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Since 1970, the national colorectal cancer death rate has been cut in half. But progress has lagged in the Lower Mississippi Delta, Appalachia and counties in eastern Virginia and North Carolina.
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News & Views: Despite National Progress, Colorectal Cancer Cancer Hot Spots Remain
Posted on July 22, 2015 by Katherine Malanson | Categories: CA Unit1, CA Unit5, Cancer | |
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News & Views: When it comes to SPFs and sunscreens, we’re still in the dark
Posted on June 18, 2015 by Katherine Malanson | Categories: CA Unit1, CA Unit5, Cancer | |
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Changes in sunscreen labels designed to make them clearer don’t seem to be doing the job, a survey finds. Less than one quarter of people knew that SPF value relates to preventing sunburns.
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News & Views: Thoughts Can Fuel Some Deadly Brain Cancers
Posted on May 15, 2015 by Katherine Malanson | Categories: CA Unit1, Cancer, ND Final Project, ND Unit1, Neurological Disorders | |
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A doctor-scientist’s long quest to help children with a rare form of brain cancer has led to the discovery that high levels of brain activity can make glioma tumors grow faster.
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News & Views: Why hasn’t the war on cancer been won?
Posted on March 23, 2015 by Katherine Malanson | Categories: CA Unit1, CA Unit5, Cancer, News | |
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Medical researchers have made only modest progress treating the most common cancers since the war on cancer was declare in 1971. The disease has proved far more complicated than doctors had hoped.
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