Reuters - A new study provides preliminary evidence that an herbal medicine used to help women cope with menopausal symptoms may reduce breast cancer risk.
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American Cancer Society - Summary: The number of women stricken by cancerof the cervix is steadily decreasing. Overall rates of US womendiagnosed with invasive cervical cancer declined 17% between 1998 and 2002,though higher rates exist for Hispanic and African-American women, andthose who live in the South, according to a new study.
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AFP - Abortion and miscarriage do not raise the risk of breast cancer, according to a study published Monday by the US National Cancer Institute in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
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Reuters - Abortions and miscarriages do not raise the risk of breast cancer, despite claims by some groups and some studies that suggest they do, researchers said on Monday.
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American Cancer Society - Thousands of people attending Relay For Life events this year will have a chance to do more than raiseawareness and money for cancer research: They’ll be able to enroll in animportant new study that promises to shed light on many of the factors thatinfluence how cancer develops and why.
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AFP - Researchers in the United States have isolated a set of four genes closely linked to the growth of breast cancer cells and their spread to the lungs, according to a study released Wednesday.
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HealthDay - TUESDAY, April 10 (HealthDay News) — The war on cancer continuesto pay dividends with annual deaths from the disease declining in theUnited States, a new report shows.
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HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, April 11 (HealthDay News) — A study of radiationtherapy that bought elderly cancer patients a few extra months of lifeholds a lesson for the future of medicine, a French physician says.
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HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, April 11 (HealthDay News) — Two new studies haveidentified genes that play a role in the spread of breast cancer to thelungs, and genes that hamper the effect of chemotherapy.
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AFP - Fewer women in Canada succumbed to breast cancer in recent decades because of more and better screening, as well as improved remedies, said a report Wednesday.
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