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Kate Middleton’s cancer diagnosis – what you thought you knew about cancer might be wrong
1. SOMETIMES, YOU CAN’T SPOT CANCER RIGHT AWAY It is not clear if the princess had symptoms or signs that…
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Commentary: Kate Middleton is having ‘preventive chemotherapy’ for cancer. What does this mean?
Catherine, Princess of Wales, announced on Mar 22 she has her cancer and is in the early stages of preventative…
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Cancer-causing chemical found in some acne treatments, US lab reports
High levels of cancer-causing chemical benzene were detected in some acne treatments of brands including Estee Lauder’s Clinique and Target’s…
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Can certain foods really reduce your cancer risk? Here are 6 that experts say are worth adding to your plate
3. BEANS AND OTHER TYPES OF LEGUMES Common bean varieties like black and kidney beans, and legumes like chickpeas, dry…
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Progress in childhood cancer has stalled for Blacks and Hispanics, report says
Advances in childhood cancer are a success story in modern medicine. But in the past decade, those strides have stalled…
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Woman cured of bowel cancer in 6 months after receiving new drug
A 42-year-old woman had no evidence of cancer after receiving the drug dostarlimab which is still in early trials for…
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New medicines to tackle paedriatic cancer ‘imperative’ in Europe
Some 35,000 children are diagnosed with cancer every year in the EU. Back in 2016, Fé suddenly started falling ill…
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MRI scans ‘more reliable’ than a blood test to detect prostate cancer
Researchers have found that a blood test alone to detect prostate cancer can be unreliable, leading to overdiagnosis and missing…
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Commentary: WHO deems aspartame ‘possibly carcinogenic’ – what this means for your diet soda habit
Commercial names for aspartame include Equal, Nutrasweet, Canderel and Sugar Twin. In Australia, the acceptable daily intake is 40mg per…
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Aspartame: Common artificial sweetener found in Coca-Cola diet sodas could be declared ‘possibly carcinogenic’
An IARC spokesperson said both the IARC and JECFA committees’ findings were confidential until July, but added they were “complementary”,…
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