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41. New Drug Shows Promise For Advanced Kidney Cancer
    
    By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Sept. 25, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- A new drug that harnesses the power of the immune system to fight tumors appears to help people battling advanced kidney cancer, a new study finds. The drug, Opdivo (nivolumab), outperformed a standard chemotherapy, Afini
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42. MRIs Before Breast Cancer Surgery on the Rise: Study
    
    By Kathleen Doheny HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Sept. 24, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- The use of MRI scans before breast cancer surgery has risen eightfold over the past decade, even though guidelines on their use in this setting are inconsistent, a new study shows. This increased use of MRI -- magneti
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43. New Clues to Which Breast Cancers Might Return
    
    By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Sept. 24, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers who pinpointed genetic factors associated with the return of breast cancer say their findings might lead to improved treatments. Most breast cancer patients are cured after treatment, but the disease returns
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44. This May Not Help Some With Prostate Cancer
    
    By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Sept. 22, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Men with prostate cancer who also have had a heart attack may fare better with radiation therapy alone rather than with the standard treatment of radiation plus hormone therapy, a new analysis suggests. Over an average
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45. PSA Testing Guidelines May Miss Aggressive Tumors
    
    By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Sept. 22, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Relaxed guidelines on prostate cancer screening may delay diagnosis and treatment of aggressive tumors, a new study suggests. In 2011, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommended against routine prostate specif
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46. Cancer Still Leading Cause of Death for Hispanics
    
    By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Sept. 16, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States overall, but a new report finds that cancer remains the number one killer of U.S. Hispanics. Hispanics now make up over 17 percent of the U.S. populati
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47. Heavy Drinking and Alcohol-Related Cancers Risk
    
    By Mary Elizabeth Dallas HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Sept. 16, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Heavy drinking increases the risk for injury and alcohol-related cancers, a new study reports. Strategies are needed to curb alcohol abuse, particularly in low-income countries, the Canadian researchers said in
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48. Can All Women Be Screened for Breast Cancer Genes?
    
    By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Sept. 11, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Screening all women for gene mutations that increase the risk of breast and ovarian cancer is too costly to be feasible, a new study suggests. Women with BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations have a much higher risk of breast an
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49. Lung Cancer Rates Rising in Nonsmokers
    
    By Kathleen Doheny HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Sept. 10, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Nonsmokers account for a growing percentage of aggressive lung cancer cases in the United States and the United Kingdom, new research finds. In one study, British researchers found that over seven years the proportion
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50. Testicular Cancer: Genes Account for Half the Risk
    
    Sept. 9, 2015 -- Almost 50% of the risk of getting testicular cancer comes from the DNA passed down from our parents, according to a new study. Typically, genetics accounts for just 20% of the calculation doctors make to gauge someone's odds of getting other types of cancer, say scientists at The In
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