Category: Cancer
Changing Practice
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Anchor lead: How can guidelines for health be translated to choices people make? Elizabeth Tracey reports Comprehensive guidelines for reducing cancer risk have recently been released from the American Cancer Society, covering diet, alcohol use, and exercise. William Nelson, director …
No Alcohol
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Anchor lead: Avoiding the development of cancer may also mean avoiding alcohol, Elizabeth Tracey reports Don’t drink alcohol. That’s the take home from recently released guidelines from the American Cancer Society on reducing one’s risk for cancer. William Nelson, director …
Diet and Cancer
Avoiding Cancer
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Anchor lead: The American Cancer Society has new recommendations on how to reduce your risk for cancer, Elizabeth Tracey reports Almost one in five cancers in the US could be prevented with better lifestyle choices, the American Cancer Society states …
Opiates Overdoses and Cancer
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Anchor lead: Are people who have advanced cancer at high risk for opioid overdose? Elizabeth Tracey reports People with advanced cancers are often on opioid medications. A new study examines whether they are at higher risk for overdose death as …
Too Much Radiation
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Anchor lead: Shorter courses of radiation for cancer therapy will work for most, Elizabeth Tracey reports Radiation therapy for cancer used to be given over weeks, but modifications to the technique have allowed the time course to be compressed for …