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Computers could read mammograms
A computer plus one expert are as effective at spotting breast cancer as the two experts usually used to read a mammogram in the UK, research suggests. |
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Grants Will Fund 11 Translational Breast Cancer Research Studies
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center has received nearly $19 million in grants from Susan G. Komen for the Cure® as part of that organization's new initiative to fast-track promising research to benefit breast cancer patients. |
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Meat 'ups prostate cancer risk'
Eating meat and dairy products may increase the risk of prostate cancer, research suggests. Such a diet raises levels of a hormone called Insulin-like Growth Factor-1 (IGF-1) which promotes cell growth. A University of Oxford team examined the results of 12 studies, featuring a total of nearly 9,000 men. |
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Prostate cancer vaccine 'can stimulate body's own defences'
Scientists have hailed a prostate cancer vaccine which can stimulate the body's own defences against the disease. |
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Common fibre a 'true superfood'
A fibre found in most fruit and vegetables may help ward off cancer, experts believe. An ongoing study by the Institute of Food Research suggested pectin, a fibre found in everything from potato to plums, helped to fight the disease. |
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Shark blood 'offers cancer hope'
Australian scientists have found that antibodies in shark blood could potentially be a potent weapon in the fight against cancer. |
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Gene 'roadmap' for lung cancers
The most complete survey yet of the genes which go wrong when lung cancer takes hold has been carried out by US researchers. |
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