Preventive Care
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Focus chemoprevention on highest risk prostate cancer, expert says
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Mediterranean diet plus olive oil kept diabetes away
Major finding: Adults at high risk of cardiovascular disease who followed a Mediterranean diet enriched with extra-virgin olive oil were 40% less...
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USPSTF gives final recommendation on lung cancer screening
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Exercise protects black women against ER-negative breast cancer
Major finding: Black women who reported engaging in an average of least 3 hours of vigorous exercise per week over their lifetime had a 47%...
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New mega-review underscores mammography’s benefits
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IBIS-II: Anastrozole highly effective in preventing breast cancer
Major finding: The 7-year cumulative incidence of all breast cancers in high-risk postmenopausal women who took anastrozole once daily for 5 years...
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Continued smoking after cancer diagnosis ups mortality risk
Major finding: Among male smokers at the time of cancer diagnosis, the risk of death was 76% greater in those who continued smoking than in those...
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Genetic profiling transforms cancer treatment trials
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Breast MRI both overused and underused
Major finding: Only 25% of the women in one study and 21% in the other who underwent breast MRI met the high-risk criteria recommended for the...
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Coffee consumption affects cancer risk differently for liver vs. pancreatic cancers
Major finding: Neither total coffee intake (whether decaffeinated or caffeinated, analyzed separately) nor tea intake appears to influence the...