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Morbidly obese patients who undergo weight-loss surgery greatlyreduce their risk of cancer, according to a study providing freshevidence of health benefits from these increasingly commonoperations.

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Where screening is performed as important as who interpretsresults, study finds

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The addition of Genentech Inc’s cancer drug Avastin to chemotherapyslows the progress of breast cancer at two different doses,according to results of a large international trial released onSaturday.

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Finding suggests interception of this signal may thwart metastases,study says

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A drug used to strengthen the bones of women with breast cancerhelped cut the risk of the cancer returning by 36 percent, Europeanresearchers said on Saturday,

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Zometa, used to treat osteoporosis, showed no unanticipated sideeffects, researchers report

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Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG’s oral chemotherapy drug Xeloda,or capecitabine, proved inferior to standard chemotherapy intreating older women with early stage breast cancer, a studyreleased on Saturday at a major meeting of oncology specialistsfound.

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Anti-angiogenesis drug prolonged progression-free survival, studyfinds

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