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Black Liver Cancer Patients Face Worst Odds

Black Liver Cancer Patients Face Worst Odds

January 25, 2010 - 7:14am

MONDAY, Jan. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Even though they receive equal treatment, black patients with liver cancer have lower survival rates than patients of other races, a new U.S. study finds.

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Protein Examined for Role in Liver Cancer


    
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THURSDAY, Dec. 17 (HealthDay News) -- A protein switch called TAK1 helps prevent liver damage, including inflammation, fibrosis and cancer, according to a team of scientists from the United States and Japan.


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Ten Things You Can Do To Reduce Your Cancer Risk


    
    
Written by Lynette Summerill on October 29, 2009 - 7:15am


     
    
Cancer is a disease that does not discriminate. Anyone can get cancer, and unfortunately, one of the single factors contributing to the disease is aging. But don’t get discouraged.


    
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Liver Cancer Patients May Get Hope 


    
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WEDNESDAY, Oct. 7 (HealthDay News) -- A short strand of RNA (microRNA) may help doctors identify liver cancer patients who would benefit from treatment with interferon, say U.S. and Chinese researchers.


"Interferon is an experimental therapeutic agent that has been used for many years to treat cancer patients, but with modest benefit," study first author Junfang Ji, of the liver carcinogenesis section at the U.S. National Cancer Institute's Center for Cancer Research, said in a news release.


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The Pill and Its Cancer Controversy


    
    
Written by Lynette Summerill on September 3, 2009 - 7:42am


     
    
Oral contraceptives were first introduced to American women in the 1960s. Since that time oral contraceptives have become the most popular form of birth control for its convenience, effectiveness, and reversibility. However, concerns have been raised about the role that the hormones in oral contraceptives might play in a number of cancers, and how hormone-based oral contraceptives contribute to their development.


    
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Study Suggests Link Between Cell Phones and Brain Tumors


                  

        
        

          TUESDAY, Oct. 13 (HealthDay News) -- The latest study focusing on a possible cell phone-brain tumor connection finds a weak potential link between the two.

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