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Why cancer is so hard to fight in rural Kentucky
Cancer is epidemic in eastern Kentucky, a result of medical illiteracy, limited access to care, unhealthy lifestyles and poverty. In fact, life expectancy in the region is five years shorter than the rest of the nation. But state health officials…
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Cancer Society Warns Against Premature Screenings
The American Cancer Society warned Wednesday that premature screening could lead to overtreating or overlooking cancer. Gwen Ifill reports.
Study Shows First-ever Drop in New Cancer Rates
New cancer rates in the United States have declined for the first time and the cancer death rate among men and women has continued to drop, according to an annual report on cancer published Tuesday in the Journal of the…
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Genetic Map of Certain Cancers Discovered; Cancer Rate Drops
Medical researchers have created the first genetic map of colon and breast cancer, revealing that nearly 200 mutated genes that were previously unknown help tumors grow and spread. Meanwhile, breast cancer rates in the United States have started to fall.
A colon cancer drug that attacks tumors by blocking their blood supply was one of two new treatments shown to help improve the condition of patients with advanced stages of the disease.
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