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Gene Signature May Predict Recurrence of Lung Cancer

May 17, 2008 – 5:10 pm

FRIDAY, May 16 (HealthDay News) — A panel of 15 genes may help determine which patients with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer will experience a recurrence and, therefore, benefit the most from chemotherapy, a new study shows.
By extension, the same genetic signature may also identify patients with less aggressive forms of the cancer who would […]

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‘An aspirin a day can keep breast cancer away’

May 1, 2008 – 5:01 am

A study of 127,000 women found that those who took the drug lowered their chances of getting hormone-sensitive breast cancer by 16 per cent.
The research, by scientists at the US National Institutes of Health, is the latest to highlight the potential health benefits of the cheap painkiller.
It has already been shown to combat rheumatoid arthritis, […]

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