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91. 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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92. 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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93. Daily Aspirin May Reduce Risk of Cancer Death
    

    Aug. 12, 2012 -- Daily aspirin use, long recommended for people at high risk of heart attack, may also reduce the risk of dying from cancer, according to new research. The benefit, however, may not be as great as believed, says researcher Eric Jacobs, PhD, of the American Cancer Society. A previous

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94. Breast Cancer Radiation for Older Women?
    

    Aug. 13, 2012 -- Radiation may benefit some older women after lumpectomy for early breast cancer s, contrary to national treatment guidelines. That finding comes from a new study of nearly 7,500 older women with early stage, estrogen-sensitive breast cancer.  The study shows that women who got radia

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95. Blood Pressure Drugs and Lip Cancer: A Link?
    

    Aug. 7, 2012 -- Some high blood pressure medicines, when taken long term, may increase the risk of lip cancer in white people, according to new research. The list includes commonly used drugs such as the diuretic hydrochlorothiazide (HydroDIURIL, Microzide, others) and the ACE inhibitor lisinopril (

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96. Anti-Estrogen Combo Better for Late Breast Cancer
    

    Aug. 1, 2012 -- Older women with the most common type of metastatic breast cancer may soon have a new treatment option that may improve their survival. A new study shows that postmenopausal women with advanced disease treated with a combination of two anti-estrogen therapies lived longer than women

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97. Study: PSA Testing Cuts Worst Prostate Cancers
    

    July 30, 2012 -- If it weren't for routine PSA prostate cancer screening, an extra 17,000 Americans each year would learn that they had the worst form of the disease, a new study suggests. That kind of prostate cancer -- metastatic prostate cancer, in which the cancer spreads to the bone or other pa

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98. Eat Antioxidants to Lower Pancreatic Cancer Risk?
    

    July 24, 2012 -- New research suggests that diets rich in antioxidants such as vitamin E, vitamin C, and selenium may help lower the risk of developing pancreatic cancer. According to the study, people whose diets had a higher amount of foods loaded with these antioxidants were two-thirds less likel

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99. Cervical Cancer: Uninsured Are Diagnosed Later
    

    July 19, 2012 -- Women without health insurance are far more likely to receive a diagnosis of advanced cervical cancer, a new study from the American Cancer Society shows. Lack of health insurance was second only to age as the strongest predictor of advanced-stage disease. Once a leading cancer kill

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100. Prostate Cancer Surgery May Not Always Up Survival
     

     July 18, 2012 -- For men with early prostate cancer, surgery to remove the prostate gland appears to offer no survival advantage over watching and waiting, a new study shows. The study, which is published in the New England Journal of Medicine, suggests that many men who undergo the surgery, which i

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