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Fertility treatment, breast density and breast cancer: is there a link?
4/13/2016
Women who have infertility and who undergo hormone treatment are more likely to have dense breasts, a factor that may increase the risk of breast cancer.
Survey results show people living with HCV in the UK, the Netherlands and Belarus are less likely to be diagnosed than their global counterparts, increasing the possibility of liver disease...
Obesity behind big rise in womb cancer
4/12/2016
Rising levels of obesity among UK women have helped fuel a 54 per cent increase in womb cancer rates over the last two decades, according to Cancer Research UK's latest statistics.
Radiation improves survival in older patients with soft tissue sarcomas
4/12/2016
Younger patients see significantly less benefit.UC Davis researchers have shown that radiation therapy following surgery benefits older patients more than their younger counterparts, a surprising...
Coronary heart disease and cancer rates among people with learning disabilities are nearly a third lower than the general population, says new research.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Venclexta (venetoclax) for the treatment of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) who have a chromosomal abnormality called 17p...
UK's first holistic clinical trial to help improve life for cancer sufferers and survivors
4/12/2016
For the first time in the UK a clinical trial is being run to examine whether a holistic approach will help people living with and recovering from cancer.
Mapping the routes to drug resistance in cancer
4/12/2016
When a freeway shuts down because of an accident or construction, drivers find another road to take them where they're going.
Genetic link confirmed between non-invasive breast cancer (DCIS) and development of invasive disease
4/12/2016
Scientists funded by Breast Cancer Now have confirmed inherited genetic links between non-invasive cancerous changes found in the milk ducts - known as ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) - and the...
Blood processing methods affect microparticles and mtDNA linked to transfusion reactions
4/12/2016
Research debunks previously held belief that storage of blood is responsible for cellular damage.