Reuters - A substantial minority of young adults who have survived a childhood malignancy will have at least one severe health problem, according to a report presented here Tuesday at a media briefing of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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Reuters - Treatment with clodronate does not improve survival in women with early or advanced breast cancer, according to the results of a meta-analysis of published studies.
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Reuters - John Barrasso, a Wyoming lawmaker and surgeon, was appointed as a U.S. senator from his state on Friday to replace fellow Republican Craig Thomas, who died on June 4 following a months-long battle with leukemia.
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HealthDay - MONDAY, June 25 (HealthDay News) — New cancer drugs often save lives,but are they cost-effective?
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AP - Doctors have removed eggs from young female cancer patients and — for the first time — brought the eggs to maturity before freezing them, giving the girls a better chance to one day have children. Previously, scientists had thought viable eggs could only be obtained from girls who had undergone puberty.
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Reuters - Doctors have extracted, matured and frozen eggs from girls as young as five in a move that may allow children with cancer to become parents when they grow up, scientists said on Sunday.
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AFP - A new vaccine protects nine out of ten women against cervical cancer linked to two strains of the deadly human papillomavirus (HPV), according to a study published Thursday.
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HealthDay - THURSDAY, June 28 (HealthDay News) — Women can look to theirmothers and sisters to help determine their chances of survival frombreast cancer, new research suggests.
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HealthDay - THURSDAY, June 28 (HealthDay News) — A new computerized testcalled the ThinPrep Imager detects more high-grade cervical cancers than aconventional Pap smear, Australian researchers report.
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