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A federal task force is walking back a 2012 recommendation that men between ages 55 and 69 not be screened for prostate cancer.That brings federal…
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Could a virus offer a cure to cancer?That’s the question researchers at Western Oncolytics, based in Harmar, are trying to answer. In fact, they’re hoping…
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UPMC is continuing its overseas growth with an announcement this month that it's opening a second cancer center in Ireland. The health care provider…
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According to the Journal of the American Medical Association, one in five Americans will develop skin cancer over the course of their life. But thanks to…
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Outside Kathryn Whitehead’s office at Carnegie Mellon University is a nametag with the words “Nanoparticle Queen” written in black marker. She said a…
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The most common treatment for women with breast cancer is a lumpectomy, followed by radiation therapy. But a growing number of patients who have…
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Clinics are using stem cells to treat problems ranging from arthritis and torn tendons to paralysis and stroke. But researchers say there's no evidence that the treatments work or are safe.
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The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. is known for employing doctors with highly refined subspecialties, and now St. Clair Hospital doctors can tap into…
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At the most basic level cancer can be defined as the DNA of a normal cell going haywire. One way that DNA can go haywire is through something called…
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There's more information on genetic mutations and in the scientific literature than cancer doctors can process easily. Smart, fast computers might be able to help.