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91. Wins in War on Cancer Highlighted in New Report
    

    Sept. 12, 2012 -- Seven-year-old Brooke Mulford and her family just returned to their Salisbury, Md., home after an action-packed West Coast tour, which included visits to Disneyland, Sea World, and the San Diego Zoo. Brooke has visited the Magic Kingdom many times over the years, but this trip was

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92. Smoking Marijuana Tied to Testicular Cancer
    

    Sept. 10, 2012 -- Smoking marijuana may affect a man’s risk for testicular cancer. A new study found that men who had smoked marijuana were twice as likely as men who had not to get an aggressive form of the disease. Testicular cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed in men under age 45. It’s als

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93. New Leukemia Drug Gets FDA Nod
    

    Sept. 7, 2012 -- The FDA has approved Pfizer's Bosulif for the treatment of chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) for people who do not respond to or who cannot tolerate other treatments. CML is a relatively rare disease. It strikes about 5,400 people a year. Most people have a rare mutation, dubbed th

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94. Prostate Cancer: Start-and-Stop Therapy Works
    

    Sept. 5, 2012 -- "Start and stop" hormone therapy is as effective as continuous therapy in the treatment of some prostate cancer patients, a study shows. Hormone therapy is also known as androgen deprivation. It is often used to treat prostate cancer if surgery or radiation fails. The treatment work

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95. Your Prostate Cancer Treatment Options
    

    The outlook for men diagnosed with prostate cancer has never been brighter. Doctors now have a variety of ways to treat prostate cancer, including surgery, radiation, and drugs that slow the growth of cancer cells. Both the safety and effectiveness of prostate cancer treatments has been steadily imp

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96. Obesity May Affect Breast Cancer Recovery
    

    Aug. 27, 2012 -- Extra pounds may raise the risk for recurrence among women with the most common kind of breast cancer, a new study shows. Prior studies have found that being overweight or obese increases the risk of getting a number of cancers, including breast cancer. And smaller studies have note

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97. PSA Test Linked to Better Prostate Cancer Survival
    

    Aug. 23, 2012 -- Despite the controversy surrounding its use, routine PSA prostate cancer screening may improve survival among men with spreading prostate cancer. According to a new study, men diagnosed and treated for prostate cancer during the time when PSA screening was widely recommended lived l

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98. Healthy Eating When You're Sick
    

    Eating healthy meals isn't easy when you don't feel well, especially if you have a serious or chronic illness. You may be too tired to prepare food for yourself. Medicines may make food taste strange or unpleasant. Mouth sores or swallowing problems can make eating difficult. Or nausea, which is a c

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99. Can Prostate Cancer Screening Improve Men's Lives?
    

    Aug. 15, 2012 -- A European study suggests that men who undergo PSA prostate cancer screening will gain years of high-quality life. But it's not quite that simple. Those extra years of high-quality life showed up across big groups of screened men. Individual men may get different results -- especial

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100. Overcoming Cancer-Related Fatigue
     

     When you have cancer, you're tired. Fatigue may be a symptom of the cancer or a side effect of treatment, such as chemotherapy or radiation. The stress of living with cancer can also leave you exhausted. "Fortunately, there's a lot that cancer patients can do to overcome fatigue," says Carmelita P.

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