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71. Birth Control Pills May Cut Uterine Cancer Odds
    
    By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Aug. 4, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- A new study suggests that birth control pills may also help shield women from uterine cancer. Taking birth control pills, even for just a few years, offers significant long-term protection against uterine cancer, also know
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72. Urine Test Might Find Pancreatic Cancer Early
    
    By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Aug. 3, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists report that they have developed a urine test that may detect pancreatic cancer at an early stage. Usually, symptoms of this deadly disease do not appear until it is at an advanced stage and has spread, and litt
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73. There Might Be 5 Kinds of Prostate Cancer
    
    July 31, 2015 -- Scientists in the U.K. say there are five distinct types of prostate cancer, and they've found a way to distinguish between them. They say the research could lead to better treatment, because doctors would be able to know which tumors are more likely to grow and spread. The team, fr
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74. New Way to Predict Lung Cancer Risk Suggested
    
    By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, July 29, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists may some day predict lung cancer risk by examining the telomeres that protect your DNA. People with long telomeres are at increased risk for lung cancer but not other types of cancer, the researchers found. T
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75. New Skin Cancer Drug Approved by FDA
    
    By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, July 24, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- A new drug to treat the most common form of skin cancer has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Odomzo (sonidegib) was cleared to treat locally advanced basal cell carcinoma in patients who cannot under
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76. These Meds May Help Some With Early Breast Cancer
    
    By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, July 23, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- There's more evidence that two classes of inexpensive generic drugs reduce the risk of death in postmenopausal women with early breast cancer, a pair of new British studies find. The two classes of drugs -- called aromat
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77. Some Cancer Survivors View Smoking as Less Risky
    
    By Mary Elizabeth Dallas HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, July 23, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Cancer survivors who continue to smoke view the habit as less risky than survivors who quit, and they're more likely to spend time with smokers, a new study shows. Researchers from the American Cancer Society als
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78. U.S. Oncologists Decry High Cost of Cancer Drugs
    
    By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, July 23, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Soaring costs for cancer drugs are hurting patient care in the United States, a group of top oncologists claim. "High cancer-drug prices are affecting the care of patients with cancer and our health care system," Dr. Aya
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79. Chemo and Quality of Life in End-Stage Cancer
    
    By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, July 23, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Chemotherapy may worsen quality of life for some cancer patients who are nearing death, a new study finds. "Oncologists may presume there to be no harm in giving dying patients chemotherapy, but these data point to more
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80. Added Radiation Helpful for Early Breast Cancer?
    
    By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, July 22, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Some women who have surgery for early stage breast cancer may benefit from additional radiation to nearby lymph nodes, two new clinical trials suggest. Researchers found that the extra radiation cut women's risk of a breas
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