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Women who use estrogen-only hormone therapy for 5-6 years are less likely to develop breast cancer or die from the disease.
A new study indicates men circumcised before their first sexual intercourse are 15 percent less likely to develop prostate cancer.
Public smoking restrictions, cigarette taxes, public awareness efforts and other measures prevented nearly 800,000 lung cancer deaths between 1975 and 2000.
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Early clinical trials are under way on a potential breakthrough treatment that overcomes pancreatic cancer’s notorious resistance to chemotherapy.
A patient's own tumor-fighting cells combined with chemotherapy shows promising results against advanced melanoma.
Women infected by two different strains of HIV have stronger immune responses to fight the virus.
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Driven to improve patients’ lives now, Olson has developed a revolutionary technique that allows brain tumors to be removed with great precision.
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