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Apr 20, 2015Largest study of its kind to date finds smokers diagnosed with cancer more likely to quit
The largest study of its kind to date finds smokers diagnosed with cancer were more likely to quit than other smokers, supporting the hypothesis that a cancer diagnosis is a “teachable moment”...
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Apr 20, 2015Large Study Finds Fewer than One in Ten Prostate Cancer Patients with Adverse Pathologic Features after Surgery Receive Radiation Therapy
April 20, 2015--Despite strong evidence and guidelines supporting its use, post-surgical radiation therapy for prostate cancer patients at risk of recurrence is declining in the United States. The...
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Apr 2, 2015Nation’s largest non-government, not-for-profit cancer research funder awards 100 grants totaling more than $45.6 million in first of two cycles for 2015
April 2, 2015– The American Cancer Society, the largest non-government, not-for-profit funding source of cancer research in the United States, has awarded 100 national research and training...
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Apr 1, 2015New edition of report summarizes risk factors, screening for major cancer sites
April 1, 2015– While there has been substantial progress in some cancer control efforts in the past several decades, like reductions in smoking and increased utilization of cancer screening,...
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Mar 2, 2015Older patients, Minorities Less Likely to Receive Adjuvant Systemic Therapy
ATLANTA – March 2, 2015–A new American Cancer Society study finds that the use of adjuvant systemic therapy for localized gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs ) has significantly increased...
