Cancer

ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) - Prostate cancer couldn't keep Dennis Hopper away from the Breeders' Cup on Saturday. The 73-year-old actor and artist attended the Breeders' Cup in support of The V Foundation for Cancer Research, the official...

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A Minnesota teen who fled the state to avoid chemotherapy has finished his cancer treatment. Daniel Hauser of Sleepy Eye underwent his final radiation session Friday, and his family says the 13-year-old is cancer-free.

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...Research Center of Hawaii. Scientists have long seen a link between obesity and certain types of cancer, but the study -- extrapolated from US cancer incidence data -- is among the first to conclude the link exists on such a scale.

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By Amy Norton NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men who regularly get moderate exercise may have a lower risk of developing prostate cancer -- including aggressive, fast-growing tumors, a new study finds. Researchers found that among 190 men...

In this article: Biopsy, Hormone, Testosterone, Reuters Health, and NEW YORK

...69. The department also said they would like to achieve a 10% reduction in mortality from bowel cancer by 2011. BOWEL CANCER Bowel cancer - also known as colorectal cancer or colon cancer - is any cancer that affects the colon (large...

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...on Thursday. Having too much body fat causes nearly half the cases of endometrial cancer -- a type of cancer of the uterus -- and a third of esophageal cancer cases, the American Institute for Cancer Research said. Cancer is the...

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...nine years, those who ate the most red and processed meats had heightened risks of developing any stage of prostate cancer, or advanced cancer in particular. The findings, reported in the American Journal of Epidemiology, add to a...

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...should help dispel any lingering concerns anyone might have that having low cholesterol could cause cancer," Eric Jacobs of the American Cancer Society told reporters. A companion study of more than 5,000 U.S. men by Elizabeth Platz of...

In this article: Cholesterol, Low-density lipoprotein, Statin, Johns Hopkins University, High-density lipoprotein, Stroke, and American Cancer Society

...than those with lowest levels, said study leader Dr. Demetrius Albanes of the National Cancer Institute. Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in American men. More than 192,000 new cases are expected to occur in the United States this...

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...were able to determine the cause of death for 756. Of the 756 total deaths, 187 were from cancer. Although the overall death rate from cancer was not unusually high, the death rate was much greater-ranging from 3.5 to nearly 9 times...

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