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Common drug may protect hearts from damage caused by breast cancer chemotherapy

Anthracyclines and trastuzumab are effective therapies for many women with breast cancer. However, increased risk of cardiotoxicity has limited their use, and...

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Birth defects linked to greater risk of cancer in later life

The type of birth defect had a marked impact on the subsequent risk and type of cancer.

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Exercise benefits women fighting breast cancer, study says

Recent research shows exercising benefits women fighting breast cancer, and indications are that being more active could greatly reduce the chances of...

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New therapy targets breast cancer metastases in brain

A new combination therapy targeting breast cancer tumors in the brain dramatically decreased tumor size and increased survival in a study with...

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Acute exercise has beneficial effects on the immune system during prostate cancer

In prostate cancer survivors, a moderate bout of exercise kept the cell count of certain type of immune cells at a normal...

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Breast cancer deadlier in heart attack survivors

Breast cancer patients are 60 percent more likely to die of cancer after surviving a heart attack.

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Just a little physical activity pays big dividends to high risk breast cancer patients

Patients who met the minimum federal exercise guidelines, before and after treatment, had a significantly reduced risk of their cancer returning -...

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Study unveils many ways carcinogens trigger development of breast cancer

Because only 5 to 10 percent of breast cancers are due to high risk inherited mutations, such as BRCA1 and BRCA2, scientists...

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New study indicates exercise can help prevent liver cancer

Voluntary exercise could help prevent the most common type of liver cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma, and identifies the molecular signaling pathways involved.