American Cancer Society News
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Colon cancer screenings that don’t require laxatives are almost as effective as colonoscopies and may encourage more people to be tested, researchers said.
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January Jones, who plays the well- situated but unhappy Betty in “Mad Men,” said she’s a saver, not a spender on the red carpet last night.
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Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Chairman Warren Buffett has been diagnosed with stage 1 prostate cancer that is “not remotely life threatening,” the billionaire investor said in a letter to investors.
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Imagine a prostate cancer therapy that has almost no side effects. Hospitals say it exists and they’re vying to be among the first to offer it. Too bad the treatment may not work as well as advertised and could boost America’s already spiraling health-care costs.
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Colonoscopy saves lives, according to a study that provides the first direct evidence that the procedure keeps people from dying of colon cancer, reducing that risk by half.
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Tobacco use killed almost 6 million people last year and was the top cause of death in China, the world’s biggest cigarette market, the American Cancer Society and World Lung Foundation reported.
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Women older than 30 should be screened for human papillomavirus every five years with a Pap test to detect cervical cancer though the results may lead to “significant” harm, a U.S. advisory panel said.
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Magnetic resonance imaging tests added to annual mammograms and ultrasound caught 56 percent more breast cancers in a study that suggests the extra scan may improve detection for women at increased risk for the disease.
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Childhood leukemia, once considered a death sentence, is now curable in nine out of 10 children, according to a study.
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GlaxoSmithKline Plc. and Merck & Co. and Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s drugs for a rare, often deadly form of cancer may not offer enough benefits to be worth risks including heart and kidney ailments, U.S. regulators said.
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