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How Many People Will Be Diagnosed With Cancer In Your Suburb in 2018?
More than 46,000 people in NSW will be told they have cancer in 2018, official projections show.
The sobering forecast also predicted the number of new breast, lung, bowel cancer and melanoma patients who will be diagnosed across every Sydney local government area (LGA) this year.
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Exercise is Best For Reducing Breast Cancer Recurrence
By Ana Sandoiu
Breast cancer survival rates are very high compared with other forms of cancer, but in some cases, the cancer does comes back. New research highlights key recommendations that breast cancer survivors can incorporate into their lifestyle so as to reduce the risk of breast cancer recurrence.
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Fighting Triple-Negative Breast Cancer with the Help of Vitamin D
In research published in The Journal of Cell Biology, a team led by Susana Gonzalo, Ph.D., assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at Saint Louis University, has discovered a molecular pathway that contributes to triple-negative breast cancer, an often deadly and treatment resistant form of cancer that tends to strike younger women. In addition, Gonzalo and her team identified vitamin D and some protease inhibitors as possible new therapies and discovered a set of three biomarkers that can help to identify patients who could benefit from the treatment.
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