancer cases

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Oct 8, 2017
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A new report from the American Cancer Society predicts 252,710 new cases of invasive breast cancer in US women in 2017. Researchers estimated that 40,610 women will die from breast cancer. The research also ...

Researchers have identified a protein that leads cancer to metastasize

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Jun 22, 2017
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Researchers at Johns Hopkins have identified the mechanism by which cancer spreads, identifying a protein that acts as a kind of signal to a tumor to start sending cells to colonize other places in the body. ...

New ‘convergence’ approach will employ physicists and others in new pancreatic cancer trial

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Sep 27, 2016
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The past three decades have seen a rapid improvement of the ability of medical science to cure cancer. However, this ability depends greatly on the type cancer involved. Pancreatic cancer has the highest morali...

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