Studies have linked the regular use of aspirin, an over-the-counter painkiller, to lower risks of heart attack and stroke. The risk-reducing benefits may also extend to death from certain types of cancer.
What isn't yet known is how much aspirin is needed to protect against an early death from cancer, and how long people have to take it.
What isn't yet known is how much aspirin is needed to protect against an early death from cancer, and how long people have to take it.
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person's mood may affect how well their cancer treatment works, suggests new research from China. In a report presented at the annual meeting of the European Society for Medical Oncology Asia, researchers led by Yufeng Wu, from the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University in China, found that cancer patients who were more depressed showed worse response to chemotherapy than those without depression.
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Vitamin D helps build healthy bones, but that's not all it can do. More recent data point to other potential benefits, including staving off dementia and protecting against certain cancers, such as colon and breast cancer.
But how strong is the evidence?
But how strong is the evidence?
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Researchers unravel the sophisticated ways cancers evade treatments, including immunotherapies, designed to destroy them.
courses of a new class of anticancer immunotherapy agents is not typical for a cancer patient, yet that is what retired Major League Baseball administrator Bill Murray, now 79, endured to treat his melanoma..
courses of a new class of anticancer immunotherapy agents is not typical for a cancer patient, yet that is what retired Major League Baseball administrator Bill Murray, now 79, endured to treat his melanoma..
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