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Angelina Jolie's double mastectomy comforts other women who make same dramatic choice
San Jose Mercury NewsAcross America, women who face high risk of breast cancer said actress Angelina Jolie's decision to have a double mastectomy has transformed one of the toughest parts of taking such a dramatic step: Isolation. "People don't understand and think you're...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Health Organizations, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Mastectomy, Angelina Jolie
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Cancer doctor Otis Brawley urges MCG graduates to focus on disease prevention
The Augusta Chronicle, Ga.Even with a distinguished career and a top position at the American Cancer Society, Dr. Otis Brawley conceded he was envious of the new crop of physicians emerging from the Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University that will benefit from...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Diseases and Illnesses, Diabetes, Weight, Prostate Cancer
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Cancer Consortium seeks to cut disease in Indiana
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society will be in Indianapolis to speak to a group seeking to reduce cancer in Indiana through the development of a comprehensive plan. Dr. Otis Brawley will speak at the...
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Targeted breast cancer therapies coming to the forefront in treatment
If there ever was a right time to be diagnosed with breast cancer, Beth Thompson found one. In February 2006, the pea-size tumor in her right breast was too small for a clinical trial of Herceptin, a targeted therapy that had proved effective in advanced...
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Breast Cancer Moonshot
AP Chief Medical WriterThe nation's largest cancer center is launching a massive "moonshot" effort against eight specific forms of the disease, similar to the all-out push for space exploration 50 years ago. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston expects...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, John F. Kennedy, Skin Cancer, Medical Research, Leukemia
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Task Force: PSA Test for Prostate Cancer Should Be Dropped
CNNThe United States Preventive Services Task Force issued their final recommendation on the PSA prostate cancer-screening test Monday, recommending against routine PSA exams for men of any age. The task force says the PSA exam and additional treatments...Tags: Health Organizations, CNN (tv network), Cancer, Human Body, Prostate Cancer
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U.S. task force: PSA tests do more harm than good
CNNThe U.S. Preventive Services Task Force on Monday recommended against the use of routine PSA prostate cancer-screening test for men of any age, saying that the PSA exam and treatments that may follow, like radiation and surgery, result in far more harm...Tags: Health Organizations, Cancer, Human Body, Prostate Cancer, Health
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Warren Buffett Diagnosed with Prostate Cancer
CNNNEW YORK -- Iconic investor Warren Buffett announced Tuesday that he has been diagnosed with stage I prostate cancer in a letter to shareholders of his firm Berkshire Hathaway. Buffett, 81, said his "condition is not remotely life-threatening or even...Tags: IBM, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation, Economy, Business and Finance, Bank of America Corp., Health and Medical Professionals
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So what's a man to do?
For men of a certain age getting a PSA blood test -- to check for possible prostate cancer -- is an annual affair. If you're over 50, chances are you've had the test and if you haven't it's not because your doctor didn't mention it. Now comes the...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Human Body, Prostate Cancer, Health, Blood
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Airport Security Scans: What Would Your Doctor Do?
CNNI was in the security line at an airport a few months ago when I watched a fellow passenger do something I'd never seen done before: He dissed the scan. "I'd like to opt out," he said, as a security agent went scurrying for a male agent to give this...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, University of California, Human Interest, Celebrities and Health Issues, Health and Medical Professionals
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Colonoscopies not the gold standard?
Special to the Los Angeles TimesColorectal cancer kills more Americans than any other cancer except lung cancer. But the death toll doesn't have to be as high as it is. Screening works. The American Cancer Society estimates that such tests saved 70,000 lives in the last 20 years. "Just...Tags: Intestine, Diseases and Illnesses, Sigmoidoscopy, Health Organizations, Colon
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Ovarian Cancer Screening Method Shows Promise
AP Medical WriterResearchers may finally be closing in on a way to screen healthy women for ovarian cancer — a disease that rarely shows symptoms until it's too late to cure. A simple blood test followed by ultrasound exams as needed found deadly tumors before they...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Duke University, Health, Medical Research, Surgery
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