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Anchor lead:  How would a test that identifies very early cancer change things? Elizabeth Tracey reports How would you feel about a blood test that may tell you that you have cancer at the stage when it might be just …

February 8, 2018 – Screening for Cancer Read more »

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Anchor lead: A new blood test may help to detect eight different cancers, Elizabeth Tracey reports CancerSEEK is the name of a new blood test developed at Johns Hopkins with study results published recently in Science that looks for the …

February 7, 2018 – Eight Cancers Read more »

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Anchor lead: Working nights may increase your risk of cancer, Elizabeth Tracey reports Working nights has been associated with a range of deleterious health outcomes for some time now, with a new study adding cancer to the mix. William Nelson, …

February 2, 2018 – Night Shift Read more »

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Anchor lead: When it comes to combating cancer, are more mutations better? Elizabeth Tracey reports Is having more mutations in your cancer better than having just a few? It may be, when the class of drugs known as checkpoint inhibitors …

February 1, 2018 – More Mutations Read more »