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common drug used to treat prostate cancer may raise risk of brain tumours: study
researchers suggest 'careful' use of hormone therapy drug cyproterone because of link to slow-growing tumour.
dave yasvinski
prostate cancer
feb 7 2022
recent research pointing to a relationship between hormonal therapy and meningiomas prompted the further investigation. getty

imagine waiting more than a year to find out if you have cancer
'cancer was no longer important,' says mélodie cyr, who had surgery for a nodule on her thyroid. 'they were putting all the emphasis on covid, however, cancer was still happening.'
maija kappler
cancer
feb 7 2022
mélodie cyr with her dog, charlie.

'stem cell clinics are an area of risk': a conversation with peter zandstra, recently named to the order of canada
the canadian scientist's latest research is focused on figuring out how stem cells from umbilical cord blood can replace stem cell transplants.
emma jones
2022年世界杯名单猜测
jan 27 2022
peter zandstra working in the lab. supplied credit: martin dee

gist: what it feels like
maureen went from feeling completely healthy to hearing a doctor tell her that she had gastrointestinal stromal tumours, a rare cancer that affects 1 in 100,000 people.
emma jones
what it feels like
jan 25 2022
like many people who get a cancer diagnosis, it was absolutely a shock and a surprise. getty

how hpv turned into cervical cancer years later for a b.c. woman
it has been five years since corinne schelle was diagnosed with cervical cancer — a disease that now can be prevented with a vaccine.
karen hawthorne
human papillomavirus (hpv).
jan 24 2022
one of the challenges of hpv is that there often are no obvious signs of infection. getty

hormone therapy gives men at high risk for prostate cancer a better chance of survival
hormone therapy prevented one trial participant from developing metastatic disease 10 years after treatment.
chris arnold
prostate cancer
jan 21 2022
in total, research was collected from 17 clinical trials, 42 collaborators, 703 medical centres, and more than 15,000 patients. getty

scotland's 'significant leap forward’: two breast cancer drugs approved; england urged to follow suit
canada has already approved the treatments which can slow progression of her2-positive breast cancer.
emma jones
breast cancer
jan 19 2022
her2-positive breast cancer spreads to other areas of the body (metastases), including the brain, for more than a quarter of women with the disease. getty

chris evert on ovarian cancer: 'don't try to be a crusader and think this will pass'
evert's sister jeanne evert dubin was diagnosed with late stage ovarian cancer and died in february 2020.
maija kappler
ovarian cancer
jan 18 2022
file - in this feb. 13, 1972, file photo, members of the evert family are shown in their home in fort lauderdale, fla. front row from left are john, 10, mother colette, jeanne, 14, and father james. back from left are chris, drew, 18 and clare, 4. jeanne evert dubin, a former world-ranked professional tennis player and a younger sister of 18-time grand slam champion chris evert, has died. evert dubin died thursday, feb. 20, 2020, after a 2 1/2-year struggle with ovarian cancer. she was 62. (ap photo/file) org xmit: ny150
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common drug used to treat prostate cancer may raise risk of brain tumours: study
researchers suggest 'careful' use of hormone therapy drug cyproterone because of link to slow-growing tumour.
dave yasvinski
prostate cancer
feb 7 2022
recent research pointing to a relationship between hormonal therapy and meningiomas prompted the further investigation. getty

imagine waiting more than a year to find out if you have cancer
'cancer was no longer important,' says mélodie cyr, who had surgery for a nodule on her thyroid. 'they were putting all the emphasis on covid, however, cancer was still happening.'
maija kappler
cancer
feb 7 2022
mélodie cyr with her dog, charlie.

'stem cell clinics are an area of risk': a conversation with peter zandstra, recently named to the order of canada
the canadian scientist's latest research is focused on figuring out how stem cells from umbilical cord blood can replace stem cell transplants.
emma jones
2022年世界杯名单猜测
jan 27 2022
peter zandstra working in the lab. supplied credit: martin dee

gist: what it feels like
maureen went from feeling completely healthy to hearing a doctor tell her that she had gastrointestinal stromal tumours, a rare cancer that affects 1 in 100,000 people.
emma jones
what it feels like
jan 25 2022
like many people who get a cancer diagnosis, it was absolutely a shock and a surprise. getty

how hpv turned into cervical cancer years later for a b.c. woman
it has been five years since corinne schelle was diagnosed with cervical cancer — a disease that now can be prevented with a vaccine.
karen hawthorne
human papillomavirus (hpv).
jan 24 2022
one of the challenges of hpv is that there often are no obvious signs of infection. getty

hormone therapy gives men at high risk for prostate cancer a better chance of survival
hormone therapy prevented one trial participant from developing metastatic disease 10 years after treatment.
chris arnold
prostate cancer
jan 21 2022
in total, research was collected from 17 clinical trials, 42 collaborators, 703 medical centres, and more than 15,000 patients. getty

scotland's 'significant leap forward’: two breast cancer drugs approved; england urged to follow suit
canada has already approved the treatments which can slow progression of her2-positive breast cancer.
emma jones
breast cancer
jan 19 2022
her2-positive breast cancer spreads to other areas of the body (metastases), including the brain, for more than a quarter of women with the disease. getty

chris evert on ovarian cancer: 'don't try to be a crusader and think this will pass'
evert's sister jeanne evert dubin was diagnosed with late stage ovarian cancer and died in february 2020.
maija kappler
ovarian cancer
jan 18 2022
file - in this feb. 13, 1972, file photo, members of the evert family are shown in their home in fort lauderdale, fla. front row from left are john, 10, mother colette, jeanne, 14, and father james. back from left are chris, drew, 18 and clare, 4. jeanne evert dubin, a former world-ranked professional tennis player and a younger sister of 18-time grand slam champion chris evert, has died. evert dubin died thursday, feb. 20, 2020, after a 2 1/2-year struggle with ovarian cancer. she was 62. (ap photo/file) org xmit: ny150
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