It looks like where you live, and what regulations that state has for health insurers, may have a major impact on whether you are diagnosed early or not.
Aspirin dissolves extra cancer risk in inherited condition and could have same effect for others.
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History shows how scientists and the public tried to understand hereditary cancer risk well before we had the technology to discover mutations and test for genetic disorders.
Don’t stay up too late.
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How does one prove that shift work causes breast cancer, as the authors of the new study claim? A cancer epidemiologist explains how scientists weigh evidence to figure out what causes cancer.
According to some surveys, more than 90% of owners view their pets as members of the family.
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Finding ways to use our immune system to fight cancer could pave the way for personalized cancer treatment. But to get there, we need to overcome some pretty big obstacles.
A group of oncologists have called on cancer patients to challenge the high prices charged by pharmaceutical companies for new cancer drugs.
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Hope, fear, and desperation, along with the unique characteristics of the cancer drug market, create a “perfect storm” that continues to drive up prices for cancer drugs.
Overall cancer deaths continue to fall, but some cancers are being left behind.
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The rate of Australians dying from cancer is on a steady, downhill trajectory, thanks to powerful advances made in prevention, diagnosis and treatment of the disease.
The enzyme, DNA methyltransferase (DNMT), in action in the animation, Tagging DNA.
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It takes a careful balance between art and science to illustrate the processes that take place within our cells and explain the complexities of epigenetics.
Runners have a greater risk of developing skin cancer because they are more likely have sun damage on their skin as a result of chronic sun exposure.
BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations prompted Angelina Jolie to have a preventative double mastectomy and surgery to remove both ovaries.
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