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Prospective surveillance model can reduce treatment costs for breast cancer-related lymphedema News-Medical-Net Sat, 07 Jan 2012 01:49 AM PST Early diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer-related lymphedema by a physical therapist can significantly reduce costs and the need for intensive rehabilitation, according to an article published in the January issue of Physical Therapy (PTJ), the scientific journal of the American Physical Therapy Association. Sarangani capitol women employees receive HPV vaccine dose Zamboanga Times Sat, 07 Jan 2012 01:45 AM PST ALABEL, Sarangani â€" Every woman is a potential risk of getting cervical cancer. Thus, 510 provincial capitol women employees here have received a vaccine on Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) to protect them from contracting the dreadful disease. Top of the News Worcester Telegram & Gazette Sat, 07 Jan 2012 01:42 AM PST RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, Calif. - A 12-year-old Southern California girl who started a blog and a Facebook page to raise awareness about child cancer has died of a brain tumor. Drinking red wine in moderation may reduce risk of breast cancer News-Medical-Net Sat, 07 Jan 2012 01:34 AM PST Drinking red wine in moderation may reduce one of the risk factors for breast cancer, providing a natural weapon to combat a major cause of death among U.S. women, new research from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center shows. Coaches vs. Cancer tourney returns Berkshire Eagle Sat, 07 Jan 2012 01:31 AM PST Saturday January 7, 2012 Bill Robinson had an idea in 2007 to hold a Coaches vs. Annual prostate cancer testing does not reduce mortality among men News-Medical-Net Sat, 07 Jan 2012 01:19 AM PST Men enrolled in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian Cancer (PLCO) Screening Trial had no evidence of a mortality benefit compared to a control group of men undergoing usual care, according to a study published online Jan. 6 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. IQWiG study finds considerable added benefit of abiraterone in prostate cancer patients News-Medical-Net Sat, 07 Jan 2012 01:19 AM PST Abiraterone has been approved since September 2011 for men with metastatic prostate cancer that is no longer responsive to hormone therapy and progresses further during or after therapy with the cytostatic drug docetaxel. US cancer deaths continue to drop, study shows The Malaysian Insider Sat, 07 Jan 2012 01:04 AM PST WASHINGTON, Jan 7 â€" Steep declines in fatal cases of lung and breast cancer have led the drop in cancer deaths in the United States in the last several years, according to data by the American Cancer Society Wednesday. In all, more than a million deaths have been avoided since cancer mortality first began to decline at the start of the 1990s, said ... Cinema, dieting, Delhi on book shelf New Kerala Sat, 07 Jan 2012 01:02 AM PST New Delhi, Jan 7 : A compilation of short stories on women, the story of a budding lawyer wrongly diagnosed with cancer, the confessions of a serial dieter, an anthology of filmmaker Satyajit Ray's articles -- the bookshelf this week is an eclectic mix. Diagnosis often comes too late for patient The Delta Optimist Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:53 AM PST Olympic silver medallist Elizabeth Manley-Theobold, who earned a medal in figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, has become the new face in the fight against ovarian cancer. In July of 2008, she lost her mother to the disease.

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