A scientist at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, working with local biotech company HemoShear Therapeutics, has created a
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Early warning tool for breast cancer prediction in southeast Asian women
A researcher at The University of Nottingham Malaysia is collaborating with scientists at Cancer Research Malaysia, Singapore and the United
Continue reading »42-Year-Old Woman Has Survived 86 Skin Cancer Surgeries: 'I'm Gonna Win This'
Lisa Pace was just 23 years old, and living her dream of being a basketball coach at Southeast Missouri State
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Stiffer breast tissue creates an environment more prone to cancer by enabling the disease to interfere with the surrounding healthy
Continue reading »Researchers map intricacies of lung cancer in one of their own
When James Spudich was diagnosed with lung cancer, researchers had a rare, and unexpected, opportunity to study healthy and diseased
Continue reading »Breast cancer prognosis may be worse if diagnosis follows ‘negative’ mammogram
(HealthDay)—About 15 percent of breast cancers are diagnosed in the interval between regularly scheduled mammograms, where the last mammogram showed
Continue reading »Are you at risk for lung cancer?
Every year, 1.6 million people die of lung cancer. But if you think that these are just older heavy smokers,
Continue reading »UK: 450,000 women missed out on breast cancer test
Britain’s health minister apologized Wednesday for what he called a “serious failure” that resulted in hundreds of thousands of women
Continue reading »For patients with esophageal cancer, status of lymph nodes after preoperative therapy determines survival
According to a new study, the status of lymph nodes rather than the status of the primary tumor following preoperative
Continue reading »Saving aging nerves from ‘big eater’ immune cells: Treatment that destroys macrophages rescues nerve fiber in aging mice
Immune cells may contribute to weakness and mobility issues in the elderly by driving nerve degeneration, according to a study
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