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Seattle Study Shows Cancer Can Lead To Bankruptcy

Medical debt is one of the leading causes of bankruptcy, according to a study published online today in the journal Health Affairs.

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Cancer-Related Cognitive Impairment Improved By Cognitive Training

Women whose breast cancer had been treated with chemotherapy demonstrated improved executive function, such as cognitive flexibility, verbal fluency and processing speed after using exercises developed by Lumosity, the leading online cognitive training program.

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Breakthrough in the understanding of how pancreatic cancer cells ingest nutrients points to new drug target

In a landmark cancer study, researchers have unraveled a longstanding mystery about how pancreatic tumor cells feed themselves, opening up new therapeutic possibilities for a notoriously lethal disease with few treatment options. Pancreatic cancer kills nearly 38,000 Americans annually, making it a leading cause of cancer death. The life expectancy for most people diagnosed with it is less than a year.

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Mike, Prostate Cancer Survivor

Mike was the picture of health, leading an active lifestyle when he found out he had prostate cancer. Learn more about Mike’s experience with robotic surgery…

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Urology group stops recommending routine PSA test

In a major break from the past, a leading medical group has stopped recommending that all men get routine PSA tests to screen for prostate cancer.

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Scientists discover how a protein finds its way

Scientists have uncovered how an enzyme co-factor can bestow specificity on a class of proteins with otherwise nonspecific biochemical activity. Proteins can have more than one function, but they often need to be very specific in their action or they create cellular havoc, possibly leading to disease.

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Peter Andre sets up cancer Foundation

Solo artist and TV star Peter Andre has joined forces with the world’s leading cancer charity Cancer Research UK to launch the Peter Andre Foundation, after losing his brother Andrew to the disease late last year.

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Sunshine hormone, vitamin D, may offer hope for treating liver fibrosis

Liver fibrosis results from an excessive accumulation of tough, fibrous scar tissue and occurs in most types of chronic liver diseases. In industrialized countries, the main causes of liver injury leading to fibrosis include chronic hepatitis virus infection, excess alcohol consumption and, increasingly, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).

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Oral Mucositis Treatment, Gelclair®, Launched In US

The Swiss pharmaceutical Helsinn Group, a leading player in the cancer supportive care arena, have announced that DARA BioSciences, Inc., a U.S. specialty pharmaceutical company focused on oncology and oncology supportive care products, has launched Gelclair(R)into the U.S. market…

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Minimally invasive colon cancer treatment

Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States.

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