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Back to SearchA couple new approaches to treating a type of leukemia may help shorten treatment, Elizabeth Tracey reports
Using one of two drug combinations versus ibrutinib alone to treat chronic lymphocytic leukemia, one of the most common types of leukemia in adults, …
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Can the drug celecoxib help some people avoid colorectal cancer recurrence? Elizabeth Tracey reports
For people who’ve had colorectal cancer, celecoxib, a commonly prescribed medicine for pain, may help avoid disease recurrence, a recent analysis of …
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Since most cervical cancer is caused by infection with a virus, when should screening start? Elizabeth Tracey reports
Women may now choose to collect their own samples to test for human papilloma virus, or HPV as part of their screening regimen for cervical cancer, t…
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Will women soon be testing themselves for human papilloma virus, or HPV ? Elizabeth Tracey reports
The American Cancer Society has updated guidelines for cervical cancer screening to include self-collected specimens to assess for human papilloma vi…
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As cancer cases in younger people rise, do they all need treatment? Elizabeth Tracey reports
Cancers of several types are being diagnosed more often in those younger than fifty years of age, and no one really understands why. Because there ar…
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If you learn you have cancer would you be comfortable not treating it? Elizabeth Tracey reports
Rates of eight different types of cancer are increasing in those aged 50 and younger, new data reveal, and while researchers are struggling to identi…
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Cancers increasing among those younger than fifty warrant investigation to discern causes, Elizabeth Tracey reports
Eight different cancers are increasing among those younger than fifty in the US, data since 1992 indicate. William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Can…
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What factors do we know are related to the development of childhood allergies? Elizabeth Tracey reports
Following 125,000 children as they began to eat a wider variety of foods from infancy seems to show that early introduction of peanut helped many avo…
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What’s the best strategy to avoid food allergies in young children? Elizabeth Tracey reports
Early exposure to peanut is credited with reducing the development of peanut allergy in young children, a recent study concludes, but Robert Wood, a …
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Should you feed your young child peanut to prevent allergy? Elizabeth Tracey reports
Early introduction of peanut into a child’s diet may help them avoid development of peanut allergy, a recent study concludes. Robert Wood, a childhoo…
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