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Does it matter what time of day you get cancer treatment?The emerging field of "cancer chronotherapy" hints that it may be best to receive cancer treatment at a particular time of day.
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Black patients may need breast cancer screenings earlier than what many guidelines recommendA study suggests that Black patients might benefit from breast cancer screenings starting at age 42, rather than age 50.
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CRISPR-edited fat shrank tumors in mice. Someday, it could work in people, scientists say.Genetically modified fat can be transplanted into mice to shrink mouse and transplanted human tumors, but this novel cancer therapy still needs to be tested in human trials.
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Hormonal birth control slightly increases breast cancer risk, regardless of typeHormonal contraceptives slightly raise users' risk of breast cancer, regardless of whether they're combination or progestogen-only.
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Prostate cancer treatments can be avoided or delayed in many cases, huge study findsA decades-long study finds that many prostate cancer patients can delay aggressive treatments and instead receive "active surveillance."
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Breast cancer: Symptoms, treatment and preventionBreast cancer is the second most common cancer among women in the United States.
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Ovarian cancer: Symptoms, diagnosis and treatmentOvarian cancer occurs when abnormal cells in the ovaries or fallopian tubes grow and multiply out of control.
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Ants can detect the scent of cancer in urineAnts use their antennae to sniff out cancer
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Some cancer cells grow stronger after chemo. Research hints at how to kill them.New research hints at why some cancer cells develop drug resistance, and how to kill them.
