Category: Cancer
The nation’s cancer report is largely good news, Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Your risk of dying from cancer is largely on the downswing, the nation’s annual report on cancers finds. Kimmel Cancer Center director William Nelson at Johns Hopkins says he is encouraged by some of the statistics. Nelson: There was some …
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Can a common cancer mutation now be controlled? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Cancer mutations are often named, with one common group in a gene called KRAS. Although common, KRAS mutations have been extremely difficult to target, but now a new agent may have broken the code. That’s according to William Nelson, director …
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What accounts for increased cancer risk among adults younger than fifty? Elizabeth Tracey reports
Avoiding ultraprocessed foods is good for your health, Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Foods that can’t be found in nature and have undergone extensive processing are known as ‘ultraprocessed,’ with a new study fingering them as associated with adverse health outcomes. Kimmel Cancer Center director William Nelson at Johns Hopkins says the message …
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How might cancer and diabetes be linked? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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A blood marker called prostasin seems to link both one’s risk to develop diabetes and the risk of dying from cancer. How might these be linked? William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, offers his interpretation. …
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