Cancer

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Your DNA is constantly being modified throughout your lifetime, and one way involves adding or taking …

What can modifications to your DNA reveal about you? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more →

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When a woman has a Pap smear cells are collected from the uterine cervix to check …

Can a simple Pap smear help diagnose other forms of cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more →

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People who are newly diagnosed with melanoma that has already spread throughout their bodies or can’t …

A new drug combination may help people with advanced melanoma, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more →

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Are Covid-19 vaccines still effective in people who’ve undergone treatment for so-called solid organ cancers, such …

Do people who’ve been treated for cancers like breast or prostate need to worry about their response to Covid vaccines?Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more →

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The combination of a drug called abiraterone with others routinely used in prostate cancer helps men …

A new strategy to manage some more advanced prostate cancers is proving successful, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more →

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Simply analyzing a blood test to screen for cancer is becoming closer to reality as many …

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CT scanning is used to screen for many lung cancers, with a new study finding that …

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The majority of cancer studies researchers attempted to repeat in a recent analysis were not reproducible, …

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What will the drop in cancer screenings teach us about overdiagnosis and overtreatment? Elizabeth Tracey reports …

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