Women insistent on cancer screening
USA Today - Tue Nov 24, 1:11 am ETThe vast majority of women in the USA say they will get a mammogram before age 50, in keeping with American Cancer Society recommendations.
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Women insistent on cancer screening
USA Today - Tue Nov 24, 1:11 am ETThe vast majority of women in the USA say they will get a mammogram before age 50, in keeping with American Cancer Society recommendations.
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New Cancer screening guidelines raise concern
Casper Journal - Wed Nov 25, 3:26 am ETThe mantra for breast cancer prevention has been early detection, including self-examination and routine mammograms starting at age 40. The protocols are heartily endorsed by the American Cancer Society, and approximately 39 million women undergo mammograms each year in the United States.
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Simple tips for promoting breast cancer awareness in your own life
Lexington Clipper-Herald - Wed Nov 25, 2:28 am ET(ARA) - Breast cancer is a prolific disease with an estimated 192,370 new cases diagnosed this year in women and 1,910 new cases diagnosed in men, according to the National Cancer Institute.
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Cancer Society seeks volunteers for Caldwellâs Relay for Life Team
The Progress - 4 minutes agoCALDWELL – The American Cancer Society is looking for volunteers and teams for Caldwell’s first-ever Relay For Life to be held in May, 2010 at James Caldwell High School.
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Fertility drugs may pose some uterine cancer risk
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 24, 4:19 pm ETThough the use of fertility drugs does not seem to generally increase uterine cancer risk, a Danish study identified small increases in risk from certain fertility drugs used for longer duration.
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Recent Cancer Screening Changes Leave Many Confused
HealthDay via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 24, 9:03 am ETTUESDAY, Nov. 24 (HealthDay News) -- The world of cancer screening has been upended in the past two weeks.
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Cancer-test advice decried
Louisville Courier-Journal - Wed Nov 25, 1:43 am ETDeb Reynolds-Deiss of Palmyra, Ind., was diagnosed with breast cancer three years ago, at age 47 — and is convinced that having a mammogram every year since 40 is the reason she's alive.
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Wellness program for breast cancer patients to begin in Wheat Ridge
Denver Post - Wed Nov 25, 3:06 am ETBreast cancer patients and their families are invited to join a "survivorship program" focused on wellness, stress management and spirituality.
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Cancer screening debate points to the political power of the breast
St. Petersburg Times - Tue Nov 24, 7:19 pm ETOther diseases are more deadly, but breast cancer politics can be hard to fight.
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Cancer survivor opposes new guidelines
Louisville Courier-Journal - Wed Nov 25, 12:43 am ETWith her personal fight against breast cancer fading into the past, Megan Schanie's days now begin at 6 a.m. with a high-intensity aerobic workout called "Insanity" and continue at the breakneck pace of a working mother.
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Cancer, excess body fat linked - Tue, 24 Nov 2009 PST
The Spokesman-Review - Tue Nov 24, 3:51 pm ETNewly compiled data suggest that “excess body fat alone is responsible for more than 100,000 cancer cases in the U.S.” The report comes from the American Institute for Cancer Research, which said its data included cases of endometrial, esophageal, pancreatic, kidney, gallbladder, breast and colorectal cancer. No one has pinned down exactly how body fat might increase cancer risk. Researcher ...
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Cancer Research Center project on
Honolulu Advertiser - 3 minutes agoHONOLULU — The development of a new home for the Cancer Research Center of Hawaii is on again, with the selection of a new planning and project management team after a disagreement with a prior developer ended up in court.
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Bedminster woman honored by Cancer Society
The Bernardsville News - 12 minutes ago“There is no way this can be good,’’ the Bedminster resident recalled. “I’m probably not going to make it.” Today, the 46-year-old has been cancer-free for five years, considered the “magic” number for survivors, and is a strong, active cancer awareness advocate.
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Breast cancer patients react to new guidelines
Poolesville Gazette - 1 hour 14 minutes agoArea breast cancer survivors reacted with horror to a federal panel's finding that says women do not need routine mammograms to screen for breast cancer until they turn 50.
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Breast Cancer Chat Online Today
The Lakeland Ledger - 1 hour 16 minutes agoA surgical oncologist and an almost-three-year cancer survivor will answer questions about breast cancer from 9 to 10 a.m. today in an online chat. Dr. Solange Pendas directs the breast program at Lakeland Regional Cancer Center.
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Laser therapy can worsen skin cancer
UPI - Tue Nov 24, 5:43 pm ETBERGEN, Norway, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Low-level laser therapy, used in sports medicine, hair-loss treatment and skin care, can aggravate skin cancer, Norwegian and Brazilian scientists say.
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Changes to Cervical Cancer Screenings Confuse Women
Q13 FOX Seattle - Wed Nov 25, 1:19 am ETAs a firestorm rages over federal guidelines for mammograms, new recommendations for another women's cancer screening emerge.
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Golf Beat: Radio show host Mastracco recovering from cancer
The Sacramento Bee - Wed Nov 25, 2:19 am ETVince Mastracco, the upbeat creator and host of "Golf Talk" on Saturday mornings on KHTK (1140 AM), is feeling closer to par after a summer of chemotherapy to fight off breast cancer.
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Zimmer Cancer Center receives federal dollars to help fight cancer
WWAY 3 Wilmington - Tue Nov 24, 4:31 pm ETVideo Body Nearly two million federal dollars will be used to help fight cancer in underserved members of the community. Congressman Mike McIntyre presented the Zimmer Cancer Center at New Hanover Regional Medical Center a check for $450,000 from the National Cancer Institute Tuesday. The cancer center will receive a total of $1.9 million over the next five years. The hospital will use the money ...
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Taking a look at funding for childhood cancer research
WTOL 11 Toledo - 1 hour 48 minutes agoThe Caroline Pryce Walker Conquer Childhood Cancer Act of 2008 is an earmark specifically designed to increase pediatric cancer research and create a national registry for kids with cancer. It was never funded in 2009, which is one of the main reasons Warren and Wendy Brown went to Washington.
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