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Baby’s new leukemia treatment could help others with cancer
A gene-editing technology that made headlines recently for successfully treating a baby with leukemia may one day be used to…
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British cancer drugs fund changes tack: again
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Cancer rate for Ground Zero cops 50 percent higher than pre-9/11
NYPD cops who worked at Ground Zero after 9/11 had 50 percent more cancer diagnoses than officers did in the…
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Fukushima-related child cancers unlikely to rise: IAEA
An increase in thyroid cancer among children is unlikely after the meltdown at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant four years ago,…
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Mother fights brain cancer with electric fields
Against all odds, Elizabeth Marek is alive thanks to a tumor-killing device that attacks brain cancer cells with electric fields.…
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Prostate cancer risk linked to baldness
Men who are losing their hair due to male pattern baldness may be at increased risk of dying from prostate…
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Is fish oil safe during chemotherapy?
Fish oil supplements might make cancer chemotherapy less effective – but many people with cancer were taking those supplements in…
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The world’s most widely-used weed killer can “probably” cause cancer, the World Health Organization said on Friday. The WHO’s cancer…
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The family of Savannah Snodgrass — a 7-month old Texas girl who was stricken with a brain tumor — cried…
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