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Breast cancer is characterized by complexity, with receptor status and a host of other factors used to describe tumors and best treatments. Now a new study recounted by William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, may …

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Many people with rectal cancer were able to forgo radiation as part of their treatment with no increased risk of recurrence, a recent trial found. William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, says this is just …

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Non small cell lung cancer has historically been associated with a poor prognosis. Now things are improving, Elizabeth Tracey reports Expectations for people with lung cancer keep getting better, with a new study adding a drug to the regimen after …

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Germ line DNA is that DNA you’ve had in your body since birth. Many experts recommend that if you develop a cancer you should have this analyzed as well as changes to your DNA you’ve acquired to determine how best …

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Diabetes is known to be linked to cardiovascular disease, and now a new study adds to the condition’s association with cancer. Plasma prostasin levels were shown to predict whether a participant would develop diabetes and cancer, and may be useful …

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Thyroid cancers are most often found because someone is being evaluated for another issue and imaging finds a cancer, a very large international study concludes. William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, says it’s unclear what …

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Men get cancer more often than women, a recent study concludes, along with speculation that genetic or hormonal factors may be the culprit. Not so fast, says Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center director William Nelson. Nelson: They found thyroid cancer …

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