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Cancer
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Cancer in astrology, the fourth sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters at the northern summer solstice (about 21 June).
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Cancer control policy in Australia.(Commentary)(Report)
Magazine article from: Australia and New Zealand Health Policy; 12/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...targets within the cancer control plans have...care, specific cancers, and frameworks...strategic approaches to cancer control, for all cancers, at the national...association of cancer specialists...guidelines for most cancers. Mo
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Ovarian Cancer; Facts to Know.(care and treatment)(Disease/Disorder overview)
Newspaper article from: NWHRC Health Center - Ovarian Cancer; 5/30/2006; 700+ words
; ...according to the American Cancer Society, and about 15...19 percent of ovarian cancers are diagnosed at an early stage, when the cancer is confined to the ovary...National Ovarian Cancer Coalition, http...Uterine & Colon Cancers: Be Aware." National...
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Cancer survival in California farmworkers.(Report)
Magazine article from: Migrant Health Newsline; 9/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...certain types of cancer including leukemia, lymphoma and cancers of the brain...men was prostate cancer followed by lung...colorectal and stomach cancers. These four cancers...frequently diagnosed cancers while colorectal and lung cancer were the third...
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 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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Cancer deaths declining in U.S.
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 1/18/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...cancers or noninvasive cancers, with the exception of bladder cancer. But the American Cancer...respiratory and colorectal cancers. Breast cancer alone accounts for one...expected to die of lung cancer than other cancers. The report says the...
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Cancers unrecognized toll: Hours spent being treated
Newspaper article from: Oakland Tribune; 1/3/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Lichtenfeld noted: Cancers that often are diagnosed...time. Men with prostate cancer spent 55.3 more hours...without cancer. Breast cancer patients spent 66.2...hospital. Compare that to cancers with worse survival rates...caught late: Ovarian cancer patients struggled the...
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 "Courier-News (Elgin, IL)")
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Cancer rates inch down, mostly for men
Newspaper article from: Courier-News (Elgin, IL); 4/21/1999; 700+ words
; Cancer rates inch down, mostly for men zB1 By...WASHINGTON -- Fewer Americans are stricken with cancer every year, thanks largely to drops in...for men: Although they still suffer more cancer than women do, the rate of new cancer cases...
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Cancer Care Cuts in Medicare Legislation Endanger Future Victories in War on Cancer, Community Leaders Warn; 271 Organizations Representing African-Americans, Hispanics, Seniors, Faith-Based and Rural Communities Call on Congress To Pass Balanced Medicare Cancer Care Reimbursement Reform.
PR Newswire; 10/29/2003; 700+ words
; ...jeopardize seniors' access to cancer care," the letter states...from the community-based cancer care delivery system, where 80 percent of cancers are treated. One of the...containing such deep cuts in cancer care, African-Americans...
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8 cancer research breakthroughs you should know about.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 2/15/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...2002; 555,500 cancer deaths are projected. Cancers that can be detected...says the American Cancer Society. Screening...available to detect cancers of the breast, colon...prove to work in most cancers, not just prostate cancer," said Dr. Johannes...
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 "Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)")
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CANCER WONDER DRUGS ARE NOT WORKING MIRACLES THEY HELP HERE AND THERE, BUT THE WAR ON CANCER IS GOING TO AMOUNT TO A STRING OF PIECEMEAL VICTORIES.(FRONT)
Newspaper article from: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI); 7/27/2003; 700+ words
; ...Leonard Saltz, a colon cancer expert at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. "It will, unfortunately...especially for advanced cancers propelled by potentially dozens...even rethinking the goal of cancer research. "Society as a...
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Cancer Center Leads Breakthrough Clinical Trial: Vaccine shows promise for first time against Melanoma.(Clinical report)
Newspaper article from: Cancer Vaccine Week; 6/22/2009; 700+ words
; ...treatments and Goshen Center for Cancer Care is committed to cancer research - involved in and sponsoring...forward in the treatment of all cancers as we look for ways to improve...diagnostics because if we find cancer better, we can treat it better...
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Cancer
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...older. The most common cancers are skin cancer, lung cancer, colon cancer...and blood and lymph node cancer (leukemia and lymphomas...included among the 12 major cancers that affect most Americans. The term cancer derives from the observation...
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Anal Cancer
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
...400 cases of anal cancer were diagnosed in the...States in 2000. Anal cancer accounts for 1.5% of the cancers of the digestive system...62 years. Most anal cancers are squamous cell carcinomas...men to develop anal cancer. Anal cancer is more...
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Cancer Prevention
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
...additional 20, 000 cancer deaths were due...consumption . All cancers caused by smoking...factors for specific cancers continues. Lifestyle and cancer Nutrition The relationship...certain types of cancers. According to the American Cancer Society, the single...
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Endometrial Cancer
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.
...than 95% of uterine cancers arise in the endometrium...common type of uterine cancer is adenocarcinoma...differentiated endometrial cancers are often associated...incidence of endometrial cancer in the United States...other gynecologic cancers. Those with the...nonpolyposis colorectal ...
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Gynecologic Cancers
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
...Gynecologic cancer carries the Gynecologic cancers Cancer type Occurs in Tumor types Endometrial cancer...cervix to the vagina would be "primary cervical cancer." Types of cancers Ovarian cancer is the second most common cancer of the female...
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