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Wednesday, 7 January 2009
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Doctor chooses Gardasil over Cervarix
Even though the government chose Glaxo's Cervarix for its cervical cancer vaccine programme, many British doctors pick Merck's Gardasil for their own daughters, a well-known physician said on Friday.
24 Oct 2008 |
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Christina Applegate stands up to cancer
Cancer survivors Christina Applegate, Patrick Swayze, Sheryl Crowe, cyclist Lance Armstrong and dozens of other celebrities "stood up" to battle the disease in a charity television fund-raiser on Friday.
06 Sep 2008 |
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Jade Goody has cervical cancer
"Celebrity Big Brother" star Jade Goody has been diagnosed with cervical cancer, her spokesman said on Tuesday.
20 Aug 2008 |
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Video game helps young cancer patients take meds
Playing a specially designed video game can help adolescents and young adult cancer patients adhere more closely to their prescribed treatment, according to a report in the journal Pediatrics.
06 Aug 2008 |
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Apple CEO Jobs' life not in danger: report
Apple Inc CEO Steve Jobs, who has been dogged by investor concerns about his health, does not have recurrent cancer or a life-threatening health issue, The New York Times reported on Saturday.
28 Jul 2008 |
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Peru's Fujimori tongue lesion "cancerous"
Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori's daughter said on Friday that a lesion removed from her father's tongue was "cancerous," though a family doctor said the growth had not spread.
07 Jun 2008 |
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Five percent of breast tumors may double in month
Five percent of breast cancer tumors appear to double in size in just over a month, Norwegian researchers said on Thursday in a study underscoring the potential benefits of more frequent screening.
08 May 2008 |
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Students take up HPV vaccine
Up to 70 percent of British schoolgirls are likely to take up the offer of a vaccine to protect them against cervical cancer, despite doubts about other vaccines, researchers reported on Thursday.
25 Apr 2008 |
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Hormone therapy ups breast cancer recurrence risk
Hormone replacement therapy, which is known to increase the risk of breast cancer, also appears to make it more likely a tumour will return in women who have had the disease, researchers said on Tuesday.
25 Mar 2008 |
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