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81. Indoor Tanning Beds Linked to Common Skin Cancers
    

    Oct. 2, 2012 -- Indoor tanning beds may raise the risk of non-melanoma skin cancers, especially among people who start tanning before they turn 25, a new study suggests. Previous studies have linked indoor tanning with melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. But the new study extends these find

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82. 3 Quick Questions Help ID Ovarian Cancer Risk
    

    Sept. 25, 2012 -- Screening all women for ovarian cancer does more harm than good. But a three-item questionnaire identifies women most likely to benefit from further tests. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recently recommended against routine testing for ovarian cancer. The reason is that tw

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83. Cancer Now Top Cause of Death for U.S. Hispanics
    

    Sept. 17, 2012 -- Cancer has passed heart disease as the top killer of U.S. Hispanics, according to the American Cancer Society. "More Hispanics are suffering and dying from cancer than from heart disease," says researcher Rebecca Siegel, MPH, an epidemiologist with the society. That is true, she sa

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84. Medical Care Costs Hard for Young Cancer Survivors
    

    Sept. 24, 2012 -- Young cancer survivors often skip needed follow-up care because of cost, a new study shows. The study, which is published in the journal Cancer, found that cancer survivors between the ages of 20 and 39 were 67% more likely than young adults without a previous cancer diagnosis to f

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85. After Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Tests Overdone?
    

    Sept. 12, 2012 (San Francisco) -- Tests often performed to look for cancer spread in women with early-stage breast cancer are generally unnecessary, new research suggests. Analysis of pooled data from eight published studies involving about 1,700 women with breast cancer shows that bone scans, liver

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86. 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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87. 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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88. 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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89. 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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90. 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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