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<item><title>A Year of Major Advances in Cancer Cited</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=536525</link>
<description><![CDATA[But government funding cuts threaten continued research progress, oncologists report]]></description>
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<item><title>Mammogram's Benefit During 40s Still Uncertain</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=536487</link>
<description><![CDATA[British study weighed plusses, minuses for nearly 161,000 women tracked over 11 years]]></description>
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<item><title>High Protein Diets May Boost Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=536486</link>
<description><![CDATA[Excess protein may also shorten life span, study suggests]]></description>
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<item><title>Biopsy Marker May Predict Breast Cancer's Course</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=536446</link>
<description><![CDATA[Women with low p27 protein fared worse with hormone-positive tumors, study found]]></description>
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<item><title>New Research Yields Clues to Brain Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=536466</link>
<description><![CDATA[Mouse study suggests promising target for treating deadly glioblastomas]]></description>
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<item><title>Gleevec Continues to Beat Blood Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=536465</link>
<description><![CDATA[89 percent of CML patients have survived for 5 years, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Hair-Loss Drug Skews Prostate Cancer Test</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=536438</link>
<description><![CDATA[Propecia lowers PSA levels in the blood, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Combined Imaging Improves Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=536439</link>
<description><![CDATA[Computer tomography and positron emission tomography at once benefits patients, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Cell Phone Use Doesn't Boost Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=536419</link>
<description><![CDATA[The message from a new study: Keep talking]]></description>
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<item><title>Study Unearths Clues on How Body Absorbs Folate</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=536372</link>
<description><![CDATA[Findings may yield test for infants, adults to prevent neurological problems]]></description>
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<item><title>Workouts Help Ward Off Cancer's Return</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=536263</link>
<description><![CDATA[Just 1 to 3 hours of exercise per week may be protective, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>Abortion Pill May Help Prevent Breast Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=536349</link>
<description><![CDATA[Mouse study shows that RU486, or compounds like it, might have promise]]></description>
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<item><title>Study Offers More Clues to 'Chemo Brain'</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=536318</link>
<description><![CDATA[Standard cancer drugs killed off nervous system cells in mice]]></description>
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<item><title>Tea Soothes Skin Damage Linked to Cancer Treatment</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=536361</link>
<description><![CDATA[Extracts speed healing of radiation-related injury, researchers report]]></description>
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<item><title>Hypnosis Eases Breast Cancer Biopsy Pain</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=536277</link>
<description><![CDATA[The technique has no side effects, researchers add]]></description>
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<item><title>Mammogram Via Satellite Helps Rural Women</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=536276</link>
<description><![CDATA[Technology may end long waits for out-of-the-way patients, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>Many Study Review Board Docs Have Ties to Drug Industry</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=536320</link>
<description><![CDATA[But most believe their financial links won't influence their decisions]]></description>
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<item><title>Cutting Back on Smoking Won't Cut Death Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=536288</link>
<description><![CDATA[Quitting is the only real route to health, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Big Tobacco Downplays Smoking-Cancer Link When Sued</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=536290</link>
<description><![CDATA[Companies admit products cause disease -- just not in those who sue them, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Heavier Young Women at Lower Breast Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=536309</link>
<description><![CDATA[But overweight is linked to other health woes, experts warn]]></description>
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<item><title>Breast Cancer Risk Linked to Normal Aging of Breast Tissue</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=536147</link>
<description><![CDATA[As milk ducts regress, malignancy risk fades, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Colon Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=536198</link>
<description><![CDATA[Scientist used an antibody from a cancer-resilient patient]]></description>
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<item><title>Some Stem Cell Transplant Recipients Face Long-Term Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=536219</link>
<description><![CDATA[Leukemia patients almost twice as likely to develop a solid cancer within 10 years]]></description>
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<item><title>Chemo Temporarily Shrinks Brain Areas, Study Finds</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=536260</link>
<description><![CDATA[Discovery could explain cognitive troubles linked to cancer treatment]]></description>
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<item><title>New Breast Scanner Rivals Mammograms</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=536298</link>
<description><![CDATA[And it works without flattening the breast, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Health Tip: Symptoms of Leukemia</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=536144</link>
<description><![CDATA[Signs that you should see a doctor]]></description>
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<item><title>Health Tip: Reduce Your Chances of Colon Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=536141</link>
<description><![CDATA[If you're at greater risk, get screened]]></description>
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<item><title>Marathoners Run a Greater Risk for Skin Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=536210</link>
<description><![CDATA[Exposed skin and depressed immune systems may be to blame, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>Aspirin May Cut Head and Neck Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=536185</link>
<description><![CDATA[The longer the use, the bigger the benefit, study found]]></description>
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<item><title>Using Nicotine Patch Before Quit Date Ups Success</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533576</link>
<description><![CDATA[Strategy doubles the odds of staying smoke-free, studies find]]></description>
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<item><title>Health Tip: Soreness After Radiation Therapy</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=536010</link>
<description><![CDATA[How to minimize discomfort]]></description>
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<item><title>New Drug Boosts Breast Cancer Survival</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=536170</link>
<description><![CDATA[Arimidex after long-term tamoxifen should be new standard of care, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Smoking, High HPV Levels Could Spell Cervical Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=536167</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study finds two factors boost risk of precancerous lesions]]></description>
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<item><title>Secondhand Smoke Speeds Lung Decline</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=536095</link>
<description><![CDATA[Wheezing, coughing, shortness of breath arrive quicker, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Low Cholesterol Lowers Risk for Aggressive Prostate Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=536073</link>
<description><![CDATA[But men's overall risk for prostate tumors remains the same, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Nanotechnology Holds Promise Against Brain Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=536123</link>
<description><![CDATA[New method delivers drug 'payload' directly to tumor cells]]></description>
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<item><title>Drug Might Squeeze Out Bone Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=536122</link>
<description><![CDATA[It prohibits breakdown of bone that tumors need to grow]]></description>
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<item><title>New Links Detailed Between Diet, Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=536086</link>
<description><![CDATA[Benefits seen for soy in women, fish in men, vitamin E-rich foods in male smokers
]]></description>
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<item><title>Thursday Marks 30th 'Great American Smokeout'</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=536013</link>
<description><![CDATA[There's no better time to quit than right now, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>10% of Americans Struggle With Chronic Pain</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=536121</link>
<description><![CDATA[And one in four adults suffered a daylong bout of pain in past month, report found]]></description>
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<item><title>Breast Cancer Diagnosis Brings Serious Distress</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=536015</link>
<description><![CDATA[But too often, cancer's emotional toll is undertreated, research shows]]></description>
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<item><title>Post-Surgery Radiation Boosts Prostate Cancer Results</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=536097</link>
<description><![CDATA[And a second study suggests testosterone replacement may not harm prostate]]></description>
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<item><title>Scientists Developing Lung Cancer Breath Test</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=536033</link>
<description><![CDATA[Preliminary research finds it may spot those at high risk for the killer disease]]></description>
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<item><title>Red Meat May Boost Breast Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=536057</link>
<description><![CDATA[Growth hormones, natural carcinogens in meat could be to blame, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Colon Cancer Screening Rates Rising</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=536064</link>
<description><![CDATA[But VA study finds colonoscopy's share of screening is on the decline]]></description>
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<item><title>Rheumatoid Arthritis Meds Won't Up Most Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535978</link>
<description><![CDATA[Major review finds increase in skin cancer for new biologic drugs, but not for other malignancies]]></description>
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<item><title>Tool Predicts Post-Surgery Breast Cancer Recurrence</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535963</link>
<description><![CDATA[Computer method looks specifically at women who've undergone lumpectomy]]></description>
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<item><title>Firefighters at High Risk for Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=536030</link>
<description><![CDATA[Airborne toxins raise their risk over time, study suggests]]></description>
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<item><title>Health Tip: Symptoms of Prostate Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535885</link>
<description><![CDATA[Warning signs that you should see a doctor]]></description>
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<item><title>Cholesterol Control Boosts Lymphoma Survivors' Outcomes</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535959</link>
<description><![CDATA[Cancer treatment leaves patients prone to heart disease, experts note]]></description>
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<item><title>Estrogen Receptor Points to Aggressive Breast Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535856</link>
<description><![CDATA[Doctors might use this cue to help tailor treatment, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Family History Strong Predictor of Breast Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535817</link>
<description><![CDATA[Odds remain high even if women do not carry cancer-linked genes, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>New System Spots At-Risk Prostate Cancer Patients</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535946</link>
<description><![CDATA[Predicting tumor recurrence is key to deciding treatment, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>'PSA Bounce' After Prostate Cancer Treatment Doesn't Affect Survival</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535982</link>
<description><![CDATA[But, rapidly rising PSA before treatment indicates cancer has likely spread, studies find]]></description>
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<item><title>Breast Cancer Responds to Shorter-Course Radiation</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535945</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study suggests treatment can be reduced by three weeks]]></description>
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<item><title>Research Compares Safety of Breast Cancer Radiation Techniques</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535961</link>
<description><![CDATA[One method, called MammoSite, may deliver more radiation to the heart than realized]]></description>
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<item><title>Scientists Probe Radiotherapy-Linked Brain Changes</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535879</link>
<description><![CDATA[A cell receptor may play a role in cancer treatment cognitive woes]]></description>
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<item><title>Childhood Cancer Survivors Face Long-Term Stroke Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535939</link>
<description><![CDATA[Actual risk is low but still 4 times that of general population, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Cancer Combo Therapy Is Cost-Effective</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535941</link>
<description><![CDATA[Initial outlay exceeds that of single treatments, but those costs are recovered over time, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Researchers Apologize for Disclosure Failure on Drug Study</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535964</link>
<description><![CDATA[But the science behind review of  rheumatoid arthritis treatments is sound]]></description>
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<item><title>Two Prostate Cancer Radiotherapies Go Head-to-Head</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535881</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study finds that a radiation treatment called IMRT has fewer side effects]]></description>
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<item><title>High-Dose Radiation Extends Prostate Cancer Survival</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535938</link>
<description><![CDATA[Long-term hormone therapy may also boost patient outcomes, researchers find]]></description>
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<item><title>Smoking Worsens Prostate Cancer Therapy Side Effects</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535882</link>
<description><![CDATA[Smoking patients had higher rates of gastrointestinal troubles, study found]]></description>
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<item><title>HPV Test Beats Pap Smear for Women Over 40</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535878</link>
<description><![CDATA[It's a better cervical cancer screen, research suggests]]></description>
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<item><title>Gene May Help Spur Breast Cancer's Spread</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535858</link>
<description><![CDATA[Discovery could lead to new, targeted treatments, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>Journal Retracts Fraudulent Oral Cancer Studies</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535854</link>
<description><![CDATA[<i>New England Journal of Medicine</i> articles didn't affect patient care, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>Combo Treatment Helps Fight Early Breast Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535855</link>
<description><![CDATA[Adding epirubicin to standard chemo 'cocktail' boosts outcomes, British team report]]></description>
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<item><title>Childhood Radiation Treatment Boosts 2nd Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535831</link>
<description><![CDATA[Age and amount of radiation influences potential for secondary tumor, study finds

]]></description>
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<item><title>Men Face Higher Colon Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535843</link>
<description><![CDATA[But the finding is no reason to screen women later, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>PSA Trends Predict Aggressive Prostate Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535767</link>
<description><![CDATA[Findings argue for earlier testing to establish baseline for changes over time]]></description>
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<item><title>Mutation the Secret to Cancer-Resistant Mice' Success</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535811</link>
<description><![CDATA[White blood cells interpret tumor's defenses as a signal to attack, new research shows]]></description>
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<item><title>Curry Ingredient May Help Fight Alzheimer's</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535378</link>
<description><![CDATA[Curcumin spurs immune cells to 'eat up' brain plaques, early study shows]]></description>
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<item><title>Dual Drug Therapy Effective Against Pemphigus Vulgaris</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535717</link>
<description><![CDATA[Therapy sends devastating skin condition into remission, study found

]]></description>
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<item><title>Gene Screen Links Cancer Treatment to Tumor Type</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535502</link>
<description><![CDATA[And better-targeted treatments mean better survival, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Colon Cancer Screening Is Saving Lives</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535662</link>
<description><![CDATA[One study shows a real decline in deaths, another suggests 10-year colonoscopy interval is safe]]></description>
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<item><title>CT Scans Catch Lung Cancer at Earliest Stage</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535704</link>
<description><![CDATA[When followed by surgery, 10-year survival rate soars, researchers found]]></description>
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<item><title>Black Women's Genes May Spur Deadlier Breast Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535601</link>
<description><![CDATA[Race played role in outcome, despite treatment used, study found]]></description>
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<item><title>Lung Tests Can Help Smokers Quit</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535510</link>
<description><![CDATA[Especially when they're backed up by phone counseling, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Statins Good for Smokers' Lungs</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535525</link>
<description><![CDATA[But they're no substitute for quitting smoking, researchers add]]></description>
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<item><title>Red Wine May Cut Risk of Colorectal Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535624</link>
<description><![CDATA[No protective effect found for white wine, study concludes]]></description>
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<item><title>Breast Cancer Drugs Not One-Size-Fits-All</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535649</link>
<description><![CDATA[Only certain women need aromatase inhibitors to prevent recurrence, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Digital Mammography Boosts Chances of Spotting Malignancies</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535652</link>
<description><![CDATA[It's the next big advance in breast cancer detection, doctors say]]></description>
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<item><title>Beachgoers Accurately Report Sun-Protection Habits</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535533</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study insights help validate skin cancer research]]></description>
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<item><title>Breast Cancer Experts Urge Funding for Minority Screenings</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535620</link>
<description><![CDATA[More federal dollars would mean more lives saved, American Cancer Society says]]></description>
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<item><title>Bread-Heavy Diet Linked to Kidney Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535636</link>
<description><![CDATA[But expert urges caution in interpreting the study results]]></description>
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<item><title>7 Keys to Prostate Cancer Management</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535511</link>
<description><![CDATA[Making informed decisions on care focus of treatment report]]></description>
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<item><title>Childhood Cancer Survivors More Likely to Have Preemies</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535554</link>
<description><![CDATA[But these women shouldn't abandon hopes of having children, researcher adds]]></description>
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<item><title>Could Personality Influence Cancer Risk?</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535586</link>
<description><![CDATA[Rat study finds timid rodents tend to fare worse]]></description>
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<item><title>Suicide Risk Doubles After Cancer Diagnosis</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535599</link>
<description><![CDATA[Actual numbers are still small, study finds, with men at highest risk]]></description>
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<item><title>Older Women Not Getting Proper Breast Cancer Treatment</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535534</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study cites need for better diagnoses and use of therapies]]></description>
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<item><title>Grape Seed May Be a Cancer Fighter</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535557</link>
<description><![CDATA[In mouse study, extract shrank colon tumors by 44 percent]]></description>
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<item><title>Taxotere Approved for Head and Neck Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535582</link>
<description><![CDATA[Average survival extended by more than 4 months]]></description>
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<item><title>Research Yields Clues to Radiation-Resistant Brain Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535564</link>
<description><![CDATA[Stem cells spur tumor recurrence, but chemotherapy may keep them at bay]]></description>
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<item><title>Study Suggests Vitamin D May Help Fight Breast Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535541</link>
<description><![CDATA[Women with advanced disease had lower levels of the nutrient]]></description>
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<item><title>Communities Key to Lowering Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535351</link>
<description><![CDATA[New guidelines underscore local government's role in providing healthy diet and exercise]]></description>
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<item><title>Test May Predict Liver Cancer Prognosis</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535442</link>
<description><![CDATA[High levels of a specific cell point to inoperable disease, new study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>New Test Spots Thyroid Cancer Early</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535475</link>
<description><![CDATA[Earlier diagnosis means better treatment, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>Ultrasound Successful in Thyroid Nodule Trial</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535453</link>
<description><![CDATA[Could eliminate need for surgery in many cases, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Lung Cancer Can Run in the Family</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535375</link>
<description><![CDATA[Having a close relative with the disease almost doubles the odds, study finds

]]></description>
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<item><title>Protein May Help Targeting for Anti-Tumor Drugs</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535457</link>
<description><![CDATA[Works as 'quality control inspector' in duplication of genetic code that can lead to cancer]]></description>
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<item><title>Avastin Sanctioned as Lung Cancer Treatment</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535501</link>
<description><![CDATA[Drug extended survival in people with most common lung cancer]]></description>
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<item><title>Childhood Cancer Treatments Have Long-Lasting Ill Effects</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535454</link>
<description><![CDATA[Almost two in three survivors have chronic health problems decades later

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<item><title>Workplace Smoking Ban Improves Employees' Health</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535433</link>
<description><![CDATA[Prohibition in bars in Scotland showed almost immediate benefits, study found]]></description>
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<item><title>New Breast Cancer Gene Found</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535376</link>
<description><![CDATA[But BRIP1 accounts for only a fraction of familial cases, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Obesity Affects Prostate Cancer Screens</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535380</link>
<description><![CDATA[Higher BMI suggests fat decreases amount of circulating PSA, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>High-Tech Radiation Boosts Prostate Cancer Survival</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535319</link>
<description><![CDATA[The technique delivers focused, high-powered beams to the tumor site]]></description>
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<item><title>Healthy Cholesterol Levels Could Lower Prostate Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531024</link>
<description><![CDATA[While research is preliminary, the findings are encouraging, doctors say]]></description>
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<item><title>Zolinza Treats Rare Skin Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535400</link>
<description><![CDATA[When other remedies fail]]></description>
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<item><title>'Chemo Brain' in Cancer Survivors Is Real: Study</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535340</link>
<description><![CDATA[Brain scans show changes in blood flow, metabolism]]></description>
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<item><title>Research Spots 5 Potential Breast Cancer Genes</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535282</link>
<description><![CDATA[Pooling data from more than 20 studies helped yield results, scientists say]]></description>
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<item><title>Short-Term Radiation Put to Test for Breast Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534633</link>
<description><![CDATA[Large-scale study comparing it with traditional six-week regimen
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<item><title>Antibiotic Fights Chlamydia-Linked Eye Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535238</link>
<description><![CDATA[Doxycycline is effective in two-thirds of cases, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Delaying Chemo After Breast Cancer Surgery Can Be Safe</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535237</link>
<description><![CDATA[However, waiting more than 3 months boosts recurrence risk, researchers warn]]></description>
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<item><title>Test Could Spot Aggressive Prostate Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535283</link>
<description><![CDATA[Low levels of AZGP1 point to heightened risk, research shows]]></description>
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<item><title>Hormone Therapy Ups Ovarian-Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535294</link>
<description><![CDATA[But most women aren't taking the treatment as steadily as they once did, researchers note]]></description>
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<item><title>Antibiotic Inhibits Important Tumor Gene</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535213</link>
<description><![CDATA[Siomycin causes malignant cells to self-destruct, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Scientists Spot Potent Tobacco Carcinogen</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535235</link>
<description><![CDATA[Acrolein in cooking oil may also spur cancer in nonsmokers, they say]]></description>
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<item><title>Minority Gap in Medical Screening Tests Persists</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535199</link>
<description><![CDATA[Review of Medicare claims shows patient surveys aren't providing accurate data]]></description>
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<item><title>Lung Cancer Risk Rises in Industrial Zones</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535158</link>
<description><![CDATA[U.K. study found proximity to industry doubled women's risk]]></description>
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<item><title>Medical Research Gets High-Powered 'Search Engine'</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535198</link>
<description><![CDATA['Connectivity Map' quickly links diseases with candidate drugs]]></description>
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<item><title>Vitamin D Compound May Fight Blood Clots in Cancer Patients</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535159</link>
<description><![CDATA[Calcitriol helped cut the risk of this complication, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Lymph Node Test Helps Fight Melanoma</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535169</link>
<description><![CDATA['Sentinel' nodes help doctors spot the cancer's spread]]></description>
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<item><title>Vectibix Treats Colorectal Cancer That's Spread</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535192</link>
<description><![CDATA[Drug can slow or stop growing tumors

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<item><title>Fentora Approved for Cancer Pain</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535154</link>
<description><![CDATA[Oral opioid treats rapid-onset 'breakthrough' pain

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<item><title>One in 10 Mammograms Comes Back Abnormal</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535116</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study finds most radiologists evaluating tests well, reducing cancer death rates]]></description>
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<item><title>New Tools to Predict Genetic Risk for Colorectal Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535145</link>
<description><![CDATA[The target is Lynch syndrome, the most common hereditary form of the disease]]></description>
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<item><title>Cancer Staging Affects Patients' Survival</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535100</link>
<description><![CDATA[But Canadian study finds adherence to modified guidelines is poor]]></description>
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<item><title>Uterine Cancer Survival Worse for Black Women</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535103</link>
<description><![CDATA[Even with similar prognosis and treatment, white women live a bit longer, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Menthol Cigarettes Seem Tougher to Quit</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535126</link>
<description><![CDATA[This may help explain higher smoking-related illness among blacks, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Biopsy Best for Breast Cancer Detection</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533737</link>
<description><![CDATA[It's superior to other tests, like MRIs, researchers find]]></description>
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<item><title>MRI Detects Breast Cancer's Spread</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534844</link>
<description><![CDATA[It's superior to another radiological method, called MDCT, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Deaths From Kidney Cancer on the Rise</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535045</link>
<description><![CDATA[Expert suggests lack of effective chemotherapy drugs might explain trend]]></description>
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<item><title>Nicotine Helps Banish Depression</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534917</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study finds an effect, but researchers advise against smoking]]></description>
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<item><title>Rub On a Tan and Prevent Skin Cancer?</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535043</link>
<description><![CDATA[Research with mice finds a tanning lotion that protects against malignancies, too

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<item><title>Scientists Gain Insights Into Cancer's Spread</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534959</link>
<description><![CDATA[Tumor cells can easily switch to 'travel mode,' study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Fatty Fish May Protect Against Kidney Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534998</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study found consumption dropped risk by 44 percent, but more research needed]]></description>
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<item><title>Air Pollution Linked to Lung Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534971</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study may explain why some nonsmokers get the disease]]></description>
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<item><title>Hormone Therapy for Prostate Cancer May Increase Disease Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=535019</link>
<description><![CDATA[Heart disease and diabetes seem to be side effects of treatment, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Tanning Still in Style With U.S. Teens</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534790</link>
<description><![CDATA[Messages about skin cancer are having little impact, survey shows]]></description>
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<item><title>Protein Test Spots Risk for Breast, Ovarian Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534958</link>
<description><![CDATA[FANCD2 illuminates a new kind of genetic danger, experts explain]]></description>
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<item><title>Blood Test Helps Spot Good Cancer Drugs</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534934</link>
<description><![CDATA[Counting a type of cell allows researchers to gauge effectiveness]]></description>
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<item><title>Ovary Removal Raises Young Women's Death Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534951</link>
<description><![CDATA[The finding sheds new light on  estrogen-replacement therapy, experts says]]></description>
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<item><title>Protein Screen Predicts Breast Cancer Therapy Success</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534933</link>
<description><![CDATA[The test, called OncoPlan, is already available]]></description>
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<item><title>Vitamin D May Lower Pancreatic Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534925</link>
<description><![CDATA[Getting the recommended daily dose cut risk by 43 percent, study found]]></description>
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<item><title>Prostate Biopsy Doesn't Have to Be Painful</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534915</link>
<description><![CDATA[Targeted anesthesia can minimize discomfort, research shows]]></description>
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<item><title>Gene Test May Help Treat Rare Gastric Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534932</link>
<description><![CDATA[Doctors can use the screen to choose best chemotherapy, study shows]]></description>
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<item><title>Cancer Drug Gleevec May Ease Rheumatoid Arthritis</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534948</link>
<description><![CDATA[Mouse study suggests it might fight a range of autoimmune illnesses]]></description>
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<item><title>Hispanics Have Unique Cancer 'Profile'</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534851</link>
<description><![CDATA[Their risks, treatment needs differ from those of whites, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>Biomarkers May Be Key to Cancer Detection</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534909</link>
<description><![CDATA[But it's not yet clear which tests will be most useful, one expert says]]></description>
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<item><title>Medicare Drug Plan Helps Patients Fight Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534871</link>
<description><![CDATA[Despite fears to the contrary, it's widening access to drugs, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Exercise May Help Breast Cancer Patients Survive</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534862</link>
<description><![CDATA[Activity in year prior to diagnosis improved outlook, study found]]></description>
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<item><title>oll on Health Continues</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534853</link>
<description><![CDATA[As fifth anniversary dawns, witnesses, workers and local children may show long-term effects, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>Stem Cells Improve Child Brain Cancer Outcomes</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534808</link>
<description><![CDATA[Researchers call new therapy an advance, but not everyone agrees]]></description>
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<item><title>Scientists Map Genetic Codes for Breast, Colon Cancers</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534819</link>
<description><![CDATA[Step lays groundwork for better, targeted treatments, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>Dense Breasts Raise Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534752</link>
<description><![CDATA[Two studies found it was as important a predictor as age]]></description>
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<item><title>Home Visits Boost Mammography Rates for Rural Poor</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534693</link>
<description><![CDATA[Almost half of study group went on to get exams, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Protein Predicts Lung Cancer's Response to Treatment</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534760</link>
<description><![CDATA[Screening for ECCR1 spots those who'll benefit from cisplatin]]></description>
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<item><title>Cell-Regulating Gene Boosts Breast Cancer Survival</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534766</link>
<description><![CDATA[Up to 50% of patients overexpress the cyclin D1 variant, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Gene Test May Improve Breast Cancer Treatment</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534767</link>
<description><![CDATA[70-gene 'signature' gives more accurate prognosis, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Fewer Americans Felled by Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534795</link>
<description><![CDATA[But number of new cases stayed same from 1975 to 2003, report says]]></description>
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<item><title>Cancer Researchers Announce Gene Therapy Success</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534689</link>
<description><![CDATA[For the first time, tweaking DNA leads to sustained tumor regression]]></description>
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<item><title>Rheumatoid Arthritis Drugs May Not Raise Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534692</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study found no increased danger for people taking newer TNF blockers]]></description>
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<item><title>Celebrex Has 'No Role' Against Colon Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534646</link>
<description><![CDATA[It helps prevent polyps but doubles users' heart dangers, two studies find]]></description>
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<item><title>Daily Aspirin Helps Prevent Enlarged Prostate</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534656</link>
<description><![CDATA[Other NSAID painkillers did the same, study found]]></description>
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<item><title>31 States Record Increases in Adult Obesity</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534634</link>
<description><![CDATA[Two-thirds of Americans now at risk of diseases like diabetes, heart disease, report finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Real-Time MRI a Boost to Brain Tumor Surgery</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534616</link>
<description><![CDATA[Tracking brain's speech, movement centers improves safety, surgeons say]]></description>
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<item><title>Obesity Reduces Ovarian Cancer Survival</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534591</link>
<description><![CDATA[It may also boost risk for tumor recurrence, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Study Reveals Smoking's Link to Breast Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534522</link>
<description><![CDATA[Carcinogens weaken cells' ability to repair DNA, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Plastics Chemical Might Promote Breast Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534580</link>
<description><![CDATA[Scientists spot mechanism allowing bisphenol-A to concentrate in tumor cells]]></description>
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<item><title>Genes Linked to 2 Health Problems in Blacks</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534515</link>
<description><![CDATA[Findings could lead to new screening for preterm birth, prostate cancer, studies say]]></description>
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<item><title>Obesity Increases Chances of Early Death</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534537</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study found risk was two to three times greater than in normal-weight people]]></description>
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<item><title>Prostate Cancer Trial to Focus on Genetics</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534474</link>
<description><![CDATA[L.A.-based study currently seeking patients and their partners]]></description>
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<item><title>PET Scans Predict Breast Cancer Spread</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534493</link>
<description><![CDATA[California researchers show the scans aid in diagnosis]]></description>
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<item><title>Bilingual Clinics Boost Cancer Screening for Hispanic Women</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534423</link>
<description><![CDATA[Immigrant patients more comfortable speaking to health staff in Spanish, study confirms]]></description>
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<item><title>Geneticists Make Progress Against Ovarian Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534420</link>
<description><![CDATA[They've developed a model that spots genes driving the disease]]></description>
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<item><title>What Does That SPF in Sunscreen Really Mean?</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534218</link>
<description><![CDATA[Experts say many people overestimate how much protection sunscreens provide]]></description>
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<item><title>Can Naturopathic Remedies Fight Cancer, Hot Flashes?</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534414</link>
<description><![CDATA[Research suggests efficacy, but critics say treatments remain unproven]]></description>
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<item><title>Needle Biopsy Gives Insight Into Breast Cancer Genetics</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534418</link>
<description><![CDATA[This information can help guide treatment, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Gene Silencer Helps Shut Down Ovarian Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534419</link>
<description><![CDATA[Mouse study shows promise for the new technique]]></description>
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<item><title>Childhood Cancer Survivors at Raised Risk for Suicide</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534466</link>
<description><![CDATA[One in eight adults had considered ending their lives, study found]]></description>
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<item><title>Coping Strategies Help Caregivers Deal With Death</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534395</link>
<description><![CDATA['Complicated grief' can be difficult to handle, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Tumor Response May Determine Best Liver Transplant Candidates</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534322</link>
<description><![CDATA['Milan criteria' may not be crucial in predicting cancer recurrence, study reports]]></description>
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<item><title>Breast Cancer Treatment Safe During Pregnancy</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534353</link>
<description><![CDATA[Babies born to patients appear to fare well, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>More Evidence Chantix Helps Smokers Quit</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534378</link>
<description><![CDATA[Two studies show the new drug works over the long term]]></description>
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<item><title>Breast Cancer Gene Mutations More Common Than Thought</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534390</link>
<description><![CDATA[BRCA1 and 2 almost as prevalent in black women as in white, researchers report]]></description>
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<item><title>Some Prostate Cancers Might be Over-Treated</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534391</link>
<description><![CDATA[Doctors look for indicators that 'watchful waiting' is better]]></description>
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<item><title>Chemo Shows More Side Effects Than Expected</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534405</link>
<description><![CDATA[Breast cancer patients had more hospital visits than anticipated, study finds

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<item><title>Communication With Doctors Affects Blacks' Cancer Care</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534345</link>
<description><![CDATA[Less-informed decisions may account for racial differences in outcomes among cancer patients]]></description>
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<item><title>Medication Errors Common in Kids' Leukemia Treatment</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534348</link>
<description><![CDATA[Complicated medication regimens appear to be the reason, researchers contend]]></description>
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<item><title>Breast Cancer Patients Should Monitor Heart Risks</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534341</link>
<description><![CDATA[2 studies find potential side effects from Herceptin, radiation]]></description>
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<item><title>Researchers Probe Mechanisms of Infection</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534202</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study sheds light on link between inflammation and disease]]></description>
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<item><title>Some Dogs Carry 'Contagious' Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534299</link>
<description><![CDATA[Medical anomaly poses no threat to humans, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>First-Ever RNA Drug Targets Prostate Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534276</link>
<description><![CDATA[The gene-based therapy hits only malignant cells, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Gene Test Predicts Lung Cancer Outcome</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534288</link>
<description><![CDATA[Revolutionary new screen helps doctors decide whether patients need chemotherapy]]></description>
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<item><title>'DES Daughters' Face Higher Breast-Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534266</link>
<description><![CDATA[In utero exposure to the synthetic estrogen is to blame, study says

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<item><title>Curry May Help Prevent Colon Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534147</link>
<description><![CDATA[Chemicals in popular spice decreased polyp sizes, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Topotecan Not Recommended for Ovarian Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534141</link>
<description><![CDATA[German researchers say drug should not be part of first-line treatment]]></description>
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<item><title>Prostate Cancer Cells Have 3-Way Survival Switch</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534083</link>
<description><![CDATA[By inactivating a protein, the disease resists hormone treatment, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Variation to Gene May Triple Breast-Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534097</link>
<description><![CDATA[CHEK2 mutation could serve as diagnostic warning sign, study suggests]]></description>
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<item><title>Scorpion Venom Tested Against Brain Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=534020</link>
<description><![CDATA[In preliminary trial, protein seemed to prolong patients' lives]]></description>
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<item><title>Breast Cancer Study Focuses on Women With Breast Implants</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533891</link>
<description><![CDATA[They may not need to undergo full mastectomy, researchers conclude]]></description>
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<item><title>New Sunscreen Promises More Protection</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533999</link>
<description><![CDATA[But the lotion won't change the rules on warding off skin cancer, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>Treatment Strategy Extends Pancreatic Cancer Survival</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533948</link>
<description><![CDATA[Surgery followed by chemo, radiation may be better than surgery alone]]></description>
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<item><title>Actress Diahann Carroll Helps Launch Breast Cancer Web Site</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533998</link>
<description><![CDATA[Education effort aims to dispel common myths about the disease]]></description>
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<item><title>Testicular Cancer Cells Weakened by Heat</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533977</link>
<description><![CDATA[Finding could explain increased survival in men with this disease]]></description>
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<item><title>Targeted Methods Boost Minority Colon Cancer Screening</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533931</link>
<description><![CDATA[More Chinese-Americans got the test when informed in their own language]]></description>
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<item><title>Tamoxifen Doesn't Extend Life for Most Women at High Risk for Breast Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533966</link>
<description><![CDATA[New analysis looks at death rates from cancer, other problems]]></description>
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<item><title>Estrogen-Plus-Testosterone Therapy Increases Breast Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533974</link>
<description><![CDATA[And alternatives to HRT rely on a placebo effect, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Anthelios OTC Sunscreen Approved in U.S.</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533992</link>
<description><![CDATA[Contains novel UVA-blocking ingredient]]></description>
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<item><title>Health Tip: Undergoing Chemotherapy?</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533861</link>
<description><![CDATA[Here's how to take care of yourself]]></description>
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<item><title>Nicotine May Help Spur Lung Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533943</link>
<description><![CDATA[Finding puts patients' use of nicotine patches, gum in doubt]]></description>
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<item><title>Chemotherapy in Childhood Can Bring Adult Heart Woes</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533923</link>
<description><![CDATA[Researchers are seeking ways to prevent this long-term complication]]></description>
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<item><title>Mapping the Back Helps Patients Beat Skin Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533770</link>
<description><![CDATA[Keeping track of blemishes spots melanoma early, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>Mouse Model of Painful Lymphedema Should Aid Research</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533821</link>
<description><![CDATA[The condition, marked by swollen limbs, affects many breast cancer patients]]></description>
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<item><title>Cornea Research Brings Clear-Eyed View on Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533863</link>
<description><![CDATA[Discovery of how lens stays transparent has wide implications, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>Brain's Stem Cells Hold Clues to Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533889</link>
<description><![CDATA[Over-stimulation of these cells could trigger tumors, new study shows]]></description>
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<item><title>Health Tip: Reduce Risk for Salivary Gland Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533789</link>
<description><![CDATA[Minimize exposure to potential toxins]]></description>
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<item><title>Gemzar Approved for Recurrent Ovarian Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533909</link>
<description><![CDATA[Already sanctioned for several other malignancies]]></description>
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<item><title>New Digital Mammography System Approved</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533869</link>
<description><![CDATA[FDA OKs Fuji's FCRm system]]></description>
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<item><title>Heating, Destroying Lung Tumors Extends Lives</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533798</link>
<description><![CDATA['Thermal ablation' offers alternative for patients ineligible for surgery, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Diet, Supplements Do Little for Cancer Patients</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533876</link>
<description><![CDATA[Review of research finds little benefit for vitamins and such, but better studies are needed, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>Simple Precautions Protect Against Many Cancers</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532265</link>
<description><![CDATA[Screenings and lifestyle changes can go a long way, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>ur Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533820</link>
<description><![CDATA[It should greatly speed the pace of research, scientists say]]></description>
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<item><title>Guidelines Could Reduce Skin Cancer Over-Diagnosis</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533846</link>
<description><![CDATA[New rules separate out normal pigment cells from deadly melanomas]]></description>
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<item><title>Exercise Eases Chemotherapy Side Effects</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533741</link>
<description><![CDATA[It also boosts daily function, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Melanoma Education Protects Patients' Siblings</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533715</link>
<description><![CDATA[Brothers, sisters of people with skin cancer are at much higher odds for the disease, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>Radiation Therapy Might Harm Bone</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533722</link>
<description><![CDATA[Mouse study finding could have implications for cancer patients]]></description>
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<item><title>Raloxifene Doesn't Raise Heart Disease Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533759</link>
<description><![CDATA[But women with heart disease faced stroke risk when using it as breast cancer preventative]]></description>
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<item><title>Studies Highlight Strategies to Reduce Ovarian, Breast Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533747</link>
<description><![CDATA[Removal of ovaries, weight loss benefits women susceptible to the diseases 

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<item><title>Clinical Trials for Cancer Running Out of Volunteers</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533565</link>
<description><![CDATA[Demand for participants now far outstrips the supply, experts warn]]></description>
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<item><title>U.S. Women Uninformed About Lung Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533575</link>
<description><![CDATA[Survey shows most don't know it's the No. 1 cancer killer]]></description>
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<item><title>Health Tip: Considering Acupuncture?</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533652</link>
<description><![CDATA[Here's what to keep in mind
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<item><title>Clues to Cell Suicide Could Boost Cancer Research</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533662</link>
<description><![CDATA[Scientists learn that a key protein helps nudge damaged cells toward death]]></description>
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<item><title>Chernobyl Radiation May Boost Thyroid Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533577</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study finds higher malignancy rate, especially to those exposed at a very young age]]></description>
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<item><title>Childhood Cancer Survivors Prone to Early Menopause</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533578</link>
<description><![CDATA[Treatment-related ovarian damage may be to blame, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Holocaust Survivors at Higher Long-Term Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533431</link>
<description><![CDATA[The deprivation they faced is probably to blame, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Keeping Patients Warm Boosts Cancer Scan Accuracy</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533486</link>
<description><![CDATA[A cozy blanket may prove a great, drug-free intervention, doctors say]]></description>
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<item><title>FDA Grants Swift Approval to New Leukemia Drug</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533553</link>
<description><![CDATA[Sprycel benefits patients resistant to other drugs, including Gleevec]]></description>
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<item><title>Sprycel Sanctioned for Rare Leukemia</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533556</link>
<description><![CDATA[When standard therapy fails]]></description>
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<item><title>U.S. Panel Endorses Cervical Cancer Vaccine for Girls</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533557</link>
<description><![CDATA[11- and 12-year-olds would be routinely inoculated against virus that causes the disease]]></description>
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<item><title>Surgeons Pioneer New Jaw Reconstruction Technique</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533499</link>
<description><![CDATA[It could help patients disfigured by oral cancers]]></description>
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<item><title>Genetic Screening Model Identifies Colon Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533520</link>
<description><![CDATA[It can also guide treatment for those already diagnosed with the disease, study says]]></description>
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<item><title>Secondhand Smoke a Threat to All, Surgeon General Warns</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533493</link>
<description><![CDATA[It increases risk of heart disease, lung cancer and SIDS, report finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Obese Men Benefit Less From Radiation for Prostate Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533458</link>
<description><![CDATA[Finding may help doctors identify those in need of more aggressive therapy, study says]]></description>
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<item><title>Chest X-Rays May Boost Breast Cancer Risk for Some</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533460</link>
<description><![CDATA[Women with BRCA1/2 gene mutations at risk particularly if they had X-rays when young]]></description>
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<item><title>Breast Cancer Treatment Safe During Pregnancy</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533433</link>
<description><![CDATA[Mothers and infants can both do well, new research suggests]]></description>
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<item><title>Distress: The Sixth Vital Sign?</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533435</link>
<description><![CDATA[Meeting the emotional needs of patients is mandatory, cancer expert says]]></description>
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<item><title>t Lung Cancers</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533353</link>
<description><![CDATA[Naturally occurring HLJ1 suppresses malignancy, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Do-It-Yourself Medicine Makes Inroads</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533429</link>
<description><![CDATA[New tests enhance self-screening, improve management of chronic conditions]]></description>
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<item><title>Better Lymph Node Analysis May Improve Colon Cancer Treatment</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533334</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study shows it can help patients avoid unnecessary therapies]]></description>
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<item><title>Study Questions Choice of Hormone Therapy for Prostate Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533354</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study found doctor's preference, not disease stage, often dictated this decision]]></description>
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<item><title>Condoms Protect Against Cervical Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533367</link>
<description><![CDATA[They reduce risk posed by human papilloma virus, the cause of the disease, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Campaign Helps Hispanics Enjoy a Healthy Summer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533376</link>
<description><![CDATA[Free helpline will answer questions about summer safety]]></description>
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<item><title>Treatment Order Won't Affect Aggressive Breast Cancer Survival</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533335</link>
<description><![CDATA[Women with inflammatory breast cancer fared no better whether surgery or chemo came first, study found]]></description>
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<item><title>Melanoma Often Spotted Later Among Blacks, Hispanics</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533331</link>
<description><![CDATA[The result: A lower survival rate, particuarly for blacks, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Melanoma Death Rate Still Climbing</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533315</link>
<description><![CDATA[But research could lead to promising new therapies, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>Hycamtin Combination Approved for Advanced Cervical Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533288</link>
<description><![CDATA[Extended survival by nearly 3 months]]></description>
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<item><title>Health Tip: Examining Yourself for Skin Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533166</link>
<description><![CDATA[Look for any skin changes]]></description>
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<item><title>Researchers Revisit Radiation After Lung Cancer Surgery</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533160</link>
<description><![CDATA[Improved technology is boosting the benefit to patients, study suggests]]></description>
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<item><title>Extra Wrinkles a Bad Sign for Smokers</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533241</link>
<description><![CDATA[They may point to a heightened risk for lung disease, study suggests]]></description>
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<item><title>New Leukemia Drugs Help Those Who Fail Gleevec</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533243</link>
<description><![CDATA[Sprycel, Tasigna are closing the net on chronic myelogenous leukemia]]></description>
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<item><title>Geography Key to Hodgkin's Disease Outcomes</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533190</link>
<description><![CDATA[European patients fare worse than those in U.S., study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Folic Acid May Prevent Cancer of Larynx</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533204</link>
<description><![CDATA[Supplements of the nutrient reduced the size of precancerous lesions, study finds

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<item><title>Apples May Be Heart-Healthy</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533144</link>
<description><![CDATA[Flavonoids found in fruit protect cells from inflammation, study suggests]]></description>
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<item><title>HPV Vaccine Prevents Leading Cause of Cervical Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533186</link>
<description><![CDATA[But doesn't end need for Pap testing, FDA warns
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<item><title>FDA Approves Cervical Cancer Vaccine</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533156</link>
<description><![CDATA[Experts hail immunization as breakthrough for women worldwide]]></description>
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<item><title>Whistle While You Recuperate</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533067</link>
<description><![CDATA[Music therapy promotes health and healing, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>Gleevec Halts Spread of Prostate Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533123</link>
<description><![CDATA[Mouse study showed it cut off tumors' blood supply]]></description>
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<item><title>Cancer Drug Ads Put Caveats in Fine Print</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533122</link>
<description><![CDATA[Focus is more on benefits, less on risks, side effects]]></description>
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<item><title>Gene Technology Spots Burkitt's Lymphoma</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533137</link>
<description><![CDATA[Until now, it's often been confused with another blood cancer]]></description>
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<item><title>Whole Brain Radiation Doesn't Aid  Brain Cancer Survival</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533086</link>
<description><![CDATA[But the therapy does prevent new tumors from developing, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Lung Cancer Might be Overdiagnosed</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533104</link>
<description><![CDATA[Preventive screening may be showing too many false-positives, study says]]></description>
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<item><title>HPV Test Finds More Precancerous Lesions Than Pap Smears</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533125</link>
<description><![CDATA[But there's still no screening test that catches all potential cancers, expert says]]></description>
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<item><title>Younger Black Women Prone to an Aggressive Breast Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533139</link>
<description><![CDATA[Finding suggests there are various subtypes of the disease, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Targeted Kidney Cancer Drugs Show Promise</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533088</link>
<description><![CDATA[Therapies extend survival for the most advanced cases]]></description>
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<item><title>Narcolepsy Drug Helps Brain Tumor Patients</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533096</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study found it improved cognitive function and mood]]></description>
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<item><title>Raloxifene Equals Tamoxifen in Preventing Breast Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533106</link>
<description><![CDATA[But each drug produces different side effects, new STAR research reveals]]></description>
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<item><title>Dual Treatments Fight Advanced Prostate Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533059</link>
<description><![CDATA[Drugs plus radionuclide therapy may even cause disease to regress, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Molecular Therapies Tackle Blood Cancers</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533093</link>
<description><![CDATA[Research finds Gleevec and thalidomide prolong the lives of many patients]]></description>
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<item><title>Cervical Cancer Vaccine Also Protects Against Vaginal Cancers</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533105</link>
<description><![CDATA[Researchers at ASCO report that Gardasil was almost totally effective against pre-cancerous lesions]]></description>
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<item><title>Experimental Drug Slows Some Breast Cancers</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533084</link>
<description><![CDATA[Tykerb delayed disease progression in those with advanced HER2 cancer, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Chemo Helps Elderly Lung Cancer Patients, Too</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533078</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study found treatment just as safe and effective for those over 65]]></description>
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<item><title>Lung Cancer Patients Less Likely to See Specialists</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533079</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study found primary-care physicians more likely to send breast cancer patients to oncologists]]></description>
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<item><title>Novel Therapies Beat Back Stubborn Cancers</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533085</link>
<description><![CDATA[Several in the development pipeline show promise against lung, kidney cancers]]></description>
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<item><title>Doctors Must Help COPD Patients Quit Smoking</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532688</link>
<description><![CDATA[Patients need to understand the risks, and know how to quit, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>U.S. Must Do More to Beat Cancer: Experts</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=533029</link>
<description><![CDATA[Presidential panel report calls current efforts too slow, disjointed]]></description>
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<item><title>9/11 Rescue Dogs in  Critical Health Study</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532939</link>
<description><![CDATA[Researchers are monitoring them for signs of threats to humans]]></description>
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<item><title>New MRI Can Spot Emphysema Early</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532980</link>
<description><![CDATA[It beats standard CT scanning, without the radiation risk, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Newer Breast Scan May Spare Unnecessary Biopsies</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532981</link>
<description><![CDATA[MR spectroscopy caught all cancers, new study found]]></description>
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<item><title>Health Tip: Do I Need a Vitamin E Supplement?</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532910</link>
<description><![CDATA[Most people can get enough from the right diet]]></description>
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<item><title>Moms, Dads Worry as Summer Season Begins</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532919</link>
<description><![CDATA[Survey finds many U.S. parents anxious over their teens' health, safety]]></description>
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<item><title>Not Enough Men Getting the Message on Sunscreen</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532689</link>
<description><![CDATA[Most magazine ads are geared toward women, study finds

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<item><title>Latinas Have New Online Breast Cancer Resource</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532687</link>
<description><![CDATA[Web site includes translated version of a successful English-language program]]></description>
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<item><title>People Shun Help for Illnesses They View as 'Untreatable'</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532505</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study finds they're less likely to get tested for cancer, AIDS]]></description>
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<item><title>Heavy Pot Smoking Doesn't Increase Lung Cancer Risk: Study</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532865</link>
<description><![CDATA[Researchers also found no link to throat, mouth, esophageal tumors]]></description>
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<item><title>Technology May Bring Kinder, Gentler Colonoscopy</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532886</link>
<description><![CDATA[Computer guidance and better sedation could lessen discomfort, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>New Guidelines Focus on Preventing Chemo's Side Effects</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532816</link>
<description><![CDATA[Antiemetic drugs can prevent nausea, vomiting, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise in Mice</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532836</link>
<description><![CDATA[Scientists have overcome major hurdle, but treatments could still be decades away]]></description>
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<item><title>MRI Helps Spot Breast Cancer in High-Risk Women</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532841</link>
<description><![CDATA[The expensive tool is cost-effective for women carrying specific genes, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Colonoscopy Benefits Last Longer Than Thought</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532862</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study finds the screen may protect more than the recommended 10-year interval]]></description>
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<item><title>Most Americans Unaware of Fat-Cancer Connection</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532833</link>
<description><![CDATA[And many underestimate their own weight, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>5 States Get Failing Grades on  Prostate Cancer 'Report Card'</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532815</link>
<description><![CDATA[Many not doing even the simplest things to encourage men to get tested, coalition says]]></description>
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<item><title>Childhood Cancer Survivors More Likely to Be Jobless</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532832</link>
<description><![CDATA[Those who had brain, other central nervous system cancers fared worst, review finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Cervical Cancer Vaccine Gets  FDA Panel's OK</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532802</link>
<description><![CDATA[Advisory committee recommends agency approve Gardasil]]></description>
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<item><title>Chemo Combo Fights Aggressive Breast Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532779</link>
<description><![CDATA[A common regimen works better against HER2-positive tumors, researchers find]]></description>
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<item><title>Study Supports Surgery for Metastatic Breast Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532722</link>
<description><![CDATA[Right now, most doctors forego surgery after tumors have spread]]></description>
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<item><title>Nonsmoking Men, Women Face Same Lung Cancer Death Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532680</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study dispels myth that nonsmoking women have more to fear than men]]></description>
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<item><title>Rheumatoid Arthritis Drugs May Raise Cancer, Infection Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532720</link>
<description><![CDATA[TNF-blocking medicines are only used in severe cases, researchers note]]></description>
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<item><title>Mouse Model of Head and Neck Cancer Will Drive Research</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532681</link>
<description><![CDATA[It's a valuable new tool to help find treatments to fight these tumors]]></description>
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<item><title>Think You're Sun-Savvy? Check Here</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532504</link>
<description><![CDATA[Simple quiz dispels typical tanning myths]]></description>
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<item><title>Number of Obese, Smoking Americans Tops 9 Million</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532679</link>
<description><![CDATA[Blacks most at risk for this unhealthy combination, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Hispanic Farmworkers at High Risk for Skin Disease</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532419</link>
<description><![CDATA[Better education and access to hygienic facilities could help, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>Infants Exposed to Smoking at Risk of Lung Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532657</link>
<description><![CDATA[Forty-seven percent of babies had a carcinogen in their urine, study found]]></description>
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<item><title>Scientists Spot Cancer's 'Shield'</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532623</link>
<description><![CDATA[A molecule keeps tumors safe from immune system so they can grow]]></description>
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<item><title>Cancer's Location May Not Guide Treatment</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532307</link>
<description><![CDATA[Tumors may respond to drugs regardless of where they are, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>Anticipation Heightens Smokers' Desire</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532333</link>
<description><![CDATA[Watching someone puff away tugs on smokers' brains, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Lung Cancer May Differ by Gender</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532587</link>
<description><![CDATA[Women often get the disease in the absence of other lung trouble]]></description>
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<item><title>Genes' Role in Cancer May Be Overestimated</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532658</link>
<description><![CDATA[Environment much more likely to be the major trigger, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>Cancer Drug Gleevec Can Interfere With Bone Growth</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532621</link>
<description><![CDATA[Newly discovered side effect won't prevent use of lifesaving medication, study says]]></description>
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<item><title>FDA Reviewing European Aspartame Data</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532606</link>
<description><![CDATA[New study contradicts earlier research with rats that found a link to cancer]]></description>
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<item><title>Better Detection Explains U.S. Rise in Thyroid Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532601</link>
<description><![CDATA[Smaller and usually harmless tumors are now being found, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>Radiation Therapy Helps Younger Men With Prostate Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532578</link>
<description><![CDATA[It benefits them just as much as older men, early study shows]]></description>
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<item><title>Lumpectomy Fine for Lobular Breast Cancers</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532544</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study finds this breast-conserving method doesn't raise risk for repeat surgeries]]></description>
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<item><title>Does a 'Super Mouse' Hold Key to Beating Cancer?</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532558</link>
<description><![CDATA[Transplanting white blood cells from this mouse turns 'normal' mice tumor-resistant]]></description>
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<item><title>Long-Term Estrogen Therapy Linked to Breast Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532576</link>
<description><![CDATA[Finding supports guidelines on hormone therapy for menopause, expert says]]></description>
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<item><title>New Guidelines Help Preserve Fertility After Cancer Treatment</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532453</link>
<description><![CDATA[It's a common problem for both male and female patients]]></description>
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<item><title>PET, CT Cancer-Screening Scans Best Done Together</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532418</link>
<description><![CDATA[Spacing them apart makes for difficulties in reading the scans, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>Vitamin A-like Drug Unsafe for Older Breast-Cancer Survivors</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532535</link>
<description><![CDATA[Fenretinide may still protect younger patients from recurrence, study suggests]]></description>
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<item><title>Prostate Cancer Screening May Not Be Needed in Older Men</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532407</link>
<description><![CDATA[They will often die of some other cause, study suggests]]></description>
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<item><title>Key Factors Spur Older Cancer Patients to Quit Chemo</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532480</link>
<description><![CDATA[Colon cancer study cites frailty, lack of support as important to this decision]]></description>
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<item><title>Higher Incomes Don't Always Bring Better Care to Uninsured</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532473</link>
<description><![CDATA[People often forego preventive tests if they must pay out-of-pocket, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Biomarker Linked to Post-Breast Cancer Fatigue</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532421</link>
<description><![CDATA[It helps predict who'll be fatigued, and might offer hope for treatment]]></description>
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<item><title>Cancer Gene Also Involved in Hair Loss</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532439</link>
<description><![CDATA[Finding might lead to genetic therapy for baldness, study suggests]]></description>
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<item><title>Health Tip: Why You Need a Yearly Pap Test</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532252</link>
<description><![CDATA[It can detect early cervical cancer]]></description>
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<item><title>New Light Imaging Scan Could Boost Breast Cancer Care</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532318</link>
<description><![CDATA['Terahertz' imaging helps surgeons remove complete tumor]]></description>
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<item><title>Patients More Open to Treatment Side Effects as Disease Progresses</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532305</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study finds end-of-life outlook on disability, pain changes over time]]></description>
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<item><title>Lighting Up Brain Tumors Improved Survival in Short Term</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532392</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study found technique helped surgeons remove more of the malignant mass]]></description>
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<item><title>Stopping Cancer's Spread</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532352</link>
<description><![CDATA[Blocking a key enzyme could put brakes on metastasis, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>Smoking History Hinders Lung Cancer Treatment</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532258</link>
<description><![CDATA[Patients who have never smoked fare best, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Low Folate Levels Could Cut Colon Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532331</link>
<description><![CDATA[The surprising finding has experts urging caution]]></description>
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<item><title>Brain Tumor Vaccine Shows Promise</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532180</link>
<description><![CDATA[It may extend survival for those with glioblastoma multiforme]]></description>
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<item><title>Appendix Cancer Rare But Potentially Deadly</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532257</link>
<description><![CDATA[The disease may be more serious than once thought, study shows]]></description>
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<item><title>Breast Cancer Survivors Lax About Mammograms</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532276</link>
<description><![CDATA[Only 33% get them annually for five years after diagnosis, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Technology Could Bring Safer Brain Tumor Surgery</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532181</link>
<description><![CDATA[Tracking brain activity during procedure may prevent damage to language centers]]></description>
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<item><title>Smoking to Blame for Asian-American Cancer 'Gender Gap'</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532228</link>
<description><![CDATA[Getting men to quit would drastically slash their risk, research shows]]></description>
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<item><title>A Better Way to Gauge Prostate Cancer Risk?</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532209</link>
<description><![CDATA[Researchers say a multi-factor 'calculator' works better than PSA test]]></description>
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<item><title>Cell-Growth 'Switch' Holds Clues to Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532202</link>
<description><![CDATA[PTEN gene tells cells to divide or not, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Elderly Cancer Survivors at Disability Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532155</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study finds women who beat the disease were less able to perform daily tasks]]></description>
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<item><title>New Breast Cancer Drug Safer Than Tamoxifen</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532196</link>
<description><![CDATA[Raloxifene is already widely used to fight osteoporosis]]></description>
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<item><title>Silicone Implants Don't Raise Risk for Breast Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532199</link>
<description><![CDATA[Despite controversy, decades-long study finds no link]]></description>
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<item><title>U.S. Doctors Offer Free Head-and-Neck Cancer Screening</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532065</link>
<description><![CDATA[Former baseball great and cancer survivor Brett Butler heads up the effort]]></description>
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<item><title>Fewer Mammograms May Boost Black Women's Breast Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532152</link>
<description><![CDATA[Finding suggests more needs to be done to increase screening rates]]></description>
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<item><title>Melanoma That Recurs More Prevalent Than Thought</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532174</link>
<description><![CDATA[Nearly 15 percent of patients at risk of second diagnosis within two years, study says]]></description>
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<item><title>Better Minority Cancer Screening a Phone Call Away</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532140</link>
<description><![CDATA[Reminding women it's time for mammogram or Pap smear works, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>Online Cancer Resource Helps Asian Americans</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531831</link>
<description><![CDATA[New Web site provides multilingual data and advice]]></description>
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<item><title>Test Points to Aggressive Cervical Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532013</link>
<description><![CDATA[High tumor glucose uptake means poorer survival, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Feel-Good Tanning May Be Addiction</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532020</link>
<description><![CDATA[Ultraviolet rays produce endorphins, study suggests]]></description>
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<item><title>Colonoscopy Still Best Defense Against Colorectal Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532103</link>
<description><![CDATA[A healthy lifestyle helps, but regular screens are 'gold standard,' experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>Nanotechnology Zaps Prostate Tumor Cells</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532037</link>
<description><![CDATA[Organic particles aid chemo in destroying cancer]]></description>
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<item><title>'t Cause Breast Cancer: Study</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532075</link>
<description><![CDATA[But treatment isn't risk-free, so women should consult their doctors, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>Tumor Cell Receptors Key to Breast Cancer Care</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532078</link>
<description><![CDATA[Estrogen-negative cells more vulnerable to chemotherapy, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>High Cholesterol Linked to Prostate Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532076</link>
<description><![CDATA[Italian researchers find a direct connection, but U.S. experts call for more study]]></description>
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<item><title>Parents Can Help in Children's Drug Trials</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532032</link>
<description><![CDATA[They are accurate reporters of how kids are faring, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>New Findings Challenge Standard Breast Cancer Care</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532036</link>
<description><![CDATA[Women with specific tumor types may need more aggressive treatment]]></description>
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<item><title>Sisters Study Seeks Breast Cancer Answers</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531756</link>
<description><![CDATA[U.S. researchers will look at potential genetic, environmental causes]]></description>
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<item><title>Food Antioxidants, Vitamin D Fight Breast Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531929</link>
<description><![CDATA[These compounds may also lower risk for ovarian tumors, studies find]]></description>
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<item><title>Scientists Seek Cancer's Early Warning Signs</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531904</link>
<description><![CDATA[A number of efforts could yield real rewards]]></description>
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<item><title>Cervical Cancer Vaccine Gives Long-Term Protection</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532001</link>
<description><![CDATA[Nearly 5 years later, it still shields women from tumor-causing virus, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Ovary Removal May Boost Long-Term Dementia Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=532012</link>
<description><![CDATA[Experts say women must weigh pros and cons for this surgery]]></description>
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<item><title>Cancer Prevention Efforts Paying Off: Report</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531974</link>
<description><![CDATA[Tobacco use ebbs to lowest point in decades, but challenges still remain, report finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Ginger an Ovarian Cancer Killer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531950</link>
<description><![CDATA[The spice could prove a potent weapon against malignancy, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Soy Shows Small Reduction in Breast Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531951</link>
<description><![CDATA[But association not strong enough to suggest women take supplements, study says]]></description>
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<item><title>Combo Therapy May Fight Aggressive Breast Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531954</link>
<description><![CDATA[Adding a drug to Herceptin could improve outcomes, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Prostate Drug Might Boost Heart Risks</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531906</link>
<description><![CDATA[In mouse study, doxazosin helped induce heart failure]]></description>
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<item><title>Genes Play Role in Nonsmoker's Lung Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531965</link>
<description><![CDATA[Family members also at risk when a never-smoker gets the disease, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Nicotine Might Thwart Chemotherapy for Lung Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531893</link>
<description><![CDATA[Even gums and patches might spell trouble, new research suggests]]></description>
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<item><title>Celebrex Might Protect Against Colon Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531914</link>
<description><![CDATA[Lowered incidence of precancerous lesions found in two studies]]></description>
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<item><title>HPV Test Best for Detecting Cervical Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531912</link>
<description><![CDATA[Virus-spotting exam is more accurate than Pap smear, study says]]></description>
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<item><title>Delaying Surgery for Bladder Cancer Costly</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531882</link>
<description><![CDATA[Patients who had operation after 93 days from diagnosis more likely to die, study says]]></description>
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<item><title>Online Support Eases Breast Cancer Stress</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531810</link>
<description><![CDATA[Talking with others brings understanding, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>System Keeps Scan Results From Going Astray</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531727</link>
<description><![CDATA[Lost or misdirected MRI, CT scans can have devastating consequences for patients]]></description>
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<item><title>Lymph Node Removal May Boost Stomach Cancer Survival</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531781</link>
<description><![CDATA[But more extensive procedure increased short-term side effects, study found]]></description>
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<item><title>Fetal Environment May Influence Adult Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531728</link>
<description><![CDATA[In mice, boosting uterine antioxidant levels also raised offspring's lifetime odds for cancer]]></description>
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<item><title>Scientists Spot Factor in Cancer's Spread</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531828</link>
<description><![CDATA[A key protein lures malignant cells to bone, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Ultrasound Spots Breast Cancer in Pregnant Women</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531735</link>
<description><![CDATA[Don't neglect breast exams, symptoms during pregnancy, experts warn]]></description>
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<item><title>Smoking, Drinking Linked to Early Onset of Colorectal Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531779</link>
<description><![CDATA[Finding suggests need for some people to be screened before age 50, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Health Tip: Tanning Beds Especially Dangerous to Younger People</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531697</link>
<description><![CDATA[Organizations warn that those under 35 double their skin cancer risk]]></description>
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<item><title>Weight Training Benefits Breast-Cancer Survivors</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531753</link>
<description><![CDATA[Besides physical benefits, the women reported better quality of life, study found]]></description>
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<item><title>Poor Sources Guide Prostate Cancer Treatment Decisions</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531757</link>
<description><![CDATA[Biased, inconsistent information does men a disservice, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Nanoparticles May Be Future of Cancer Care</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531734</link>
<description><![CDATA[Super-small particles destroy malignant cells, leave healthy ones alone]]></description>
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<item><title>Older Smokers More Likely to Quit for Good</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531599</link>
<description><![CDATA[Their rate of relapse is half that of younger puffers]]></description>
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<item><title>Antidepressants May Fight Colorectal Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531788</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study finds lower incidence in people taking SSRI drugs]]></description>
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<item><title>Smoking Can Kill In Middle Age</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531671</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study shows rise in death rate, but quitting cuts the risk]]></description>
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<item><title>Mucus Test Might Track Lung Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531577</link>
<description><![CDATA[Screen needs fine-tuning, but shows promise, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Health Tip:   Risk Factors for Prostate Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531572</link>
<description><![CDATA[Age and family history are key
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<item><title>'Smart Bomb' Anti-Cancer Therapy Shows Promise</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531726</link>
<description><![CDATA[Tumor-killing virus hides in immune cells to target malignancy]]></description>
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<item><title>New Pill Cleanses Bowel Before Colonoscopy</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531724</link>
<description><![CDATA[For people who can't tolerate liquid preparations]]></description>
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<item><title>Black Women More Likely to Die From Breast Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531621</link>
<description><![CDATA[U.S. study finds a lack of recommended care may be to blame]]></description>
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<item><title>Two-Doctor Care Best for Breast Cancer Survivors</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531622</link>
<description><![CDATA[GP plus specialist helps them stay healthy, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Genetic Tests for Cancer Not Perfect</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531683</link>
<description><![CDATA[They missed 12% of mutations among breast-cancer patients, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Asymmetrical Breasts May Raise Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531632</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study finds odds for malignancy rise when breasts are of differing size]]></description>
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<item><title>Health Tip:  Non-Smokers Get Lung Cancer, Too</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531440</link>
<description><![CDATA[Environmental exposure and genetics also can play a part]]></description>
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<item><title>Alzheimer's Drug Helps Brain Tumor Patients</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531578</link>
<description><![CDATA[Aricept improved thinking, mood after radiation therapy, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Imaging System Helps Detect Cervical Pre-Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531626</link>
<description><![CDATA[For women who have abnormal Pap test]]></description>
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<item><title>Longer Drug Therapy Helps Bone Marrow Disease Patients</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531518</link>
<description><![CDATA['Maintenance' treatment with decitabine may improve MDS outcomes, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Implanted Wafer Helps Fight Brain Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531490</link>
<description><![CDATA[Gliadel Wafer releases chemotherapy directly to tumor, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>omen Relief</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531628</link>
<description><![CDATA[Most had no regrets after opting for removal of unaffected breast, study found]]></description>
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<item><title>Chili's Heat Kills Prostate Cancer Cells</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531595</link>
<description><![CDATA[Someday, capsaicin in peppers might help prevent tumor recurrence, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Whites Have Higher Blood Levels of Cancer-Linked PFCs</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531488</link>
<description><![CDATA[The industrial chemicals are found in insecticides, non-stick coatings]]></description>
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<item><title>Urban Air Clean-Ups Save Lives</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531547</link>
<description><![CDATA[Ridding skies of particulate matter cuts heart, respiratory deaths, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Outlook Improving for Heart, Lung Transplant Recipients</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531548</link>
<description><![CDATA[More than two-thirds survive at least 3 years, study shows]]></description>
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<item><title>Virus May Raise Skin Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531480</link>
<description><![CDATA[Human papillomavirus more prevalent in patients with specific malignancy]]></description>
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<item><title>Genes May Help Guide Lung Cancer Care</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531525</link>
<description><![CDATA[RNA profile could spot patients in need of aggressive treatment, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Drug Eases Bone Marrow Cancer Burden</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531471</link>
<description><![CDATA[Decitabine boosts quality of life for MDS patients, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Colon Cancer Screening Saves Lives</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531071</link>
<description><![CDATA[During Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, experts are urging Americans to get tested]]></description>
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<item><title>Experts Debate Thalidomide's Promise Against Myeloma</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531467</link>
<description><![CDATA[Two studies show a benefit, but offer conflicting results on patient survival]]></description>
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<item><title>Spit Test Spots Oral Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531445</link>
<description><![CDATA[Saliva holds gene 'signature' that warns of early disease, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Procedure Spares Hearing After Acoustic Neuroma</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531340</link>
<description><![CDATA[Excising these benign tumors from above the ear works best, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Reeve's Death Puts Focus on Women's Lung Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531459</link>
<description><![CDATA[More research needed into gender-based disease differences, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>Thalidomide Gives Boost to Myeloma Therapy</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531428</link>
<description><![CDATA[Once-maligned drug is proving a friend to those fighting blood cancer]]></description>
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<item><title>Health Tip:  Colonoscopy Can Detect Early Signs of Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531323</link>
<description><![CDATA[Here's what you'll have to do]]></description>
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<item><title>Could Antiperspirants Raise Breast Cancer Risk?</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531342</link>
<description><![CDATA[It's a question that needs investigating, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>Erbitux Approved to Treat Head and Neck Cancers</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531371</link>
<description><![CDATA[First new drug for these types of cancer in decades]]></description>
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<item><title>Targeting Liver Extends Metastatic Colon Cancer Survival</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531246</link>
<description><![CDATA[Delivery system pumps drug directly to the organ, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Mammograms Sometimes Spot Non-Threatening Growths</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531344</link>
<description><![CDATA[But this 'over-diagnosis' is no reason to forego regular screening, an expert says]]></description>
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<item><title>Blood Protein Could Signal Lung Disease Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531240</link>
<description><![CDATA[CRP, commonly used to spot heart disease, may have another role, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>Gingko Biloba May Help Fight Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531241</link>
<description><![CDATA[Mouse study suggests promise, but researchers remain cautious]]></description>
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<item><title>Cancer Drug Approved for Rheumatoid Arthritis</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531325</link>
<description><![CDATA[In cases where other drugs don't work]]></description>
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<item><title>Benign Breast Findings Can Still Pose Dangers</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531247</link>
<description><![CDATA[New findings suggest removing 'papillary lesions' is best]]></description>
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<item><title>Japan A-Bomb Effects Linger 60 Years Later</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531278</link>
<description><![CDATA[Many children exposed to radiation are now elderly with thyroid problems, study finds

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<item><title>Treating Older Men's Prostate Cancer May Be Wiser Course</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531165</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study argues against the practice of 'watchful waiting']]></description>
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<item><title>Virus May Have Links to Prostate Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531174</link>
<description><![CDATA[The pathogen has never been spotted in humans before, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Combo Therapy Fights AIDS-Linked Lymphoma</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531198</link>
<description><![CDATA[HIV-positive cancer patients fared as well as those without the virus, study found]]></description>
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<item><title>Rheumatoid Arthritis Drugs Won't Boost Lymphoma Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531232</link>
<description><![CDATA[Instead, study suggests disease-linked inflammation explains patients' heightened risk]]></description>
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<item><title>Age Could Alter PSA Readings</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531197</link>
<description><![CDATA[Men under 70 may need different criterion for spotting prostate cancer, study suggests]]></description>
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<item><title>Health Tip: Rare Condition Predisposes People to Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531045</link>
<description><![CDATA[Risk of colorectal cancer as high as 80 percent]]></description>
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<item><title>Breast Cancer Drugs Limit Post-Surgery Recurrence</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531131</link>
<description><![CDATA[Promising findings on Taxotere and Herceptin in new trial]]></description>
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<item><title>Westernization Driving Up South Korean Breast Cancer Rate</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531092</link>
<description><![CDATA[Reseachers believe high-fat diets and other factors are behind the trend]]></description>
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<item><title>Gene Mutations May Boost Breast Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531074</link>
<description><![CDATA[Women with variants of LEP or LEPR genes face higher risks, study suggests]]></description>
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<item><title>Exercise May Not Shield Women from Colorectal Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531077</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study finds no link, but more research could still show a benefit, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>HRT Raises Risk for Specific Breast Cancers</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531053</link>
<description><![CDATA[Odds for non-ductal malignancies, especially, rise with hormone use, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Younger Women With Hereditary Breast Cancer Risk Tumor in Other Breast</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530982</link>
<description><![CDATA[The chance could be six times higher than normal, study suggests]]></description>
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<item><title>Vitamins C and E May Help Lower Smokers' Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531007</link>
<description><![CDATA[Vitamin C supplements counteract smoking-linked vitamin E depletion, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Calcium, Vitamin D Won't Protect Older Women From Fracture</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531047</link>
<description><![CDATA[Daily supplements won't shield this group from colon cancer, either, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Aspirin Derivative May Treat Recurrence of Ovarian Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530987</link>
<description><![CDATA[Studies on tumor cells in lab show promise, researcher says]]></description>
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<item><title>Common MRI Drug May Help Fight Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530995</link>
<description><![CDATA[The 'contrast agent' mangafodipir boosts chemo effectiveness, study suggests]]></description>
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<item><title>Antioxidant Supplements Don't Protect Against Prostate Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=531016</link>
<description><![CDATA[But vitamin E may be of some help to smokers, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Nutrition Answers Just a Mouse Click Away</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528026</link>
<description><![CDATA[American Institute for Cancer Research offers free diet advice over the Web]]></description>
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<item><title>Poverty Behind Poor Prostate Cancer Outcomes in Black Men</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530980</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study suggests low income and lack of education, not race, shortens survival]]></description>
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<item><title>High-Risk Black Men Least Likely to Get Prostate Cancer Tests</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530800</link>
<description><![CDATA[Just 25% of U.S. blacks in their 60s undergo PSA blood tests, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Asthma Boosts Odds for Other Chronic Health Woes</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530977</link>
<description><![CDATA[But it's not clear the respiratory disorder is the cause of these illnesses, experts say

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<item><title>Organ Removal Not the Only Option for Kidney Cancer Patients</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530885</link>
<description><![CDATA[For small tumors, excising just the cancer may be enough, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>U.S. Cancer Deaths Drop for First Time in More Than 70 Years</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530921</link>
<description><![CDATA[Experts point to lifestyle changes, earlier screening and better therapies]]></description>
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<item><title>Biopsies Still Best for Detecting Breast Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530945</link>
<description><![CDATA[They're more accurate than imaging tests like MRIs, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Surgeries to Remove Precancerous Cervical Lesions Raise Obstetric Risks</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530938</link>
<description><![CDATA[One expert believes doctors should return to older, safer method]]></description>
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<item><title>Drug Extends Head and Neck Cancer Survival</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530925</link>
<description><![CDATA[Cetuximab-radiation combo almost doubles survival compared to radiation alone, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Low-Fat Diets Don't Protect Postmenopausal Women</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530883</link>
<description><![CDATA[Trio of studies found no effect on risk of breast and colon cancer, or heart disease]]></description>
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<item><title>Researchers Report Big Gains Against Cervical Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530777</link>
<description><![CDATA[Death rates are down, and an experimental vaccine holds great promise]]></description>
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<item><title>New Cancer Treatment Targets Breast Ducts</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530682</link>
<description><![CDATA[The novel approach could be easier on patients, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Pot Smoking Could Raise Odds for Bladder Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530684</link>
<description><![CDATA[Small study found nine out of 10 patients had regularly used marijuana]]></description>
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<item><title>Tumor-Suppressor Gene Helps Prevent Head and Neck Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530726</link>
<description><![CDATA[The finding could point the way to new treatments, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Variety of Breast Cancer Patients Turn to Web for Support</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530521</link>
<description><![CDATA[Age, income didn't predict who'd use online resources, study found]]></description>
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<item><title>Fatty Acid May Spur Prostate Cancer Growth</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530723</link>
<description><![CDATA[Balancing omega-6 fatty acids with omega-3s is the prudent course, study suggests]]></description>
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<item><title>Chemotherapy Can Help Older Breast Cancer Patients, Too</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529885</link>
<description><![CDATA[If they're healthy, they stand to gain from the treatment, new research finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Health Tip:  Understanding Neurofibromatosis</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530597</link>
<description><![CDATA[A relatively rare disorder]]></description>
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<item><title>Surgeon's Area of Specialty Affects Ovarian Cancer Results</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530630</link>
<description><![CDATA[But hospital volume and surgeon experience has little impact, studies find]]></description>
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<item><title>Melanoma Vaccine for Dogs May Aid Humans</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530659</link>
<description><![CDATA[About 40% of animals respond to experimental treatment, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Health Tip: Can Green Tea Prevent Cancer?</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530593</link>
<description><![CDATA[FDA says there's no proof]]></description>
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<item><title>Cancer Screening Rates Remain Unchanged</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530655</link>
<description><![CDATA[Despite effective tests, not enough people are taking advantage of them, report finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Fatalism, Ignorance Keep Many From Needed Cancer Checks</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530538</link>
<description><![CDATA[And too many doctors are failing to recommend screening, survey finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Key Enzyme Linked to Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530579</link>
<description><![CDATA[Mice lacking the DFF gene had triple the rate of malignancy, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>More Smokers Successfully Quit  On a Whim</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530603</link>
<description><![CDATA[Spontaneous decision might beat planning, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Soy Claim as Heart Helper in Dispute</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530561</link>
<description><![CDATA[New findings could change FDA rules on claims made by soy products]]></description>
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<item><title>Vaginal Dryness Meds May Counteract Breast Cancer Drugs</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530549</link>
<description><![CDATA[Small study raises a 'red flag' for patients, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>FDA Approves New  Drug for Two Cancers</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530623</link>
<description><![CDATA[Sutent works against stomach and kidney cancers]]></description>
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<item><title>New Treatment for Stomach and Kidney Cancers</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530626</link>
<description><![CDATA[Deprives tumors of blood and nutrients]]></description>
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<item><title>Post-Mastectomy Breast Reconstruction Rate Remains Low</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530534</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study finds little change despite recent law mandating insurance coverage]]></description>
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<item><title>Lung Cancer Hits Certain Races Harder</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530577</link>
<description><![CDATA[Blacks and native Hawaiians have highest rates of deadly disease, study finds

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<item><title>Chronic Inflammation Could Spur Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530513</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study finds higher risk for malignancy in people with key inflammatory marker]]></description>
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<item><title>Timing May Be Key to Hormone Therapy</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530536</link>
<description><![CDATA[Starting HRT near menopause may boost its heart-healthy effects, study suggests]]></description>
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<item><title>Fish Oil Won't Fight Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530535</link>
<description><![CDATA[But finding doesn't mean omega-3 fatty acids aren't heart-healthy, experts add]]></description>
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<item><title>Radiation Increases Survival for Early Stage Endometrial Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530546</link>
<description><![CDATA[Women with stage 1 disease may benefit from the therapy, study suggests

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<item><title>Vitamin A-Like Compound Fights Lung Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530434</link>
<description><![CDATA[In mice, bexarotene slowed malignancy by 50 percent, study found]]></description>
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<item><title>Deadly Skin Cancer on Rise Among Hispanics</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530476</link>
<description><![CDATA[Melanoma rates up, particularly for males, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Long-Term Survivors Hold Clues to Beating Lung Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530505</link>
<description><![CDATA[About 1% of patients deemed 'incurable' beat the odds, study found]]></description>
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<item><title>Curry Spice Plus Cabbage Compound May Fight Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530403</link>
<description><![CDATA[Mouse study of prostate tumors suggests real promise from the treatment]]></description>
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<item><title>Cell Phones Don't Cause Brain Tumors</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530453</link>
<description><![CDATA[Latest study contradicts earlier research, which had suggested a link]]></description>
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<item><title>Cervical Cancer Screening Rates Improving in U.S.</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530424</link>
<description><![CDATA[But many states still fall short, new report finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Hysterectomy Reduces Cancer Odds for High-Risk Women</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530433</link>
<description><![CDATA[Those with Lynch syndrome may benefit from removal of uterus and ovaries, study reports
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<item><title>Quality of Life Predicts Head and Neck Cancer Survival</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530377</link>
<description><![CDATA[Progress in  the first year after surgery could be crucial, study suggests]]></description>
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<item><title>Dogs Smell Signs of Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530386</link>
<description><![CDATA[Small study found they accurately detected presence of disease in human breath samples]]></description>
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<item><title>New Test Spots More Recurrences of Bladder Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530407</link>
<description><![CDATA[Measures key protein found in urine, raises  rate of detection of disease]]></description>
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<item><title>Protein Yields Blood Cancer Clues</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530383</link>
<description><![CDATA[Findings could further research into  acute myeloid leukemia]]></description>
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<item><title>When Quitting Smoking is a Family Affair</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530313</link>
<description><![CDATA[New program targets the smoking relatives of lung cancer patients]]></description>
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<item><title>Soy May Help Prevent Breast Cancer in Older Women</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530306</link>
<description><![CDATA[But monkey study suggests it's only true for postmenopausal women with higher levels of estrogen]]></description>
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<item><title>Elderly Breast Cancer Patients Have Poorer Survival</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530312</link>
<description><![CDATA[Their excess mortality isn't linked to other health woes, researchers note]]></description>
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<item><title>New Pap Test No Better Than Conventional One</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530284</link>
<description><![CDATA[The finding could challenge recent changes in cervical cancer screening guidelines]]></description>
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<item><title>Ginger Could Add Spice to Cancer Care</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530224</link>
<description><![CDATA[Trial results suggest it eases chemo-related nausea]]></description>
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<item><title>Doctors Test Shorter Radiation Therapies for Breast Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530305</link>
<description><![CDATA[Targeted techniques could benefit early stage patients, experts say

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<item><title>Research Reveals Secrets of Cancer's Spread</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530162</link>
<description><![CDATA[Tumor cells on the periphery are the most deadly, study suggests]]></description>
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<item><title>Medicine Winning the War Against Childhood Blood Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530287</link>
<description><![CDATA[Cure rate for kids with acute lymphoblastic leukemia could soon reach 90 percent, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>Inhaled Anti-Rejection Drug Boosts Lung Transplant Survival</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530184</link>
<description><![CDATA[But the medication is not available for widespread use, study notes]]></description>
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<item><title>Fatigue Persists for Some Breast Cancer Patients</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530091</link>
<description><![CDATA[More than 33% say they're tired or weak up to a decade after diagnosis, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Obesity Hinders Prostate Cancer Detection</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530160</link>
<description><![CDATA[Finding highlights need for rigorous screening in heavier patients]]></description>
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<item><title>Nine States Have Banned Smoking in Public Places</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530106</link>
<description><![CDATA[But 40 fail to adequately finance tobacco-prevention programs, report says]]></description>
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<item><title>PSA Test Might Not Save Lives</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530097</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study found screening for prostate cancer made no difference in survival rates]]></description>
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<item><title>Family History a Risk Factor for Lung Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530003</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study suggests current, former smokers who have relatives with disease get screened]]></description>
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<item><title>New Screening Combo May Improve Colorectal Cancer Testing</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530044</link>
<description><![CDATA[It can often eliminate need for colonoscopy, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Right Amount of Radiation Improves Odds Against Breast Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529996</link>
<description><![CDATA[Giving it after mastectomy increased survival rates after 10 years]]></description>
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<item><title>Gene Plays Key Role in Stopping Spread of Some Cancers</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530019</link>
<description><![CDATA[Certain tumors silence its ability to make metastatic cells commit suicide, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Faulty Breast Stem Cells May Cause Tumors</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530021</link>
<description><![CDATA[Finding could explain why cancer can recur after chemotherapy, study says]]></description>
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<item><title>Abdominal Chemo Bests Traditional IV Treatment for Ovarian Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530027</link>
<description><![CDATA[Average survival increased by nearly 16 months, study reports

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<item><title>Cholesterol Drugs Don't Prevent Colon Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529965</link>
<description><![CDATA[Two studies douse hopes for statins pulling double duty]]></description>
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<item><title>Drug Approved to Prevent Breast Cancer Recurrence</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=530013</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study shows it's more effective than gold-standard preventive]]></description>
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<item><title>Trans Fat Food Labels Are Coming</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529837</link>
<description><![CDATA[Starting New Year's Day, labeling also will list potential allergens]]></description>
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<item><title>Healthy Aging: The 50s -- Time for Your Annual Checkup!</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529728</link>
<description><![CDATA[Recommended screenings can be a lifesaver, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>Breast Cancer Survivors Bounce Back Quickly</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529874</link>
<description><![CDATA[Only two weeks after treatment ends, most women adjust emotionally, researchers find]]></description>
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<item><title>Vitamin D May Prevent Some Cancers</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529900</link>
<description><![CDATA[But many blacks, elderly aren't getting enough, study suggests]]></description>
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<item><title>Letrozole Improves Breast Cancer Survival</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529875</link>
<description><![CDATA[Offers better results than tamoxifen, but side effects may influence choice, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>Poorer Black Women Going Without Pap Smears</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529821</link>
<description><![CDATA[Underserved neighborhoods may have fewer health resources, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>Anti-Smoking Vaccine Shows Promise</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529407</link>
<description><![CDATA[NicVax helped smokers quit, even when they had little intention to do so]]></description>
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<item><title>Green Tea Extract May Fight Leukemia</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529678</link>
<description><![CDATA[But the research is very preliminary, experts caution]]></description>
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<item><title>Prostate Cancer Treatment Causes Bone Loss</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529857</link>
<description><![CDATA[Men treated with hormonal therapy may need bone-boosting meds, too]]></description>
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<item><title>Researchers Unravel Sunlight-Skin Cancer Link</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529790</link>
<description><![CDATA[UV-B rays tied to two forms of malignncy, but not melanoma]]></description>
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<item><title>Chest X-Rays Often Wrong About Lung Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529791</link>
<description><![CDATA[The majority of abnormal findings prove to be false positives, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Compressing Digital Mammograms May Improve Detection</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529792</link>
<description><![CDATA[It rids the screen of background "noise," expert explains]]></description>
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<item><title>Aggressive Immune Response Helps Colorectal Cancer Patients</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529836</link>
<description><![CDATA[The discovery may lead to more effective treatments, researchers say

]]></description>
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<item><title>Complications Common With Post-Mastectomy Breast Implants</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529785</link>
<description><![CDATA[Almost a third of women will encounter problems, a new study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Gene May Undermine Tamoxifen's Effectiveness</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529711</link>
<description><![CDATA[Ten percent of white breast cancer survivors carry the mutation, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Study That Discredited HRT Was Flawed, Experts Say</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529734</link>
<description><![CDATA[More research would be needed to overturn those findings, however]]></description>
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<item><title>Radiation After Lumpectomy Improves Survival Odds</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529733</link>
<description><![CDATA[International trial found it made a difference 15 years later]]></description>
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<item><title>Human Epigenome Project Could Help Cure Disease</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529669</link>
<description><![CDATA[Scientists push for a new effort to understand mechanisms that direct DNA]]></description>
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<item><title>Scientists Discover New Skin Color Gene</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529690</link>
<description><![CDATA[Research with zebrafish could help fight against melanoma, study suggests]]></description>
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<item><title>Gleevec Stops Leukemia Over Long Term</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529649</link>
<description><![CDATA[Remission approaches five years for most patients with chronic myeloid leukemia]]></description>
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<item><title>Vaccinating Bone Marrow Donor Helps Protect Recipient</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529650</link>
<description><![CDATA[It shields patients from a deadly pneumonia, sudy finds]]></description>
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<item><title>3 Million Americans Could Have Barrett's Esophagus</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529499</link>
<description><![CDATA[The condition leads to esophageal cancer, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Fiber May Not Protect Against Colorectal Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529644</link>
<description><![CDATA[The largest study ever found no reduced risk]]></description>
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<item><title>High Insulin Levels Linked to Pancreatic Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529656</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study of male smokers saw twofold risk increase for those with highest levels

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<item><title>Blacks, Women Underrepresented in Lung Cancer Trials: Study</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529544</link>
<description><![CDATA[Researchers call for recruitment strategies to correct the problem]]></description>
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<item><title>PSA Velocity Test Can Be Skewed by Lifestyle Factors: Study</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529626</link>
<description><![CDATA[They include age, race, dietary and smoking habits, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Tea Reduces Ovarian Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529624</link>
<description><![CDATA[Women who drink tea can cut their risk by almost 50 percent]]></description>
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<item><title>Vitamin D Boosts Lung Health</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529608</link>
<description><![CDATA[But it's too soon to recommend supplements just to improve breathing, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>Breast Cancer Survivors Face Increased Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529578</link>
<description><![CDATA[But experts stress the absolute odds of a future malignancy are small]]></description>
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<item><title>Fighting Cancer May Mean Fighting 'Fate'</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529428</link>
<description><![CDATA[A belief that illness is 'meant to be' can prove deadly, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>Frequent, Low-Dose Chemo Fights Advanced Breast Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529570</link>
<description><![CDATA[Given in combination with Avastin, it delayed progression by 5.5 months]]></description>
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<item><title>Low-Dose Estrogen May Fight Breast Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529523</link>
<description><![CDATA[It could aid patients whose tumors have become resistant to hormone therapy, reseachers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Two Drugs Boost Endometrial Cancer Survival</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529440</link>
<description><![CDATA[Doxorubicin and cisplatin after surgery help fight advanced disease, study found]]></description>
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<item><title>More Colon Cancer Patients Get Chemotherapy</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529508</link>
<description><![CDATA[But one-third are still missing out on the therapy, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>High-Dose Chemo Effective for Advanced Breast Cancer: Study</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529437</link>
<description><![CDATA[val rates]]></description>
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<item><title>Infertility Boosts Testicular Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529262</link>
<description><![CDATA[Screening subfertile men for the disease makes sense, expert says]]></description>
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<item><title>Cancer Group Lists Top Treatment Advances for 2005</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529474</link>
<description><![CDATA[Inroads against breast, lung and stomach tumors, plus two cervical cancer vaccines]]></description>
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<item><title>Blacks, Hispanics Less Likely to Use Nicotine Replacement Rx</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529231</link>
<description><![CDATA[Money is not the issue, a new VA study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Computer Detection Improves Virtual Colonoscopy</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529339</link>
<description><![CDATA[Researchers spotted 89.3 percent of patients with polyps 10 millimeters or larger]]></description>
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<item><title>Laser Surgery Effective for Liver Cancer, Research Shows</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529282</link>
<description><![CDATA[But not all surgeons agree the method is as good a standard surgery]]></description>
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<item><title>Mammograms Move to the Web</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529318</link>
<description><![CDATA['Telemammography' could be a boon to rural women, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Powerful Breast Cancer Drug Carries High Price</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529378</link>
<description><![CDATA[Herceptin fights malignancy -- but at $40,000 a year, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>Distance Can Decide Breast Cancer Care</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529321</link>
<description><![CDATA[Rural women often face mastectomy if radiation isn't a near-by option, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>New Technology May Improve On Mammography</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529317</link>
<description><![CDATA[Tomosynthesis cuts down on false-positives, study shows]]></description>
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<item><title>Too Many Cancer Patients Continue to Smoke</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529337</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study finds not enough is being done to help the newly diagnosed quit]]></description>
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<item><title>Cancer Vaccine Research Gets a Boost</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529323</link>
<description><![CDATA[An existing drug thwarts a tumor's ability to trick immune system, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Injected Virus Kills Brain Cancer in Mice</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529261</link>
<description><![CDATA[The treatment shows real promise, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Genes May Predict Childhood Cancer Prognosis</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529303</link>
<description><![CDATA[Finding could help doctors treating neuroblastomas, researchers say

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<item><title>Radiation Therapy Raises Hip Fracture Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529271</link>
<description><![CDATA[Women receiving the treatment for pelvic cancers need monitoring, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>Protein Test Points to Early Lung Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529172</link>
<description><![CDATA[Spotting the disease in its first stages is crucial, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>Muscular Dystrophy Gives Clue to Cancer Wasting</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529122</link>
<description><![CDATA[A cellular protein connects the two, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Third of Cancers Caused by Modifiable Risk Factors</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529195</link>
<description><![CDATA[Tobacco, alcohol and lack of exercise are culprits in Western nations, survey finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Great American Smokeout Arrives Thursday</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529171</link>
<description><![CDATA[Annual event urges smokers to kick the habit for good]]></description>
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<item><title>Melanoma Is More Than One Disease</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529178</link>
<description><![CDATA[Prevention, treatment efforts should be targeted for specific types, study says]]></description>
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<item><title>cine Improves Survival</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529142</link>
<description><![CDATA[Longer follow-up, larger study needed, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Long-Term Study Proves Tamoxifen Helps Prevent Breast Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529143</link>
<description><![CDATA[Final results of 13-year-study confirm  drug a preventive for healthy women at high risk]]></description>
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<item><title>New Clues to Vitamin A Resistance in Lung Cancer Found</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529148</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study found new receptor that might explain why patients don't respond to treatment]]></description>
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<item><title>Placenta Size May Affect Breast Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529152</link>
<description><![CDATA[Heavier weight might indicate an increased risk, Swedish researchers report

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<item><title>New Drug Might Help Prevent Breast Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529015</link>
<description><![CDATA[Mouse studies of tamoxifen-like agent look promising]]></description>
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<item><title>Reflux-Linked Esophagus Cancer On the Rise</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529053</link>
<description><![CDATA[Rates for adenocarcinoma of the esophagus are soaring, and experts aren't sure why]]></description>
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<item><title>Genes May Influence Response to Brain-Tumor Treatments</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529031</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study finding could lead to tailored therapies for individual patients]]></description>
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<item><title>FDA Denies Lycopene Supplement Health Claims</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529054</link>
<description><![CDATA[Agency says there's little proof to substantiate cancer-prevention assertions]]></description>
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<item><title>Aspirin May Help Prevent Throat Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=529004</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study finds NSAID painkillers may fight malignancy linked to Barrett's esophagus]]></description>
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<item><title>Blacks More Likely to Forego Lung Cancer Surgery</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528990</link>
<description><![CDATA[They may be misinformed about risks linked to these procedures, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>Ovarian Cancer Screening Methods Inaccurate</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528964</link>
<description><![CDATA[False-positive results cause too many women to undergo unnecessary surgeries, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>New Treatment Target for Deadly Brain Tumors</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528811</link>
<description><![CDATA[Activating a cancer cell protein could fight glioblastoma multiforme, study suggests]]></description>
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<item><title>Snuff Use Not a Good Route to Quitting Smoking</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528892</link>
<description><![CDATA[Switching to smokeless tobacco products carries its own risks, researchers warn]]></description>
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<item><title>Enzyme Might Be Culprit in Skin Cancer's Spread</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528900</link>
<description><![CDATA[Helps tumor cells move around body; finding could lead to therapies, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>FDA Approves Pancreatic Cancer Drug</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528939</link>
<description><![CDATA[Tarceva to be used in combination with gemcitabine chemotherapy]]></description>
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<item><title>Soy Safe for Postmenopausal Women</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528875</link>
<description><![CDATA[Studies suggest it's an effective alternative to HRT in easing menopausal symptoms]]></description>
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<item><title>New Technology Boosts Lung Cancer Treatment</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528843</link>
<description><![CDATA[High-dose radiation may now be available to sicker patients, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Protein Helps Vitamin E Fight Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528853</link>
<description><![CDATA[TAP might also serve as early marker for prostate tumors]]></description>
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<item><title>Diabetes Raises Colon Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528835</link>
<description><![CDATA[Findings highlight the need for proper colorectal screening in diabetics]]></description>
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<item><title>Screen-And-Treat Approach Cuts Cervical Cancer Deaths</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528857</link>
<description><![CDATA[In poorer countries, treating immediately after diagnosis could save lives, study shows]]></description>
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<item><title>Misconceptions Still Shroud Smoking</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528867</link>
<description><![CDATA[The right information can help smokers quit, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>A Shopping Cart of Cancer Fighters</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528808</link>
<description><![CDATA[Research sheds light on possible tumor-taming properties of vegetables and herbs]]></description>
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<item><title>Young Blacks at Higher Colon Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528785</link>
<description><![CDATA[They're also more prone to tough-to-spot right-sided cancers, researchers report]]></description>
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<item><title>Cheek Swab Helps Spot Early Lung Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528849</link>
<description><![CDATA[But experts say the test may not yet be accurate enough for widespread use]]></description>
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<item><title>Women More Prone to Tobacco-Linked Colon Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528790</link>
<description><![CDATA[And a second study finds colonoscopy safely benefits patients over 70]]></description>
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<item><title>U.S. Mammography Rates Falling</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528836</link>
<description><![CDATA[As Breast Cancer Awareness Month ends, one expert warns of disturbing trend]]></description>
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<item><title>Gene Boosts Breast Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528795</link>
<description><![CDATA[Mutation raises odds in women with strong family history, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Computer Industry Workers May Face Health Risks</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528783</link>
<description><![CDATA[Preliminary study shows higher odds of certain cancers in some workers]]></description>
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<item><title>Study Will Look at Minority Breast Cancer Survival</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528672</link>
<description><![CDATA[Research to focus on why minority patients face a higher death risk]]></description>
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<item><title>Chewing Gum Speeds Surgery Recovery</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528741</link>
<description><![CDATA[Patients who chewed went home a day earlier after colon operation]]></description>
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<item><title>Gene Discovery Could Broaden Cancer Research</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528770</link>
<description><![CDATA[Rearranged genes may help trigger many malignancies, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>Iressa Doesn't Improve Odds Against Lung Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528782</link>
<description><![CDATA[But nonsmokers and Asians saw some survival benefit, researchers note]]></description>
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<item><title>Some Vegetables May Protect Against Lung Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528788</link>
<description><![CDATA[Genetics seem to determine whether foods like cabbage, broccoli help, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Screening, Therapies Behind Drop in Breast Cancer Death Rates</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528768</link>
<description><![CDATA[Chemotherapy, tamoxifen responsible for more than half the drop, study finds

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<item><title>Gene Profile Predicts Leukemia's Course</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528751</link>
<description><![CDATA[Test may help doctors spot aggressive form of chronic lymphocytic leukemia]]></description>
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<item><title>Chemotherapy Errors Rare But Dangerous</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528711</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study found mistakes in 1 in 30 treatments ordered]]></description>
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<item><title>Blood Test Might Spot Colon Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528720</link>
<description><![CDATA[It may prove a less invasive screening option for those at risk, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>Oxygen Reduces Risk of Wound Infection</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528716</link>
<description><![CDATA[The higher the mixture, the lower the likelihood of problems, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Urine Test Could Spot Bladder Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528729</link>
<description><![CDATA[A noninvasive screen is badly needed, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>Longer Tamoxifen Treatment Best for Younger Breast Cancer Patients</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528697</link>
<description><![CDATA[The impact on survival takes years to observe, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Statins Don't Affect Breast Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528708</link>
<description><![CDATA[Large study counters previous research on the cholesterol-lowering drugs]]></description>
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<item><title>Jekyll-Hyde Protein May Contribute to Leukemia</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528669</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study with mice cells could lead to new treatment options, study suggests]]></description>
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<item><title>Side Effects Trouble Breast Cancer Patients on Hormone Therapy</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528646</link>
<description><![CDATA[If injections could reduce hot flashes, women would opt for shots, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Less Invasive Surgery Works for Sinus Tumors</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528507</link>
<description><![CDATA[Greater number of patients remain free of disease, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Research Into Obesity-Cancer Link Gets Big Boost</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528521</link>
<description><![CDATA[National Cancer Institute will give $54 million to four U.S. centers]]></description>
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<item><title>Higher Risk of Lung Cancer Among Blacks Explained</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528503</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study found faulty cellular checkpoints hurt ability to repair DNA damage]]></description>
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<item><title>Herceptin Proves a Wonder Drug for Breast Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528629</link>
<description><![CDATA[In clinical trials, it reduced recurrence and prolonged survival]]></description>
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<item><title>Prostate Cancer Screening Cuts Death Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528621</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study found those patients who had taken PSA test annually had higher survival rates]]></description>
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<item><title>No Link Between Pot Smoking, Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528530</link>
<description><![CDATA[Marijuana smoke contains THC, which may inhibit cancer, an expert says]]></description>
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<item><title>Chemo-Radiation Combo Best Before Rectal Cancer Surgery</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528576</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study found tumor easier to remove, less likely to return]]></description>
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<item><title>Radiation After Prostate Cancer Surgery Boosts Survival</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528556</link>
<description><![CDATA[It reduces the chance of tumor recurrence, new study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Chemo, Radiation Beat Back 2nd Round of Head, Neck Cancers</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528583</link>
<description><![CDATA[Combo improves chances of survival for these patients, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Marital Status Affects Prostate Cancer Treatment Choices</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528597</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study found men with spouses more likely to seek radiation for advanced disease]]></description>
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<item><title>Gene Mutations Linked to Breast Cancer in Black Women</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528611</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study findings suggest genetic testing would be worthwhile, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>Prostate Surgery Safe for Older Men</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528590</link>
<description><![CDATA[Rates of death, complications are low if patient is in good health, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>No Link Between Diabetes, Aggressive Prostate Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528524</link>
<description><![CDATA[However, diabetic patients do have poorer survival rates, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Marriage Won't Affect Breast Cancer Prognosis</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528560</link>
<description><![CDATA[Outlook is the same, whether single, married, widowed or divorced, study says]]></description>
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<item><title>Blood Test May Spot Aggressive Prostate Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528550</link>
<description><![CDATA[A reliable screen would help doctors match treatments to individual patients]]></description>
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<item><title>One-Week Breast Cancer Radiation Shows Promise</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528555</link>
<description><![CDATA[It may prove a valuable option for treatment of early-stage tumors]]></description>
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<item><title>Doctors Can Halve Radiation Dose for Hodgkin's Lymphoma</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528577</link>
<description><![CDATA[And virtually all patients will enjoy high survival rates, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Health Tip: Hair Loss in Women With Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528422</link>
<description><![CDATA[A wig can help you look and feel better]]></description>
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<item><title>Breast Cancer Treatment Guide Aimed at Hispanic Women</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528246</link>
<description><![CDATA[The free Spanish-language booklet covers lumpectomy, mastectomy options]]></description>
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<item><title>Patient Blood Bank Will Spur Ovarian Cancer Research</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528329</link>
<description><![CDATA[The goal: an early detection test for malignancy's return]]></description>
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<item><title>Test Could Spot Asbestos-Linked Lung Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528499</link>
<description><![CDATA[Early detection is key to treating mesothelioma, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>Added Illnesses May Explain Breast Cancer 'Race Gap'</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528498</link>
<description><![CDATA[Higher rates of heart disease, diabetes could lower survival for black patients, study suggests]]></description>
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<item><title>Colonscopy Not Advised for Sick Elderly</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528395</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study finds its risks may outweigh potential benefits]]></description>
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<item><title>Cancer Misdiagnosed in 12% of Cases: Study</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528435</link>
<description><![CDATA[Improper tissue sampling, reading often the culprits, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Doctor-Focused Colorectal Screening Campaign Fails</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528406</link>
<description><![CDATA[Despite outreach, physicians exposed to the program didn't raise patient screening rates]]></description>
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<item><title>NSAIDs Lower Odds for Oral Cancer but Boost Heart Disease Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528377</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study with smokers pertains to long-term use only]]></description>
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<item><title>Chemotherapy Boosts Cancer Vaccine's Punch</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528374</link>
<description><![CDATA[Combo worked in mice, but human trials are a long way off, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>Hormone Therapy May Fight Localized Prostate Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528371</link>
<description><![CDATA[But experts question whether the study's findings remain relevant]]></description>
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<item><title>Experimental Cervical Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528384</link>
<description><![CDATA[Trial results indicate it is 100 percent effective in preventing disease]]></description>
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<item><title>Processed Meats Boost Pancreatic Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528330</link>
<description><![CDATA[Carcinogens created during preparation may be to blame, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>Common Gene Variant May Help Spur Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528324</link>
<description><![CDATA[Nearly 14 percent of Americans carry the TGFBR1*6A gene type, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>U.S. Cancer Death Rates Keep Falling</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528328</link>
<description><![CDATA[Decline since 1990s has been steeper among men than women, new report finds]]></description>
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<item><title>With Melanoma, History Repeats Itself</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528334</link>
<description><![CDATA[Almost 1 in 11 people with the skin cancer will have another tumor, study finds
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<item><title>Lifestyle Changes Could Save Millions</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528325</link>
<description><![CDATA[Additional 2% decrease in chronic disease deaths adds up to 36 million lives saved worldwide over next decade, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>Docs Must Talk to Patients About Secondhand Smoke</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528248</link>
<description><![CDATA[More Americans are threatened by 'passive' than active smoking, experts point out]]></description>
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<item><title>Gene Profiling May Improve Breast Cancer Care</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528253</link>
<description><![CDATA[It spots those patients who'll respond best to specific therapies, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>Weight Gain May Spur Prostate Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528252</link>
<description><![CDATA[Obese men progressed faster to disease recurrence, study found]]></description>
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<item><title>Minimally Invasive Brain Tumor Surgery Gaining Ground</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528273</link>
<description><![CDATA[It's safe and effective for certain patients, new study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Ali Torre Goes to Bat Against Prostate Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528201</link>
<description><![CDATA[Wife of Yankees manager Joe Torre spearheads new educational campaign]]></description>
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<item><title>Prolonged Fever Can Be Sign of Some Cancers</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528217</link>
<description><![CDATA[Patients might have a slightly higher risk of tumors, a new study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Marrow Transplant Technique May Help Blood Cancer Patients</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528207</link>
<description><![CDATA[In small study, new approach rendered the procedure much less toxic]]></description>
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<item><title>Cancer Drug Might Fight Lethal Lung Hypertension</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528219</link>
<description><![CDATA[Gleevec, so successful against leukemia, may also fight arterial disease]]></description>
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<item><title>Kidney-Transplant Patients at Higher Melanoma Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528175</link>
<description><![CDATA[Use of immune-system suppression drugs may be cause, study suggests]]></description>
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<item><title>Smokers Who Cut Down Trim Lung-Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528169</link>
<description><![CDATA[But the gains aren't significant; quitting is best approach, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>Questionnaire Helps Determine Breast Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528119</link>
<description><![CDATA[Survey of family and personal history pinpoints women who may need screening]]></description>
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<item><title>Pomegranate Shows Promise Against Prostate Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528142</link>
<description><![CDATA[It stopped malignancy in cell cultures and mice, but experts remain cautious]]></description>
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<item><title>Left-Handedness May Raise Breast Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528160</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study shows link, but other experts remain skeptical]]></description>
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<item><title>Boosting Immune Response Could Fight Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528102</link>
<description><![CDATA[An HIV therapy might also improve vaccination effectiveness, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>PSA Still Best Predictor of Prostate Cancer Recurrence</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528056</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study counters recent claims that test might not be effective]]></description>
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<item><title>'Light' Smoking Takes Heavy Toll on Health</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528099</link>
<description><![CDATA[One to four cigarettes per day triples risks for heart disease, lung cancer, study shows]]></description>
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<item><title>Breast Cancer Deaths Continue to Decline</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528108</link>
<description><![CDATA[Diagnoses rise in women over 50, but not in younger women, report finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Health Tip: Prevent Colon Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527982</link>
<description><![CDATA[Suggestions to minimize your risk]]></description>
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<item><title>Gene Defect Could Cause Colon Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528063</link>
<description><![CDATA[Testing for the defect might pinpoint those at higher risk, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Novel Test May Improve Prostate Cancer Diagnosis</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528098</link>
<description><![CDATA[It appears to surpass PSA exam, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Health Tip: Tanning Lamps Can Harm Your Skin</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527980</link>
<description><![CDATA[Here are ways to minimize your risk]]></description>
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<item><title>Hormone Replacement Therapy Raises Breast Density</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528065</link>
<description><![CDATA[Researchers warn this may impair mammogram accuracy and boost cancer risk]]></description>
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<item><title>Cancer Survivors Face Future Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528076</link>
<description><![CDATA[Despite impressive treatment advances, there's a chance of second malignancy, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>The Beta Carotene-Tobacco Conundrum</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528084</link>
<description><![CDATA[Supplement cuts cancer risk in non-smokers, but ups it in those who've  smoked, study finds

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<item><title>Familial Breast Cancer Doesn't Always Boost Ovarian Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528064</link>
<description><![CDATA[Women without specific mutations face  usual odds of ovarian malignancy, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Drug Fights Advanced Lung Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528005</link>
<description><![CDATA[Tarceva shows promising results in older patients]]></description>
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<item><title>Scientists Spot New Breast Cancer Treatment Target</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528025</link>
<description><![CDATA[A genetic pathway may encourage tumor recurrence, researchers report]]></description>
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<item><title>Gene Linked to Aggressive Ovarian Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528053</link>
<description><![CDATA[Discovery may lead to new drug therapies, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Digital Mammography Better for Many Women</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528022</link>
<description><![CDATA[More accurate than film for younger women with dense breasts, large study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Experts Say No to Widespread Breast Cancer Gene Screening</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527933</link>
<description><![CDATA[Only women with family history need tests for BRCA1 and BRCA2, panel concludes]]></description>
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<item><title>HRT Ups Breast Cancer Risk Equally for All Races</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528011</link>
<description><![CDATA[But hormone replacement therapy put leaner women at higher risk, study found]]></description>
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<item><title>Stem Cell Transplant Can Leave Long-Term Health Woes</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528031</link>
<description><![CDATA[These effects are non-life-threatening but should be monitored, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>More Cancer Survivors Staying in the Workforce</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527945</link>
<description><![CDATA[Better care, less discrimination keeps them on the job, expert says]]></description>
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<item><title>Crunchy Veggies May Thwart Lung Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527999</link>
<description><![CDATA[In high doses, those in the cabbage family slowed malignancies, studies found]]></description>
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<item><title>Vegetables, Fruit Cut Pancreatic Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=528002</link>
<description><![CDATA[These healthy diets reduced risk by 50 percent, study found]]></description>
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<item><title>Breast Cancer Surgery May Play Role in Recurrence</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527910</link>
<description><![CDATA[It might encourage growth of tumor blood vessels, study suggests]]></description>
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<item><title>U.S. Death Trends Show Successes, Failures</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527928</link>
<description><![CDATA[Big gains against heart disease, but diabetes, COPD deaths are rising, report finds]]></description>
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<item><title>High-Dose Radiation Cuts Risk of Prostate Cancer Recurrence</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527953</link>
<description><![CDATA[But it doesn't influence survival rates, a new study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Mammography Figures May Be Overestimated</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527877</link>
<description><![CDATA[Three-quarters of women say they have them, but state census study reveals much smaller number

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<item><title>Social, Academic Trouble Can Follow Childhood Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527903</link>
<description><![CDATA[But a focus on education may limit these aftereffects, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>High Doses of IV Vitamin C Fight Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527931</link>
<description><![CDATA[But will success in the lab translate to humans?]]></description>
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<item><title>Health Tip: Prevent Testicular Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527796</link>
<description><![CDATA[Self-examination may catch tumors early]]></description>
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<item><title>Stress May <i>Reduce</i> Women's Risk of Breast Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527864</link>
<description><![CDATA[It might limit production of estrogen, study suggests]]></description>
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<item><title>Study Questions Progress Against Prostate Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527818</link>
<description><![CDATA[Tougher 'survivability' rates may skew real mortality figures, study suggests]]></description>
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<item><title>Antibiotic Could Make Chemotherapy Safer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527845</link>
<description><![CDATA[But added cost and raised risk of drug resistance may limit its use, experts say

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<item><title>New Drug Regimen Fights Breast Cancer Recurrence</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527816</link>
<description><![CDATA[Taking letrozole after tamoxifen cut risk for new malignancy, study found]]></description>
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<item><title>Researchers Find New Way to Predict Breast Cancer Recurrence</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527784</link>
<description><![CDATA[The technique focuses on immune, rather than tumor, cells]]></description>
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<item><title>Chernobyl Legacy Not as Dark as Feared</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527789</link>
<description><![CDATA[20 years later, international report finds reasons for hope]]></description>
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<item><title>New Molecule Stops Cancer's Spread</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527764</link>
<description><![CDATA[Clinical trial underway with leukemia patients, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Aromatase Inhibitors Have Downside</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527788</link>
<description><![CDATA[Newest breast cancer drugs can cause joint pain in patients, researcher says]]></description>
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<item><title>Health Tip: Are You at Risk for Testicular Cancer?</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527617</link>
<description><![CDATA[It depends on your medical and family history]]></description>
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<item><title>Vitamin D and Painkiller Slow Prostate Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527738</link>
<description><![CDATA[Lab tests show combination stopped malignant cells in their tracks]]></description>
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<item><title>Breast Cancer Gene Tied to Non-Breast Tumors in Men</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527750</link>
<description><![CDATA[BRCA2 mutations up risks for other malignancies, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Epilepsy Drug Eases Hot Flashes in Breast Cancer Patients</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527754</link>
<description><![CDATA[More testing needed before gabapentin can be approved, expert says]]></description>
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<item><title>Super-Small 'Stealth' Drugs Could Fight Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527622</link>
<description><![CDATA[Powders are so tiny they evade the body's immune system, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>FDA Issues Warning on Breast Cancer Drug</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527752</link>
<description><![CDATA[Herceptin linked to potential heart problems]]></description>
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<item><title>Strategy Helps Tailor Head, Neck Cancer Treatment</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527698</link>
<description><![CDATA[Blood protein identifies those who'll benefit from specific drugs]]></description>
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<item><title>New Drug Weakens Cancer Cells</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527706</link>
<description><![CDATA[In early studies in mice, tumors shrank by 90 percent]]></description>
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<item><title>Pigment Makes Redheads More Prone to Skin Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527664</link>
<description><![CDATA[New research pinpoints the difference between hair colors and cancer risk]]></description>
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<item><title>Breast Cancer Trial to Focus on Radiation Therapy</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527547</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study will compare partial versus full irradiation of breast]]></description>
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<item><title>Cancer Drugs May Fight Rapid-Aging Disease</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527668</link>
<description><![CDATA[New hope for children with this rare disorder]]></description>
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<item><title>Antibiotics Not Enough to Stop Gastric Lymphoma</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527582</link>
<description><![CDATA[The culprit is a bacterium called Helicobacter pylori, study says]]></description>
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<item><title>Cancer Fighter Gets Past Blood-Brain Barrier</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527578</link>
<description><![CDATA[It could be real breakthrough in battling neurologic tumors]]></description>
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<item><title>Marrow Cells May Predict Breast Cancer Outcome</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527572</link>
<description><![CDATA[Malignancy in bone could be marker to guide treatment, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Chemo-Hormone Combo Curtails Toxic Side Effects</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527556</link>
<description><![CDATA[Research with mice offers hope for ovarian, breast and prostate tumors]]></description>
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<item><title>Less Invasive Biopsy May Work for Large Breast Tumors</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527554</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study could expand use of sentinel node technique beyond smaller cancers]]></description>
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<item><title>New Technology Cuts Lung Cancer Surgery</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527567</link>
<description><![CDATA[It offers a clearer assessment of cancer's spread, study says]]></description>
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<item><title>Long-Term Aspirin Use Cuts Colorectal Cancer Risk, But ...</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527574</link>
<description><![CDATA[The finding comes with a warning: it can also cause gastrointestinal bleeding

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<item><title>Stomach Pain, Swelling Could Signal Ovarian Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527522</link>
<description><![CDATA[These common distresses merit more scrutiny, a new study suggests]]></description>
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<item><title>Asian Shrub Could Be a Cancer-Fighter</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527480</link>
<description><![CDATA[Compound from croton plant's seeds shrank pancreatic, prostate tumors in mice]]></description>
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<item><title>Preliminary Drug Trials for Cancer Underreported</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527550</link>
<description><![CDATA[This lack of reporting can delay drug development, study says]]></description>
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<item><title>Weight Linked to Breast Cancer in Women With Gene Mutation</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527524</link>
<description><![CDATA[Losing 10 pounds cut the risk by 65 percent, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Protein Signals Aggressive Prostate Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527322</link>
<description><![CDATA[Identifying Stat5 may help doctors better target treatment, study says]]></description>
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<item><title>Women Prefer Mastectomy, Not Lumpectomy</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527491</link>
<description><![CDATA[Despite equal survival odds, breast cancer patients opting for more drastic surgery, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Problems Linger for Pediatric Brain Cancer Survivors</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527502</link>
<description><![CDATA[They struggle with social, emotional and physical difficulties, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Protein May Hold Key to Cancer Radiation Treatments</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527470</link>
<description><![CDATA[Manipulating the molecule could boost the therapy's effectiveness, study suggests]]></description>
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<item><title>When Tanning Becomes an Addiction</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527433</link>
<description><![CDATA[Sunbathing is a dangerous compulsion for some, study suggests]]></description>
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<item><title>Mammograms Boost Survival Odds</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527459</link>
<description><![CDATA[The screenings often detect slower-growing tumors, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Molecular Probe Could Spot Cancers Early</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527372</link>
<description><![CDATA[Method may detect malignancies before they spread]]></description>
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<item><title>Cellular Enzyme Can Trigger Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527401</link>
<description><![CDATA[Matriptase lies on cell's surface, making it a great candidate for new drugs]]></description>
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<item><title>Gene Therapy Fights Deadly Brain Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527399</link>
<description><![CDATA[In rats, treatment shrank glioblastoma multiforme tumors]]></description>
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<item><title>Radiotherapy and Surgery Best for Prostate Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527370</link>
<description><![CDATA[Survival rates were higher for men who got both therapies, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Protein Key to Lung Cancer Drug Response</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527377</link>
<description><![CDATA[Patients with EMP-1 in tumor cells may not respond to Iressa, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Healthy Diet, Exercise Fight Prostate Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527371</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study is first to show lifestyle changes battle malignancy]]></description>
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<item><title>Scientists Identify More Breast Cancer Genes</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527396</link>
<description><![CDATA[Switching off one gene stopped estrogen-linked tumors in the lab]]></description>
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<item><title>Report: Dangers of HRT Known for Decades</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527345</link>
<description><![CDATA[But other experts contend doctors had too little info to understand risks.]]></description>
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<item><title>Scientists ID Possible Cancer-Causing Gene</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527346</link>
<description><![CDATA[The work involves fruit flies but could benefit people]]></description>
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<item><title>Hispanic Women Have  High Rates of Cancer Gene Mutations</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527373</link>
<description><![CDATA[Researchers find 30 percent incidence of hereditary BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations]]></description>
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<item><title>Lung Cancer Can Strike Nonsmokers</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527356</link>
<description><![CDATA[Dana Reeve, widow of Christopher Reeve, highlights growing incidence of malignancy unconnected to smoking]]></description>
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<item><title>Nonmelanoma Skin Cancers Striking More Young Adults</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527314</link>
<description><![CDATA[Women under 40 are proving to be especially susceptible, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Breast Cancers Being Caught Earlier</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527275</link>
<description><![CDATA[Smaller size of tumors skewing success rate of treatments, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Peter Jennings Loses Battle With Lung Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527299</link>
<description><![CDATA[Despite his death, experts say quitting smoking can prolong life]]></description>
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<item><title>Depression, Fatigue Don't Boost Cancer Risk: Study</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527276</link>
<description><![CDATA[But experts think the finding may not apply to many people]]></description>
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<item><title>Combo Therapy Stalls Return of Prostate Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527274</link>
<description><![CDATA[Vaccine, hormone treatment seems to delay recurrence, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Fiber Guards Against Colon Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527074</link>
<description><![CDATA[Eating recommended amount could reduce risk by as much as 40 percent]]></description>
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<item><title>High Milk Intake May Boost Ovarian Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527247</link>
<description><![CDATA[But the association is a weak one, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Broccoli May Fight Bladder Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527194</link>
<description><![CDATA[Researchers focus on compounds called isothiocyanates]]></description>
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<item><title>Rapid Scan Helps Diagnose Dangerous Childhood Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527195</link>
<description><![CDATA[Researchers develop gene chip to aid neuroblastoma prognosis]]></description>
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<item><title>Stem Cell Transplant Bests Chemo for Common Childhood Leukemia</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527235</link>
<description><![CDATA[Five-year survival rates were better than with high-dose chemotherapy, study says]]></description>
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<item><title>Could Suspended Animation Combat Cancer?</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527202</link>
<description><![CDATA['Cellular senescence' might be used to put tumors to sleep, research suggests]]></description>
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<item><title>Breast Cancer Risk with HRT May Be Lower Than Thought</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527257</link>
<description><![CDATA[Risk is lowest with estrogen-only therapy, study suggests]]></description>
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<item><title>More Support for Emerging Breast Cancer Therapy</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527270</link>
<description><![CDATA[Aromatase inhibitor drugs vie with tamoxifen, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Study Finds Virtual Colonoscopy Spots More Than Colon Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526996</link>
<description><![CDATA[But experts disagree over the value of the technology]]></description>
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<item><title>Stem Cells Play Minor Role in Lung Damage Repair</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527173</link>
<description><![CDATA[It may still be possible to make the idea work, researcher suggests]]></description>
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<item><title>Laser Treatment Kills Cancer Cells in Lab</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527192</link>
<description><![CDATA[But doesn't damage healthy tissue, researchers report]]></description>
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<item><title>Study Suggests Melanoma May Be Overdiagnosed</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527245</link>
<description><![CDATA[But critics say early detection is best way to fight the disease]]></description>
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<item><title>Myeloid Leukemia Risk Linked to Obesity</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527177</link>
<description><![CDATA[Association not seen with other types of leukemia, study says]]></description>
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<item><title>Skipping Infant Brain Cancer Screen Saved Money</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527193</link>
<description><![CDATA[Evidence later showed neuroblastoma test didn't save lives, researchers add]]></description>
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<item><title>Keeping Ovaries After Hysterectomy Boosts Survival</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527160</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study says preservation protects against heart disease, osteoporosis]]></description>
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<item><title>Smoking, Obesity Double Trouble for Teens</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527159</link>
<description><![CDATA[Secondhand smoke is nearly as unhealthy as puffing on cigarettes, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Doctors Best at Calming Patients' Fears</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527035</link>
<description><![CDATA[But educational videos better at providing disease info, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Anti-Cancer 'Smart Bomb' Deals Killer Blow</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527057</link>
<description><![CDATA[Nanocell starves tumor's blood supply and destroys malignant cells]]></description>
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<item><title>Genes Discovered That May Predict Breast Cancer Spread to Lungs</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527071</link>
<description><![CDATA[Finding could one day help doctors better tailor therapy for patients, study says]]></description>
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<item><title>PSA Changes Over Time Predict Prostate Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527032</link>
<description><![CDATA[Doctors may need to stop focusing on single test results, studies suggest]]></description>
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<item><title>Many New Yorkers Skip Colon Cancer Screening</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527020</link>
<description><![CDATA[Findings may reflect national trends, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>U.S. Breast Biopsy Rates Unchanged</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527023</link>
<description><![CDATA[More mammograms may mean more false positives requiring tests, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>Chinese Medicine Yields Anti-Cancer Compound</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526975</link>
<description><![CDATA[Cottonseed agent kills drug-resistant malignancies]]></description>
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<item><title>Pay Attention to Bladder Cancer's Warning Signs</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526672</link>
<description><![CDATA[Blood in urine is one telltale marker, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>Lung Cancer Deaths Declining for Europe's Men</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526974</link>
<description><![CDATA[But the reverse is true for women, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Creams Combat Basal Cell Skin Cancers</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=527002</link>
<description><![CDATA[Two new treatments help clear up these nonlethal lesions]]></description>
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<item><title>Many Docs Don't Volunteer Antismoking Advice</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526902</link>
<description><![CDATA[Survey finds most patients have to ask for help first]]></description>
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<item><title>New Drug Promising for Testicular Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526981</link>
<description><![CDATA[Single-dose carboplatin post-surgery just as effective as weeks of radiotherapy]]></description>
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<item><title>No Evidence Calcium Fights Colon Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526843</link>
<description><![CDATA[It does seem to reduce benign polyps, however]]></description>
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<item><title>Reporting Bias Can Skew Research</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526924</link>
<description><![CDATA[Researcher says unpublished work can dampen prognostic power of disease markers]]></description>
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<item><title>Breast Cancer Risk Fine-Tuned</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526946</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study finds which women with benign breast disease face greatest risk down the road]]></description>
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<item><title>Many Believe 'Light' Cigarettes Less Harmful</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526878</link>
<description><![CDATA[But they kill just as easily as stronger brands, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>Study: Mammos May Not Halt Breast Cancer Deaths</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526935</link>
<description><![CDATA[But findings shouldn't dissuade women from annual screen, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>Virus-Based Cancer Research Heats Up</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526875</link>
<description><![CDATA[Scientists use common cold bug to kill heated tumor cells]]></description>
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<item><title>Less-Invasive Colon Surgery May Be Safer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526906</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study finds lower risk of post-operative complications with laparoscopic technique]]></description>
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<item><title>Asthma, Allergy Genes May Ward Off Brain Tumors</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526881</link>
<description><![CDATA[One mutation cut glioblastoma risk by 40 percent, study found
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<item><title>Getting a Jump on Cancer Genetics</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526817</link>
<description><![CDATA[Scientists using 'jumping genes' to uncover tumor-linked mutations]]></description>
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<item><title>Many Women Uninformed About Cervical Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526669</link>
<description><![CDATA[Just 23 percent know a virus causes the disease, survey finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Chemical Triggers Breast Cancer in Lab Mice</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526806</link>
<description><![CDATA[But finding is preliminary, experts add, and more research is needed]]></description>
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<item><title>Cancer Doesn't Have to Cost You Your Fertility</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526848</link>
<description><![CDATA[New treatments can enable patients to still have children, review notes]]></description>
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<item><title>New Drug Prolongs Lung Cancer Survival</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526825</link>
<description><![CDATA[For the 9 percent who responded, erlotinib extended life expectancy by two months

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<item><title>Lung Cancer Still a Killer For Europe's Women</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526796</link>
<description><![CDATA[Rates continue to rise, although some countries are seeing a turnaround]]></description>
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<item><title>Celebrex Lung Cancer Trial Resumes</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526720</link>
<description><![CDATA[Researchers believe the controversial drug can help prevent malignancy]]></description>
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<item><title>Curry Spice Shuts Down Melanoma</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526768</link>
<description><![CDATA[In the lab, high doses of curcumin killed tumor cells]]></description>
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<item><title>Health Tip: Caring for the Seriously Ill</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526596</link>
<description><![CDATA[Make time for yourself, too]]></description>
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<item><title>Parking Lots Paving the Way for Pollution</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526548</link>
<description><![CDATA[Widely used sealants add carcinogens to local streams, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>New Approach Works Against Leukemia, Lymphoma</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526565</link>
<description><![CDATA[Using stem cells from <i>two</i> umbilical cords a breakthrough for adult patients]]></description>
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<item><title>Early Prostate Screening May Save Lives</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526690</link>
<description><![CDATA[PSA blood test cuts risk of aggressive cancer by 35 percent, study found]]></description>
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<item><title>New Thyroid Surgery Uses Smaller Incision</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526668</link>
<description><![CDATA[It's safe and speeds healing, surgeons say]]></description>
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<item><title>States Not Doing Enough to Stamp Out Secondhand Smoke</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526725</link>
<description><![CDATA[The good news: More states are enacting restrictive laws, report finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Can Ginger Combat Chemo-Induced Nausea?</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526670</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study to include 180 adults with cancer]]></description>
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<item><title>Saliva Test May Spot Mouth Cancer Early</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526719</link>
<description><![CDATA[In the lab, it predicted more than 80 percent of cases, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Rare Breast Cancer More Deadly</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526688</link>
<description><![CDATA[IBC more likely to strike at younger age, show different symptoms, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Melanoma Gene Predicts Disease Severity</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526695</link>
<description><![CDATA[Scientists find mutation in advanced cases]]></description>
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<item><title>PET Scans Best at Spotting Vaginal Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526581</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study findings should prompt wider use, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>New Lung Cancer Surgery Speeds Healing</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526582</link>
<description><![CDATA[Inserting a camera, surgeons work without opening the chest]]></description>
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<item><title>Sigmoidoscopy Helps Catch Colon Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526664</link>
<description><![CDATA[High acceptance and strong detection rates make test worthwhile, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Aspirin, Vitamin E No Help Against Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526646</link>
<description><![CDATA[Women's study also found vitamin E did little to protect against heart disease]]></description>
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<item><title>PSA Testing for Prostate Cancer Is Tricky</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526658</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study finds no clear-cut reading determines presence of disease]]></description>
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<item><title>Growth Hormone Helps Hearts of Childhood Cancer Patients</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526628</link>
<description><![CDATA[Therapy can restore organ to near normal size, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Little Radiation Threat From 'Virtual Colonoscopy'</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526614</link>
<description><![CDATA[It uses CT scanning to visualize length of colon]]></description>
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<item><title>Mammography Use Up, But Not Perfect</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526564</link>
<description><![CDATA[Having a personal doctor raises odds  of getting screened, study found]]></description>
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<item><title>Smoking May Increase Tuberculosis Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526586</link>
<description><![CDATA[Experts say study finding is one more reason to quit]]></description>
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<item><title>'Mule' Kicks Off New Cancer Quest</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526610</link>
<description><![CDATA[An oddly named enzyme may hold clues to malignancy]]></description>
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<item><title>Report: Even Low Radiation Levels May Harm Health</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526599</link>
<description><![CDATA[There's no safe exposure threshold, although risk for most people remains small]]></description>
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<item><title>New Treatment Destroys Kidney Tumors</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526473</link>
<description><![CDATA[Heated needle technique is minimally invasive and effective, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Experts Offer Info on Lymphoma Radiation Treatments</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526476</link>
<description><![CDATA[Brochures from cancer radiologists' group help patients with options]]></description>
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<item><title>Thalidomide Helps Combat Multiple Myeloma</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526477</link>
<description><![CDATA[Once-banned drug aids dexamethasone to improve stem cell therapy, study says]]></description>
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<item><title>Oral Chemotherapy Drug an Option for Colon Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526594</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study finds it's effective and well-tolerated among those with advanced disease

]]></description>
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<item><title>Malpractice Fears Color Mammogram Readings</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526508</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study finds concerns may contribute to high rates of repeat tests, biopsies]]></description>
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<item><title>Scientists Hunt Genes Driving Lung Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526535</link>
<description><![CDATA[A new technology is providing crucial information]]></description>
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<item><title>Small Cancer Risk from Low-Dose Radiation</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526549</link>
<description><![CDATA[It may cause 1% to 2% of maligancies in exposed workers, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Cancer Myths Abound, Survey Finds</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526502</link>
<description><![CDATA[Many think surgery spreads the disease; others suspect cure being withheld]]></description>
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<item><title>Culture Influences Cancer Care in Japan, U.S.</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526474</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study finds differences in doctors' relations with patients and their families]]></description>
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<item><title>Hispanics, Blacks at Raised Colon Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526509</link>
<description><![CDATA[U.S. minorities more prone to advanced disease than whites, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Woman Gives Birth After Ovarian Tissue Transplant</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526542</link>
<description><![CDATA[Chemotherapy had left 28-year-old Israeli unable to conceive]]></description>
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<item><title>For Better, Safer Burger, Add Rosemary</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526241</link>
<description><![CDATA[The herb cuts BBQ-linked carcinogens, expert says]]></description>
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<item><title>Snuff, Chew Tobacco Raise Heart Death Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526450</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study suggests oral cancer not the only threat to users' health]]></description>
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<item><title>Keyhole Surgery Works with Colon Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526426</link>
<description><![CDATA[Less invasive technique effective, with faster recovery time, less pain]]></description>
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<item><title>Radiation Frequency Questioned for Male Breast Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526432</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study suggests men, women be treated using same guidelines]]></description>
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<item><title>Post-Surgery Chemo Raises Lung Cancer Survival</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526449</link>
<description><![CDATA[Two-drug combo offers hope for those with early-stage disease]]></description>
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<item><title>Aging Stem Cells Linked to Leukemia in Elderly</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526401</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study found they increased risk of infection, disease]]></description>
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<item><title>GERD May Be Linked to Cancers</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526402</link>
<description><![CDATA[Researchers find relationship to adenocarcinoma of esophagus]]></description>
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<item><title>rug Combos Team Up Against Myeloma</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526421</link>
<description><![CDATA[New agent shuts off another escape route for the deadly cancer, researchers report]]></description>
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<item><title>Race May Affect Early-Onset Lung Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526428</link>
<description><![CDATA[Malignancy under age 50 twice as common in blacks vs. whites, study found

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<item><title>Deadliest Skin Cancer Often Missed</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526399</link>
<description><![CDATA[Better awareness needed for early diagnosis, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Scientists Discover Lung Cell Linked to Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526348</link>
<description><![CDATA[Monitoring these stem cells could lead to earlier diagnoses]]></description>
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<item><title>Technique May Ensure Boys' Fertility After Leukemia</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526373</link>
<description><![CDATA[Pre-treatment removal of sperm stem cells offers hope, mouse study suggests]]></description>
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<item><title>Lung Scans Could Spot Tumors Early</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526299</link>
<description><![CDATA[Catching cancer in its first stage is key to a cure, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Fish Oil Compound Plus Anesthetic May Fight Breast Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526210</link>
<description><![CDATA[In lab, this combo cut tumor cell spread in half]]></description>
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<item><title>Sunlight Lowers Prostate Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526297</link>
<description><![CDATA[But it raises skin cancer odds, so experts don't advise sunbathing]]></description>
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<item><title>Drug Extends Survival for Multiple Myeloma Patients</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526314</link>
<description><![CDATA[In study, 80 percent of participants were alive one year later]]></description>
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<item><title>Obese Breast Cancer Patients May Be Undertreated</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526275</link>
<description><![CDATA[Adjusting drug dose for weight may leave them more vulnerable]]></description>
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<item><title>Social Support May Aid Women with Ovarian Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526247</link>
<description><![CDATA[Relationships linked to lower levels of a telltale protein, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Delay in Radiation Therapy No Risk to Prostate Cancer Patients</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526269</link>
<description><![CDATA[Treatment delays are quite common, new study notes]]></description>
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<item><title>Many Breast Cancer Patients Struggle With Arm Swelling</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526182</link>
<description><![CDATA[The cause is build-up of lymphatic fluid, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Folk Remedy, Food Spice May Fight Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526051</link>
<description><![CDATA[Scientists embark on major study of propolis and turmeric]]></description>
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<item><title>Radiologists' Mammogram Accuracy Varies Widely</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526229</link>
<description><![CDATA[Those at busiest centers better able to detect cancers, study found
]]></description>
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<item><title>Gene-Modified Virus Targets Tumor Cells</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526173</link>
<description><![CDATA[It extended survival of patients with metastatic colon cancer]]></description>
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<item><title>Lifestyle Can Dictate Course of Breast Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526198</link>
<description><![CDATA[Exercise, food consumption, even a common spice may have impact, studies find]]></description>
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<item><title>At-Home Breast Cancer Detector Effective</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526199</link>
<description><![CDATA[Hand-held device found over 90 percent  of cancers in early trial]]></description>
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<item><title>Available Drug Helps Prevent Breast Cancer Recurrence</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526202</link>
<description><![CDATA[Ontak boosts body's defense against tumor's return]]></description>
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<item><title>Cancer Drug Also Fights Lupus, Rheumatoid Arthritis</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526206</link>
<description><![CDATA[Immune-targeted rituximab shows good results in two trials]]></description>
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<item><title>Alcohol May Cut Lymphoma Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526153</link>
<description><![CDATA[But finding should not encourage people to drink, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>Science Finds New Class of Cancer Genes</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526172</link>
<description><![CDATA[They have links to lymphomas, colorectal tumors]]></description>
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<item><title>Protein Measures Prostate Cancer's Severity</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526152</link>
<description><![CDATA[A blood test could help doctors decide for or against surgery]]></description>
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<item><title>Growth Hormone Suppression May Inhibit Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526069</link>
<description><![CDATA[Rat study suggests this strategy might work in high-risk patients]]></description>
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<item><title>Simple Model Predicts Prostate Cancer Type</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526033</link>
<description><![CDATA[It could help doctors design patient-tailored treaments]]></description>
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<item><title>Power Lines-Leukemia Debate Lingers</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526076</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study shows slight increase in risk, but magnetic fields may not be to blame]]></description>
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<item><title>Screenings Can Prevent Death From Oral Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526098</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study in India has significance for U.S., experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>Finding Right Target Still Tough With Gene Therapy</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526100</link>
<description><![CDATA[Focus is on delivery systems that do the job without causing collateral damage]]></description>
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<item><title>Drug Regimen Extends Lung Cancer Patients' Lives</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525954</link>
<description><![CDATA[Adding docetaxel to existing chemo plus radiation boosted survival, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Chemotherapy Combo Increases Breast Cancer Survival</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526060</link>
<description><![CDATA[Serious side effects can occur, but experts say benefits outweigh risks

]]></description>
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<item><title>Health Tip: Preventing Prostate Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525768</link>
<description><![CDATA[Begin by improving your diet]]></description>
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<item><title>Science Fighting Cancer On Multiple Fronts</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525925</link>
<description><![CDATA[Drugs that cut tumor's blood supply are outshining vaccines -- for now]]></description>
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<item><title>New Device Sniffs Out Lung Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526025</link>
<description><![CDATA['Electronic nose' spots traces of malignancy in exhaled breath]]></description>
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<item><title>Gene Signature Could Revolutionize Cancer Care</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526050</link>
<description><![CDATA[Discovery should help doctors tailor treatment to specific tumor type]]></description>
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<item><title>Early Environmental Exposure May Set Stage for Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525949</link>
<description><![CDATA[Rat study found it triggered disease in those with genetic predisposition]]></description>
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<item><title>Cancer Survivors Face Higher Dementia Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525983</link>
<description><![CDATA[Were twice as likely as cancer-free twins to have cognitive dysfunction, study found]]></description>
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<item><title>Aspirin, Ibuprofen Might Boost Risk of Certain Breast Cancers</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=526011</link>
<description><![CDATA[But the researchers add they didn't determine a causal link]]></description>
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<item><title>Even Kids Aren't Safe From Skin Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525966</link>
<description><![CDATA[One bad burn can have dangerous consequences years later, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>Non-Surgical Treatment Boosts Liver Cancer Survival</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525823</link>
<description><![CDATA[Ablation therapy uses needle to destroy inoperable tumors]]></description>
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<item><title>Health Tip: Pap Test for All Women?</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525864</link>
<description><![CDATA[Here are new guidelines]]></description>
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<item><title>Blood Breakthrough Might Improve Cancer Care</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525951</link>
<description><![CDATA[Safe method of increasing tissues' oxygen supply may bring many benefits]]></description>
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<item><title>Nicotine Patch Giveaway Helps Smokers Quit</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525968</link>
<description><![CDATA[New York City program a big success, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Protein Clue Could Help Fight Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525914</link>
<description><![CDATA[ATF2 spurs DNA repair, potentially stopping malignant mutations]]></description>
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<item><title>Shark Cartilage Fails as Cancer Therapy</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525889</link>
<description><![CDATA[In new trial, many patients dropped out early because of side effects]]></description>
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<item><title>Statins May Help Prevent Colon Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525904</link>
<description><![CDATA[Promising results for cholesterol-lowering drugs in observational study]]></description>
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<item><title>Hair Dye Cleared of Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525884</link>
<description><![CDATA[Spanish researchers find no real connection
]]></description>
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<item><title>Exercise Boosts Breast Cancer Survival</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525910</link>
<description><![CDATA[Just three to five hours weekly could cut risk of breast cancer death dramatically

]]></description>
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<item><title>Loving Partners Help Men Battle Prostate Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525821</link>
<description><![CDATA[Relationships enhance patient's quality of life, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Colon CT Scans as Accurate as Colonscopy</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525711</link>
<description><![CDATA[They might give patients a more comfortable, less invasive option]]></description>
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<item><title>High-Risk Types Not Heeding Skin Cancer Warnings</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525799</link>
<description><![CDATA[Prevention is key, since there's been little progress in melanoma treatment]]></description>
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<item><title>Obesity Ups Risk for Colon, Throat Cancers</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525743</link>
<description><![CDATA[Staying trim can help reduce the odds, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Drug Helps Target Prostate Biopsies</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525800</link>
<description><![CDATA[It may spare men repeat procedures, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Beating Cancer Brings New Battles</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525815</link>
<description><![CDATA[Survivors must deal with long-term emotional, financial toll of disease]]></description>
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<item><title>HRT May Help Heart, Swedish Research Suggests</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525794</link>
<description><![CDATA[Small study finds it reduces enlarged cardiac muscle]]></description>
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<item><title>Colonoscopy Beats Sigmoidoscopy in Women</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525796</link>
<description><![CDATA[Extensive procedure finds more precancerous polyps, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Colonoscopy Can Miss Some Cancers</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525683</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study finds specialists are best at spotting malignancies]]></description>
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<item><title>Breast Shield Cuts CT Scan Radiation</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525712</link>
<description><![CDATA[Inventors hope to safeguard women from harmful rays]]></description>
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<item><title>Chemotherapy Combo Poses Grave Risks</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525788</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study of breast cancer treatments halted following two deaths from drug toxicity]]></description>
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<item><title>Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs May Protect Against Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525684</link>
<description><![CDATA[Statins reduce risk of pancreatic and esophageal cancer, studies find]]></description>
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<item><title>Lower Doses of Chemo Effective in Children</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525715</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study based on patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia]]></description>
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<item><title>Moderate Exercise May Lower Risk for Ovarian Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525727</link>
<description><![CDATA[Benefits accrue to women of all ages, study finds

]]></description>
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<item><title>MRI/Mammo  Combo Spots Most  Breast Tumors</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525739</link>
<description><![CDATA[Dual treatment caught almost all cancers in high-risk women]]></description>
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<item><title>Lifestyle Changes Can Curtail Cancer's Return</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525747</link>
<description><![CDATA[Studies find low-fat diets fight breast cancer; aspirin does same against colon cancer]]></description>
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<item><title>Failed Lung Cancer Drug May Fight Breast Tumors</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525772</link>
<description><![CDATA[Iressa showed promising results in preliminary trial]]></description>
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<item><title>Still Room for Improvement in Cancer Care</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525737</link>
<description><![CDATA[Five-year study shows wide range when it comes to following treatment guidelines]]></description>
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<item><title>Melanoma Survival Rates Haven't Budged in 30 Years</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525740</link>
<description><![CDATA[Grim outlook for a deadly disease revealed at cancer meeting]]></description>
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<item><title>Steady Gains Made Against Digestive Cancers</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525732</link>
<description><![CDATA[Researchers tweaking chemotherapy regimens with good results]]></description>
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<item><title>Existing Drugs May Protect Against Certain Cancers</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525733</link>
<description><![CDATA[Some show promise in preventing prostate, endometrial and breast cancers]]></description>
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<item><title>Metabolic Syndrome Plagues Some Who Survive Testicular Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525734</link>
<description><![CDATA[Researcher suggests chemotherapy may contribute to complication]]></description>
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<item><title>Health Tip: Protecting Yourself from the Sun</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525468</link>
<description><![CDATA[Tips for keeping your skin healthy]]></description>
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<item><title>Giving Older Cancer Patients a Fighting Chance</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525493</link>
<description><![CDATA[New tool gauges whether treatments will be tolerable and effective]]></description>
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<item><title>'Keyhole' Surgery Found Effective for Colorectal Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525722</link>
<description><![CDATA[But there are a limited number of qualified surgeons for the small-incision procedure]]></description>
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<item><title>Targeted Therapies Hit Breast Cancer Hard</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525730</link>
<description><![CDATA[Herceptin and other drugs look promising, studies show]]></description>
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<item><title>Health Tip:  Testing for Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525466</link>
<description><![CDATA[What you should know before you go]]></description>
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<item><title>Four-Drug Combo Ups Pancreatic Cancer Survival</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525640</link>
<description><![CDATA[Small study offers hope for patients with this lethal disease]]></description>
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<item><title>New Breast Cancer Scan Shows Promise</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525641</link>
<description><![CDATA[It's effective at early detection in younger women, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Many Dutch Doctors Support Euthanasia for Terminally Ill Kids</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525663</link>
<description><![CDATA[The controversial study has its detractors, however]]></description>
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<item><title>Standard Breast Cancer Therapy Saves Lives</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525686</link>
<description><![CDATA[Fifteen-year survival rates prove the effectiveness of chemo and hormone therapy, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Exercise Boosts Prostate Health</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525624</link>
<description><![CDATA[Active men cut risk for advanced cancer by 70 percent, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Nearly One in Five Women Go Without Pap Test</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525629</link>
<description><![CDATA[In some cases, doctors fail to mention screen to patients, survey finds 
]]></description>
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<item><title>Certain Factors May Cut Ovarian Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525635</link>
<description><![CDATA[They include bone fractures, contraceptive use, researchers report]]></description>
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<item><title>Study: Surgery Best for Prostate Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525669</link>
<description><![CDATA[But experts say this decision is best made by patient and his doctor]]></description>
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<item><title>Blood Test for Ovarian Cancer Shows Promise</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525596</link>
<description><![CDATA[Screen of four proteins showed 95% effectiveness in study]]></description>
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<item><title>Pre-Malignant Condition Can Trigger Breast Cancer Decades Later</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525613</link>
<description><![CDATA[But the abnormality is easily spotted on mammogram, and can be removed, study says]]></description>
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<item><title>Silencing a Key Cancer Gene</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525614</link>
<description><![CDATA[Technique suppresses mutations found in one-third of tumors]]></description>
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<item><title>Electricity May Help Spot Breast Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525398</link>
<description><![CDATA[Experts testing device that tracks mild current moving through tissue]]></description>
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<item><title>Depression Largely Untreated in Low-Income Cancer Patients</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525422</link>
<description><![CDATA[Just one-fourth of women in new study got drugs or counseling]]></description>
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<item><title>Online Tool Checks Need for Cancer Screening</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525510</link>
<description><![CDATA[Cancer Society's 'Great American Health Check' launched this week]]></description>
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<item><title>Ex-Smokers' Weight Gain Can Impact Lung Function</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525564</link>
<description><![CDATA[First study of its kind finds extra pounds are harder on men]]></description>
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<item><title>Stars Light the Way to Cancer Screening</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525499</link>
<description><![CDATA[Celebrity-driven campaigns spurring rise in colon, breast, prostate exams]]></description>
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<item><title>Vitamin B6 Cuts Colon Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525506</link>
<description><![CDATA[High daily intake reduced odds by 58 percent, study found]]></description>
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<item><title>Gene Screen Could Spot Those at Colon Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525530</link>
<description><![CDATA[About 2% of cases are linked to familial mutation, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Prospects Good for Men With Low-Grade Prostate Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525504</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study finds stable mortality rates 15 years after diagnosis]]></description>
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<item><title>Plastics Compound May Cause Prostate Abnormalities</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525495</link>
<description><![CDATA[Mouse study implicates bisphenol A, found in food-storage containers]]></description>
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<item><title>Japanese Women Show Lower Incidence of Breast Cancer Recurrence</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525440</link>
<description><![CDATA[Hawaiian study finds extraordinary low relapse rates in those of Japanese heritage]]></description>
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<item><title>The Many Mysteries of Stem Cells</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525412</link>
<description><![CDATA[Emerging field befuddled by questions of science, ethics]]></description>
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<item><title>Heat, Radiation Combo Strikes Strong Blow Against Tumors</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525434</link>
<description><![CDATA[Hyperthermia boosts effectiveness of radiation, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Campaign Hopes to End Disparities in Breast Cancer Care</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525312</link>
<description><![CDATA[Foundation seeks more funding for minorities]]></description>
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<item><title>Cyclosporine Linked to Return of Liver Tumors</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525356</link>
<description><![CDATA[Risk was higher in transplant patients who used the drug
]]></description>
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<item><title>HRT Poses Yet Another Health Dilemma</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525421</link>
<description><![CDATA[Estrogen alone increases endometrial cancer risk, large British study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Steady Diet of Soy Cuts Breast Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525344</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study finds consumption can lower chances of disease by as much as 22%]]></description>
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<item><title>Health Tip:  Examining Your Own Breasts</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525148</link>
<description><![CDATA[Here's what to look for
]]></description>
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<item><title>New Technique Helps Treat Tumors</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525276</link>
<description><![CDATA[Short bursts of intense ultrasound boost power of gene therapy to fight malignancies]]></description>
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<item><title>Genetic Defect Calls for Colon Cancer Screening</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525365</link>
<description><![CDATA[Risk lower in those with familial risk minus the mutation, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Access to Mammography On the Decline</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525366</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study finds lack of radiologists, and problem may worsen]]></description>
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<item><title>Breast Cancer Drug Shows Lifesaving Promise</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525375</link>
<description><![CDATA[Experts hail news that Herceptin trials were halted early due to successful results]]></description>
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<item><title>Elderly Benefit From Dual Lung Cancer Therapy</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525274</link>
<description><![CDATA[Radiotherapy plus chemotherapy is valid option, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Children With Soft-Tissue Cancers Face Risk of More Tumors</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525325</link>
<description><![CDATA[Survivors treated with chemotherapy and radiation at greater risk, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Gene Variant Yields Clues to Brain Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525194</link>
<description><![CDATA[Patients with specific variation survived nearly twice as long]]></description>
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<item><title>Women, Young People At Highest Sunburn Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525198</link>
<description><![CDATA[Behaviors may make these groups more vulnerable to skin cancer]]></description>
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<item><title>Genes May Point to Aggressive Breast Cancers</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525273</link>
<description><![CDATA[New tool might someday help doctors tailor therapies to patients]]></description>
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<item><title>Day Care at Early Age May Cut Leukemia Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525303</link>
<description><![CDATA[Exposure to common infections seems to protect against disease, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Mom's Diet May Reduce Breast Cancer Risk in Daughters</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525189</link>
<description><![CDATA[Mouse experiments show benefit of omega-3 fatty acids]]></description>
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<item><title>Compound  Attacks Cancer on Two Fronts</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525211</link>
<description><![CDATA[FdUMP(10) is up to 400 times more powerful than conventional chemo]]></description>
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<item><title>Knocking Out Leukemia With a One-Two Punch</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525212</link>
<description><![CDATA[Scientists say they've found a new treatment target for CML]]></description>
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<item><title>Mixed Results for Lymph-Removing Ovarian Cancer Surgery</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525213</link>
<description><![CDATA[ but didn't affect overall survival]]></description>
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<item><title>Turning Fearsome Viruses Into Cancer Foes</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525239</link>
<description><![CDATA[Scientists are using herpes, measles bugs to destroy malignant cells]]></description>
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<item><title>Gene Mutation Linked to Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525245</link>
<description><![CDATA[Could be to blame for thyroid, colorectal, breast and other tumors, study says]]></description>
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<item><title>Green Tea Prevents Prostate Cancer in High-Risk Men</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525248</link>
<description><![CDATA[Researchers believe beverage's catechins have powerful antioxidant properties
]]></description>
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<item><title>Processed Meats Linked to Pancreatic Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525258</link>
<description><![CDATA[Red meat may heighten risk too, study suggests]]></description>
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<item><title>Fluorescence Improves Brain Tumor Surgery Outcomes</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525139</link>
<description><![CDATA[Tracer lights the way for delicate procedure, extending survival]]></description>
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<item><title>Spit Tests May Someday Catch Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525192</link>
<description><![CDATA[Saliva analysis detected nine of 10 oral cancers in study
]]></description>
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<item><title>Pregnancy Hormone May Prevent  Breast Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525195</link>
<description><![CDATA[Animal studies suggest hCG can lower a woman's risk]]></description>
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<item><title>New Leukemia Drug Overcomes Gleevec Resistance</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525210</link>
<description><![CDATA[A study finds 90 percent of resistant CML patients responding to AMN107]]></description>
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<item><title>Antibody Promising Against Variety of Cancers</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525131</link>
<description><![CDATA[Good results in animal studies could prompt clinical trials]]></description>
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<item><title>Daily Aspirin, Ibuprofen Cut Smokers' Oral Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525169</link>
<description><![CDATA[More evidence common painkillers fight malignancy]]></description>
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<item><title>Sunshine, Vitamin D Improve Lung Cancer Survival</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525175</link>
<description><![CDATA[But don't put off surgeries till sunnier months, experts caution]]></description>
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<item><title>Statins May Halve Advanced Prostate Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525191</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study hints at potential promise of cholesterol-busting drugs]]></description>
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<item><title>Painkillers May Protect Against Colon Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525199</link>
<description><![CDATA[Celebrex, combined with cholesterol drug, worked on lab animals]]></description>
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<item><title>Tissue Scan May Improve Prostate Cancer Treatment</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525119</link>
<description><![CDATA[It beat standard lab biopsy in helping doctors predict course of disease]]></description>
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<item><title>Experts Offering Free Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Screening</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525095</link>
<description><![CDATA[Event to occur at sites across the U.S. on April 15]]></description>
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<item><title>Tamoxifen Eases Prostate Cancer Treatment  Side Effects</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525130</link>
<description><![CDATA[Adding the drug cut down on breast enlargement and breast pain]]></description>
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<item><title>Report: Set Federal Standards for Cord Blood Banks</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525138</link>
<description><![CDATA[Stored umbilical cord blood an increasingly useful source of stem cells]]></description>
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<item><title>Health Tip: Suspicious Moles</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524862</link>
<description><![CDATA[A mark of beauty or cancer?]]></description>
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<item><title>Health Tip: Colon Polyps</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524863</link>
<description><![CDATA[Smoking increases risk of precancerous growths]]></description>
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<item><title>Electricity Delivers Gene to Fight Melanoma</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525012</link>
<description><![CDATA[New trial will use mild shock to open skin pores, mobilize immune system]]></description>
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<item><title>in Helps Control Cancer's Spread</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525087</link>
<description><![CDATA[Brain tumor discovery may help fight other malignancies]]></description>
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<item><title>Technique May Safely Preserve Fertility in Breast Cancer Patients</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525007</link>
<description><![CDATA[Combo of hormone plus chemotherapy helps women freeze more eggs]]></description>
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<item><title>Black Women Less Apt to Get Breast Cancer Gene Test</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525099</link>
<description><![CDATA[Reasons for disparity not clear, but study suggests more education, outreach needed

]]></description>
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<item><title>Few Women Say They'd Use Tamoxifen Preventively</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525060</link>
<description><![CDATA[Just 17 percent of women at high risk for breast cancer would take the drug]]></description>
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<item><title>Study: Cell Phones Won't Raise Brain Tumor Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525066</link>
<description><![CDATA[Danish researchers examined phone records stretching back 10 years]]></description>
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<item><title>New Breast Cancer Drugs Offer Alternative to Tamoxifen</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525054</link>
<description><![CDATA[Studies suggest aromatase inhibitors may be safer, more effective]]></description>
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<item><title>Black Women Need to Guard Against Colon Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524878</link>
<description><![CDATA[Group says it's second most common cancer among this group]]></description>
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<item><title>Researchers Spot Proteins Key to Cancer's Spread</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524844</link>
<description><![CDATA[New high-tech method should help find other chemotherapy targets]]></description>
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<item><title>Scientists Find Key Player in Cancer's Spread</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524902</link>
<description><![CDATA[VEGF-A protein helps tumor cells move to lymph nodes]]></description>
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<item><title>Anemia Drug May Not Increase Cancer Survival</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524945</link>
<description><![CDATA[Erythropoietin can improve blood health in patients, however]]></description>
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<item><title>Vitamin E May Harm Patients With Head, Neck Cancers</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524955</link>
<description><![CDATA[Supplements might raise disease recurrence risk, study suggests]]></description>
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<item><title>Progestin Dose May Explain HRT's Breast Cancer Link</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524966</link>
<description><![CDATA[New study finds no rise in risk when estrogen used alone]]></description>
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<item><title>Jennings' Case Highlights Risk to Ex-Smokers</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524992</link>
<description><![CDATA[While quitting tobacco is a must, there's no guarantee you'll escape lung cancer]]></description>
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<item><title>Another HPV Vaccine Passes Test</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=525005</link>
<description><![CDATA[Small trial shows infection rate reduced by 90 percent]]></description>
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<item><title>Kids Follow Parents in Using Alternative Therapies</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524935</link>
<description><![CDATA[Boys less likely to use these treatments than girls, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>New Hope Against Inoperable Liver, Lung Cancers</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524857</link>
<description><![CDATA[Two techniques could offer patients life-extending options, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Autumn Birth Linked to Childhood Brain Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524893</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study suggests in-utero springtime exposure to pesticides may be to blame

]]></description>
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<item><title>New Options Offer Relief from Cancer-Related Bone Pain</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524789</link>
<description><![CDATA[Freezing or heating tumors kills the cancer and the pain
]]></description>
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<item><title>Radiation for Prostate Cancer May Make Rectal Cancer More Likely</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524839</link>
<description><![CDATA[Overall risk for rectal tumors remains low, however
]]></description>
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<item><title>Chemo Drug May Fight Brain Tumors in Kids</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524869</link>
<description><![CDATA[In mice, rapamycin normalized growth of brain cells]]></description>
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<item><title>Study: Partial Prostate Cancer Freeze Therapy Effective</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524894</link>
<description><![CDATA[But others worry the technique will miss some malignant tissue]]></description>
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<item><title>Flipping a Switch on Tumor Cell Growth</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524813</link>
<description><![CDATA[Compound could put brakes on protein that controls spread of cancer]]></description>
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<item><title>Healthy Change, Early Screening Can Cut Cancer Rates</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524856</link>
<description><![CDATA[Cancer Society report finds some successes, many challenges]]></description>
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<item><title>Researchers Launch Breast Cancer Prevention Drug Trial</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524871</link>
<description><![CDATA[Five-year study to assess effectiveness of exemestane]]></description>
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<item><title>Setting Up Cancer Cells for Destruction</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524739</link>
<description><![CDATA[In new strategy, one drug makes tumors vulnerable to a second
]]></description>
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<item><title>Cake, Candles and Colon Cancer Screening</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524810</link>
<description><![CDATA[American Cancer Society offers birthday e-reminders to those over 50]]></description>
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<item><title>U.S. Outspends Europe on Cancer Research</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524833</link>
<description><![CDATA[Survey cites need to double funding]]></description>
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<item><title>Web-Based Cancer Research Reaps Reward</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524732</link>
<description><![CDATA[Online appeal to patients helps ID bone marrow cancer gene]]></description>
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<item><title>Cancer Survival Rates Linked to Clinical Trials</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524787</link>
<description><![CDATA[Low participation by young adults may explain poor outcomes
]]></description>
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<item><title>Colonoscopy: Too Much of a Good Thing?</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524372</link>
<description><![CDATA[Some people get checked too often, while others are reluctant to be screened]]></description>
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<item><title>Race, Marriage Influence Prostate Cancer Treatment</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524782</link>
<description><![CDATA[Both help men decide whether to opt for surgery or radiation, study suggests]]></description>
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<item><title>Special MRI Offers Quick Assessment of Brain Cancer Therapy</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524784</link>
<description><![CDATA[It could lead to improved treatments for such patients, study suggests]]></description>
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<item><title>Primary Care Office Strategies May Boost Colon Cancer Screening</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524788</link>
<description><![CDATA[Simple steps heightened patient awareness of need for testing, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Researchers Pursue Promising Cervical Cancer Vaccine</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524502</link>
<description><![CDATA[But it won't replace the Pap test any time soon, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>Promising Ovarian Cancer Drug Under Study</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524520</link>
<description><![CDATA[A6 shuts down blood supply tumors need to grow]]></description>
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<item><title>CT Scans for Lung Cancer Questioned</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524737</link>
<description><![CDATA[They didn't improve survival rates, study found]]></description>
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<item><title>Gene-Diet Link May Shield Some Men From Prostate Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524538</link>
<description><![CDATA[Antioxidants from food especially helpful in 25% of men, study suggests]]></description>
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<item><title>PSA Test Plus Digital Exam Best at Spotting Prostate Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524582</link>
<description><![CDATA[One screen detects what the other may miss, study suggests]]></description>
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<item><title>Beating Cancer May Not Mean Beating Stress</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524641</link>
<description><![CDATA[For some, emotional and physical effects linger for years, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>HRT Can Cloud Breast Cancer Screens</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524710</link>
<description><![CDATA[MRIs can be misread because hormone therapy makes tissue more dense, study says]]></description>
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<item><title>Treatment Options Increasing for Prostate Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524713</link>
<description><![CDATA[But reliable screening procedures remain elusive, panel of experts says

]]></description>
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<item><title>Blood Compound Won't Predict Colon Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524539</link>
<description><![CDATA[C-reactive protein fails to meet expectations, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Tamoxifen Ups Risk of Uterine Sarcoma</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524688</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study finds women on breast cancer drug  six times likelier to get the rare cancer]]></description>
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<item><title>New Chemo Regimen Best for Lymphoma</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524694</link>
<description><![CDATA[Beat out traditional chemo followed by radiation, study authors report]]></description>
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<item><title>Compound Could Stop Cancer Growth</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524612</link>
<description><![CDATA[It might prove effective against a third of malignancies, discoverers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Wrinkle Fears May Help Prevent Skin Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524637</link>
<description><![CDATA[Young people responded to photos showing sun-linked skin aging, researchers note]]></description>
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<item><title>Healthy Women With HIV May Need Fewer Pap Tests</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524677</link>
<description><![CDATA[But researchers caution the findings need to be confirmed in additional studies]]></description>
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<item><title>Adult Stem Cells Can Produce Brain Cells</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524624</link>
<description><![CDATA[In chick embryos, specific chemical environment brings results]]></description>
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<item><title>Gene May Be New Cancer Treatment Target</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524451</link>
<description><![CDATA[Blocking action of MTHFR gene shrank tumors in mice]]></description>
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<item><title>Protein Key to Skin Cancer Spread Found</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524574</link>
<description><![CDATA[Researchers say it's a possible target for treatment]]></description>
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<item><title>Brain Cancer Drug Gets Wider Approval</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524580</link>
<description><![CDATA[With radiation, Temodar can extend patients' lives, FDA says]]></description>
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<item><title>Drug Therapy  Combats Some Cancers in HIV Patients</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524514</link>
<description><![CDATA[HAART cuts risk of Kaposi sarcoma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Breast Cancer Radiation Carries Little Cardiac Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524515</link>
<description><![CDATA[Better technology means this treatment safer than ever, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Mastectomy Does Prevent Breast Cancer for Those at High Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524537</link>
<description><![CDATA[Research confirms preventive approach used a decade ago works]]></description>
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<item><title>Drug Stops Cancer in Its Tracks</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524452</link>
<description><![CDATA[Experimental compound fights tumors three ways, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Genes May Link Breast Cancer in Africa, America</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524477</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study finds similar disease pattern in black patients from both continents]]></description>
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<item><title>Health Tip: Help Prevent Bladder Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524482</link>
<description><![CDATA[Follow these suggestions]]></description>
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<item><title>Older Breast Cancer Survivors at Risk for Bone Breaks</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524508</link>
<description><![CDATA[Researchers think drugs used to treat tumors lead to bone loss]]></description>
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<item><title>Virtual Colonoscopy Is Less Invasive But Less Reliable</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524501</link>
<description><![CDATA[Studies suggest the technique still needs refinement]]></description>
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<item><title>Melanoma in Children Appears Different Than Adult Disease</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524448</link>
<description><![CDATA[Survival rate in young kids is higher, small study finds

]]></description>
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<item><title>Radiation 'Seed Therapy' Beating Prostate Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524428</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study finds it equals or excels traditional surgery in curing disease]]></description>
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<item><title>U.S. Adults Still Not Colon Cancer-Savvy</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524438</link>
<description><![CDATA[More are familiar with <i>American Idol</i> than their risk for the disease, survey finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Developed Countries Still Carry Greatest Cancer Burden</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524447</link>
<description><![CDATA[But study finds developing nations are catching up]]></description>
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<item><title>Surgery Plus Heated Drugs Boosts Cancer Survival</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524292</link>
<description><![CDATA[The combo is life-extending for patients whose cancers have spread]]></description>
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<item><title>Chemotherapy Offers Some Promise in Treating Brain Tumors</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524422</link>
<description><![CDATA[But experts caution the treatment delivers marginal improvements]]></description>
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<item><title>Smoking During Pregnancy May Up Child Leukemia Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524379</link>
<description><![CDATA[But experts caution findings are far from conclusive]]></description>
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<item><title>Thalidomide Slows Cancer-Related Weight Loss</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524401</link>
<description><![CDATA[The drug is making a comeback as cancer, AIDS therapy]]></description>
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<item><title>Lung Cancer 'Gender Gap' Closing</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524323</link>
<description><![CDATA[Men's rate falling while women hold steady, report finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Many Women Still Don't Get Annual Mammograms</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523761</link>
<description><![CDATA[Only one in 20 follows schedule recommendations, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Prostate Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524336</link>
<description><![CDATA[Method of attack could be used against other tumors, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Licorice Derivative May Slow Kaposi's Sarcoma</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524318</link>
<description><![CDATA[Compound makes cancerous cells commit suicide, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Practice Improves Mammogram Diagnosis</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524263</link>
<description><![CDATA[Doctors who read the most images are most accurate, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Study Confirms Tamoxifen Raises Endometrial Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524289</link>
<description><![CDATA[Risk heightened by length of time on the drug]]></description>
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<item><title>Phase I Cancer Trials More Effective Than Thought</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524299</link>
<description><![CDATA[Twice as many patients have positive responses to therapies, study finds 

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<item><title>More Genetic Clues to Lung Cancer's Cause</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524245</link>
<description><![CDATA[One mutation occurs more often in nonsmokers with the disease]]></description>
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<item><title>More Can Be Done to Stop Colon Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524246</link>
<description><![CDATA[American Cancer Society urging better prevention, wider screening]]></description>
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<item><title>Older Women With Breast Cancer Missing Out on Chemo</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524260</link>
<description><![CDATA[Many not being offered lifesaving treatment because of their age, researcher says]]></description>
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<item><title>Celebrex  Bests Vioxx as Potential Cancer Fighter</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524278</link>
<description><![CDATA[Despite cardiovascular risks, painkiller appears to block key protein for cancer cell replication]]></description>
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<item><title>Prostate Cancer Therapy May Affect Mental Function</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524177</link>
<description><![CDATA[And a second study suggests a tumor-preventing drug saves men's lives]]></description>
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<item><title>Non-Surgical Treatment Offers Hope for Liver Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524027</link>
<description><![CDATA[Needle delivers tumor-cooking heat to site of malignancy]]></description>
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<item><title>Viruses are Vaccines' New Anti-Cancer Weapon</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524182</link>
<description><![CDATA[They prime the immune system to attack malignant cells, scientists say]]></description>
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<item><title>Palliative Care Comes Too Late for Many</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524152</link>
<description><![CDATA[Nearly half of surviving cancer relatives wish hospice care had started earlier]]></description>
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<item><title>Second Gene Mutation Explains Lung Cancer Drug Resistance</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524150</link>
<description><![CDATA[Two teams of researchers arrive at similar finding]]></description>
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<item><title>Scientists Identify Stem Cell On/Off Switch</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524154</link>
<description><![CDATA[One gene may tell skin stem cells to change, or stay as they are]]></description>
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<item><title>Free Hotline Focuses on Lymphedema</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523812</link>
<description><![CDATA[Therapists will answer questions on cancer treatment-related swelling]]></description>
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<item><title>Health Tip: The Ins and Outs of Colonoscopy</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524069</link>
<description><![CDATA[Know what to expect]]></description>
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<item><title>Health Tip:  Deadly Secondhand Smoke</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524070</link>
<description><![CDATA[Children are not immune]]></description>
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<item><title>New Clues to Lung Cancer Drug Resistance</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524094</link>
<description><![CDATA[Second mutation in cancer cells may trigger resistance to Iressa, Tarceva]]></description>
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<item><title>Saliva Testing Moves Into the Mainstream</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524032</link>
<description><![CDATA[Lowly spit might be a lifesaver in disease, infection detection]]></description>
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<item><title>Genes Predict Breast Cancer Recurrence</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524071</link>
<description><![CDATA[Finding could help determine which women need aggressive treatment]]></description>
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<item><title>Stem Cells Promise Better Plastic Surgery</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524030</link>
<description><![CDATA[Safer, more durable implants made from natural tissue, researchers report]]></description>
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<item><title>Lung, Colon Cancers Major Killers in Europe</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524034</link>
<description><![CDATA[Over 1.7 million Europeans died from cancer in 2004, report finds]]></description>
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<item><title>New Vaccine Boosts Prostate Cancer Survival</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524051</link>
<description><![CDATA[Trial shows immune therapy offers hope to men whose disease has spread]]></description>
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<item><title>Managed Care Makes Little Difference in Cancer Care</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523986</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study found it didn't raise, lower quality of life for these patients]]></description>
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<item><title>Quit-Smoking Program Boosts Lifespan</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523994</link>
<description><![CDATA[Gum plus behavior change cut smokers' 15-year death rate in half]]></description>
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<item><title>Coffee Cuts Liver Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524004</link>
<description><![CDATA[And decaf reduces colorectal cancer risk, another study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Screening Technique Helps Spot Bladder Cancer Early</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524005</link>
<description><![CDATA[Urine test relies on cancer-linked protein marker]]></description>
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<item><title>Promising Ovarian Cancer Test Doesn't Work: Study</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=524007</link>
<description><![CDATA[Re-analysis of data finds flaws in protein-based screen]]></description>
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<item><title>Reprogrammed HIV Can Hunt Down Cancer Cells</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523945</link>
<description><![CDATA[Harmless form of the virus attacked malignancies in mice, says study]]></description>
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<item><title>Compound Fights Gleevec-Resistant Leukemia</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523952</link>
<description><![CDATA[AMN107 shows promise in animal trials, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Tamoxifen Cuts Heart Attack Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523981</link>
<description><![CDATA[But benefit of breast cancer drug no reason to use it for cardiovascular protection]]></description>
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<item><title>New Clue Predicts Breast Cancer Behavior</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523920</link>
<description><![CDATA[Wound-healing activity may identify women at risk for disease spread]]></description>
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<item><title>Leukemia Drug Eyed for Kaposi's Sarcoma</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523930</link>
<description><![CDATA[Gleevec can shrink skin tumors linked to HIV/AIDS]]></description>
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<item><title>Rainforest Plant Yields Breast Cancer Fighter</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523874</link>
<description><![CDATA[Amazon plant compound stopped growth of malignant cells in lab]]></description>
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<item><title>Illness, Disability May Not Dampen Spirits</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523898</link>
<description><![CDATA[Most sick and disabled people just as happy as healthy folk, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Leukemia Cells Surprise Researchers</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523929</link>
<description><![CDATA[Chronic lymphocytic leukemia cells die off, are reborn at faster rate than believed

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<item><title>Gene May Spur Childhood Brain Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523793</link>
<description><![CDATA[It's needed for brain development but doesn't switch off, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Little Benefit Adding Breast Exam to Mammography</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523859</link>
<description><![CDATA[Exam won't significantly lower breast cancer death risk, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Crunch! Carrots May Cut Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523895</link>
<description><![CDATA[Natural pesticide appears to prevent tumor development]]></description>
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<item><title>Thalidomide-like Drug Benefits Some With Blood Disorder</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523904</link>
<description><![CDATA[Reduces need for transfusions for those with myelodysplastic syndromes, study says]]></description>
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<item><title>Eating Well Staves Off Disability</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523828</link>
<description><![CDATA[Dairy, fruits and vegetables can help you function better as you age, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Researchers Fish for Clues to Cancerous Moles</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523857</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study in zebrafish yields genetic answers]]></description>
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<item><title>Cancer Patients Run Higher Risk of Blood Clots</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523862</link>
<description><![CDATA[New study identifies those most likely to suffer problems]]></description>
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<item><title>Birth Weight Linked to Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523860</link>
<description><![CDATA[Big babies have higher rate of breast cancer, certain others, in adulthood, study suggests]]></description>
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<item><title>Study: Mammograms Painless for Most Women</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523753</link>
<description><![CDATA[Finding challenges common assumptions about breast exam]]></description>
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<item><title>Scientists Get Handle on Kaposi's Sarcoma</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523835</link>
<description><![CDATA[Herpes virus infects body before cancer takes hold]]></description>
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<item><title>Breast Cancer Prevention From The Sea</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523788</link>
<description><![CDATA[Seaweed may reduce estrogen and help prevent some forms of the disease]]></description>
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<item><title>Many EU Cancer Patients Use Alternative Meds</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523792</link>
<description><![CDATA[Herbal treatments, homeopathy, vitamins and spiritual therapies popular]]></description>
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<item><title>Breast Cancer Chemo Timing Doesn't Affect Outcome</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523721</link>
<description><![CDATA[But it does help after surgery, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Drug Shows Major Promise Against Follicular Lymphoma</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523765</link>
<description><![CDATA[Radioactive-based therapy put 75% of patients into remission]]></description>
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<item><title>Sun Can Show a Cancer Benefit</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523738</link>
<description><![CDATA[Studies showed increased survival rates for melanoma, protection against type of lymphoma]]></description>
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<item><title>Brain Tumor Treatment Guidelines Not Always Followed</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523748</link>
<description><![CDATA[Chemotherapy, antidepressants underused, study says]]></description>
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<item><title>New Advance in Gene Therapy for Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523667</link>
<description><![CDATA[Special virus spares healthy cells]]></description>
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<item><title>New Drug Targets Pancreatic Cancer Two Ways</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523458</link>
<description><![CDATA[USC researchers test compound in clinical trial]]></description>
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<item><title>Parents' Smoking Can Kill Children Years Later</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523688</link>
<description><![CDATA[Secondhand smoke in home linked to adult lung cancer]]></description>
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<item><title>Drug Combo Extends Colon Cancer Survival</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523680</link>
<description><![CDATA[Avastin plus three other agents effective against advanced disease]]></description>
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<item><title>Compound Might Aid Leukemia Patients Resistant to Gleevec</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523632</link>
<description><![CDATA[Human trials could begin by middle of year, researcher says]]></description>
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<item><title>Procedure Improves Outcomes in Lung Cancer Cases</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523577</link>
<description><![CDATA[Intraoperative brachytherapy boosted survival odds for high-risk patients]]></description>
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<item><title>Genetic Technique Bolsters Immune Cells to Battle Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523579</link>
<description><![CDATA[Scientists prompted them to aggressively attack malignancies]]></description>
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<item><title>Link Between Personality and Cancer Ruled Out</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523555</link>
<description><![CDATA[Extroversion doesn't up chances of disease, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Extra Weight Skews PSA Scores</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523560</link>
<description><![CDATA[High BMI means prostate cancer screen can miss early stages of disease, study says
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<item><title>Lung Cancer <i>Is</i> a Woman's Disease</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522811</link>
<description><![CDATA[It's deadlier than breast, uterine and ovarian cancers, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>New Colon Cancer Marker Found</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523526</link>
<description><![CDATA[Levels of molecule may predict severity of disease and survival, researchers say

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<item><title>Black Americans Undertreated for Esophageal Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523475</link>
<description><![CDATA[Whites nearly twice as likely to receive life-prolonging surgery, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>New Clues to Tumor Toughness</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523502</link>
<description><![CDATA[Researchers discover how malignant cells develop resistance to treatment]]></description>
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<item><title>Cancer Now the Leading Killer of Americans</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523520</link>
<description><![CDATA[Displaces heart disease for top spot, new report finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Faulty DNA Repair Linked to Breast Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523422</link>
<description><![CDATA[Points to increased susceptibility in those with family history of disease]]></description>
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<item><title>Radiation Therapy Boosts High-Risk Breast Cancer Survival</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523489</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study with 20-year follow-up confirms earlier research]]></description>
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<item><title>Key Cancer Gene Discovered</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523500</link>
<description><![CDATA[Scientists identify gene that controls other cancer-causing genes]]></description>
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<item><title>Melanoma Vaccine Triggers T-Cells to Attack Tumors</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523254</link>
<description><![CDATA[New research offers insights into ways immune system fights the disease]]></description>
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<item><title>Combo Treatment Slows Cancer Cell Growth</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523414</link>
<description><![CDATA[Could become effective therapy against cells that keep proliferating]]></description>
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<item><title>Another Clue Explains Smoking Link to Oral Cancers</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523421</link>
<description><![CDATA[Those with habit have much higher levels of inflammatory protein]]></description>
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<item><title>Single Fecal Test Inadequate for Detecting Colon Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523460</link>
<description><![CDATA[Doctors not using more accurate six-sample home method enough

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<item><title>Carefree People May Miss Rectal Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523394</link>
<description><![CDATA[More likely to ignore symptoms than anxious people, study says]]></description>
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<item><title>New Scans Spot More Small Breast Tumors</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523396</link>
<description><![CDATA[Molecular breast imaging method improves detection of malignancies]]></description>
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<item><title>Tobacco Industry Worked to Thwart Lung Cancer Link: Report</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523415</link>
<description><![CDATA[Efforts ran counter to public pledge to promote anti-smoking message, study claims]]></description>
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<item><title>States Fall Short in Fight Against Cervical Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523385</link>
<description><![CDATA[More screening, better insurance coverage needed, survey finds]]></description>
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<item><title>New Gene Principle Changes the Rules</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523386</link>
<description><![CDATA[Finding could lead to new treatments for many diseases]]></description>
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<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523339</link>
<description><![CDATA[May also protect against esophageal cancers in those with deficiency]]></description>
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<item><title>Hormone Therapy Has Drawbacks for Men as Well</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523358</link>
<description><![CDATA[Prostate cancer patients on androgen-deprivation therapy had increased risk of bone breaks]]></description>
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<item><title>Steady Diet of Red Meat Increases Colon Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523310</link>
<description><![CDATA[People who consumed a lot over long period of time upped chances by 50 percent]]></description>
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<item><title>Curtailing Side Effects of Prostate Cancer Radiation</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523328</link>
<description><![CDATA[More thorough imaging reduces erectile dysfunction in patients]]></description>
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<item><title>Fruits, Vegetables Don't Protect Against Breast Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523341</link>
<description><![CDATA[But experts say the finding shouldn't dissuade people from eating the foods]]></description>
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<item><title>Blood Sugar Levels Linked to Cancer Rates</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523357</link>
<description><![CDATA[In large Korean study, higher levels meant higher incidence of disease]]></description>
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<item><title>Delirium Can Be Side Effect of Stem Cell Transplant</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523278</link>
<description><![CDATA[Suffered by half of cancer patients who had it, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Elderly Avoiding Colorectal Cancer Screening</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523295</link>
<description><![CDATA[Many on Medicare don't seek help until symptoms appear, study shows]]></description>
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<item><title>Olive Oil May Protect Against Breast Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523309</link>
<description><![CDATA[Lab study finds main ingredient suppresses important cancer gene]]></description>
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<item><title>Shield Your Skin From Winter Sun</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522833</link>
<description><![CDATA[Slather on sunscreen before you hit the slopes]]></description>
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<item><title>Elderly Women With Cervical Cancer Face Tough Battle</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523230</link>
<description><![CDATA[They're more likely to die of the disease than younger women]]></description>
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<item><title>Mammography's Early Catches Have Silver Lining</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523231</link>
<description><![CDATA[Lead to less toxic breast cancer treatments, study says]]></description>
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<item><title>Role Seen for Vitamin A to Prevent Breast Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523239</link>
<description><![CDATA[Experts stress that lab research is preliminary]]></description>
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<item><title>Checking Cancer's Growth</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523202</link>
<description><![CDATA[Scientists identify factors that tell cells to stop multiplying]]></description>
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<item><title>Saliva Holds Clues to Oral Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523039</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study finds high levels of four molecules point to trouble]]></description>
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<item><title>Health Tip: The A-B-C's of Skin Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=504616</link>
<description><![CDATA[Here's an easy way to remember what to look for when checking]]></description>
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<item><title>Light Technology Lends a Hand to Pap Test</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523087</link>
<description><![CDATA[But speculoscopy also leads to many false positives]]></description>
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<item><title>Fine-Tune Your Intake of Fatty Acids</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523138</link>
<description><![CDATA[Omega-3 and omega-6 acids are vital to a healthy diet]]></description>
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<item><title>Protein Fuels Melanoma's Growth</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523037</link>
<description><![CDATA[Discovery could lead to new treatments for deadly skin cancer, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Healthful Diet Urged for Kids Undergoing Chemo</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523053</link>
<description><![CDATA[Treatment lowers antioxidant, nutrient levels]]></description>
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<item><title>Long-Term Survival Not Tied to 'Excellence' Centers</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523101</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study compares five-year death rates at National Cancer Institute-designated facilities]]></description>
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<item><title>Breast Implants Don't Hurt Survival of Mastectomy Patients</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523010</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study finds they may actually improve long-term outlook]]></description>
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<item><title>Gray Hair Shares Genetic Root With Melanoma</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523063</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study finds genes that lead to both]]></description>
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<item><title>New Compound Could Enhance Chemotherapy</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523014</link>
<description><![CDATA[It might also reduce side effects of treatment, researchers suggest]]></description>
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<item><title>DNA Test for Colon Cancer a Mixed Bag</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523052</link>
<description><![CDATA[Pricey test beats blood screen, but falls short of colonoscopy]]></description>
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<item><title>Fruits, Veggies Might Ward Off Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522792</link>
<description><![CDATA[Try to eat five or more servings a day to help prevent disease, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>Genes Influence Lung Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523016</link>
<description><![CDATA[But smoking still plays dominant role, researchers add]]></description>
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<item><title>Gleevec a Cost-Effective Treatment</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522907</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study finds high price of drug balanced by expected survival increase in patients]]></description>
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<item><title>Scans Help Spot Recurrent Cancers</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522910</link>
<description><![CDATA[Combination imaging helps find hidden malignancies, study says]]></description>
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<item><title>Lung Cancer Link Seen in Gulf War Fires</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=523005</link>
<description><![CDATA[Advisers issue new report on combustible products]]></description>
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<item><title>New Way to Block Angiogenesis Found</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522777</link>
<description><![CDATA[Could lead to novel therapies for cancer, transplants, heart and lung disease]]></description>
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<item><title>Colonoscopy Bests CT Scans and X-rays</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522944</link>
<description><![CDATA[Detects almost twice as many polyps as other procedures

]]></description>
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<item><title>Drug Treats Painful Side Effect of Chemotherapy</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522961</link>
<description><![CDATA[Thwarts debilitating mouth sores
]]></description>
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<item><title>How Blood Platelets Speed Cancer's Spread</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522830</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study describes two ways they help tumors travel to bone]]></description>
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<item><title>Biennial Mammograms OK for Some Women</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522885</link>
<description><![CDATA[No higher risk of late-stage cancer found in those aged 50 and older]]></description>
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<item><title>Tamoxifen's Side Effects Scare Away Some</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522894</link>
<description><![CDATA[Women hesitant to take it as a preventive measure against breast cancer]]></description>
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<item><title>Drug Eases Painful Effect of Cancer Therapy</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522919</link>
<description><![CDATA[Cuts frequency, duration of common mouth sores

]]></description>
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<item><title>Osteoporosis a Risk in Prostate Cancer Therapy</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522824</link>
<description><![CDATA[Often overlooked in men receiving hormone therapy]]></description>
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<item><title>Chronic Stress May Raise Skin Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522825</link>
<description><![CDATA[Sped development of tumors in mice exposed to UV light]]></description>
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<item><title>Possible Link Between Folic Acid and Breast Cancer Found</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522822</link>
<description><![CDATA[But even researchers say connection is probably a fluke]]></description>
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<item><title>Genetic Test Helps Predict Breast Cancer Recurrence</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522826</link>
<description><![CDATA[But at least one expert says it's not ready for widespread use]]></description>
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<item><title>Childhood Cancer Rate Rising in Europe</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522828</link>
<description><![CDATA[But survival rates are improving, researchers report]]></description>
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<item><title>Celebrex Could Help Fight Breast Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522837</link>
<description><![CDATA[Arthritis drug appears to regulate cell's use of estrogen, small study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Breast MRIs Won't Obviate Need for Biopsy</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522757</link>
<description><![CDATA[Cancer screens sensitive, but they don't catch everything]]></description>
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<item><title>New Breast Cancer Drug Bests Tamoxifen</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522776</link>
<description><![CDATA[Anastrozole reduces the chances of tumors recurring and spreading, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Hand-held Breast Scanner May Help Women Spot Potential Problems</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522646</link>
<description><![CDATA[Device meant as a pre-screening tool, to encourage self-examination]]></description>
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<item><title> Tough Tumors</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522690</link>
<description><![CDATA[Shaped beam radiation helps with brain, spinal cancer]]></description>
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<item><title>Addition Urged for Melanoma Memory Device</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522723</link>
<description><![CDATA[Know your ABCDEs to detect cancer, researchers suggest]]></description>
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<item><title>Leukemia Vaccine Shows Early Promise</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522744</link>
<description><![CDATA[Larger studies to begin next year, researchers report]]></description>
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<item><title>More Americans Getting Hooked on Hookahs</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522353</link>
<description><![CDATA[Smoking tobacco through water pipe is no safer, experts warn]]></description>
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<item><title>Leukemia Drug Gleevec Continues to Amaze</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522592</link>
<description><![CDATA[Nearly 5 years after its introduction, most patients still doing well]]></description>
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<item><title>Depression Strikes Hard at Ill Seniors</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522635</link>
<description><![CDATA[Therapy helps quality of life in those with chronic ailments]]></description>
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<item><title>Shark Cartilage No Proven Cancer Cure</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522621</link>
<description><![CDATA[More studies may show benefit in using purified components of it]]></description>
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<item><title>Risks Seen in Low Exposure to Benzene</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522683</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study: Blood cells harmed even below U.S. worker standards]]></description>
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<item><title>Cancer Survivorship in U.S. Keeps Rising</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522684</link>
<description><![CDATA[Number of those beating disease has tripled since the 1970s]]></description>
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<item><title>Cheap Test Can Close Colorectal Screening Gap</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522598</link>
<description><![CDATA[Fecal blood test can reach those other methods can't]]></description>
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<item><title>Green Tea Seems to Stem Spread of Prostate Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522601</link>
<description><![CDATA[Polyphenols control proliferation of malignant cells]]></description>
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<item><title>Some Breast Cancer Screens Better Than Others</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522602</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study says MRI catches tumors missed by mammography in high-risk women]]></description>
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<item><title>'PillCam' Allows Doctors to Inspect Esophagus</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522665</link>
<description><![CDATA[May thwart pre-cancerous condition]]></description>
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<item><title>Gleevec Shows Promise Against Kaposi's Sarcoma</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522531</link>
<description><![CDATA[Drug slowed cancer growth in small number of AIDS patients]]></description>
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<item><title>Osteo Drug May Prevent Breast Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522619</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study finds decrease in tumors in women with bone loss
]]></description>
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<item><title>High Doses of Beta Carotene Pose Lingering Threats</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522623</link>
<description><![CDATA[Supplement, once thought to prevent lung cancer, actually increases risk 
]]></description>
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<item><title>No Cancer Link to Nuclear Site Found</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522634</link>
<description><![CDATA[Those exposed to iodine 131 at Hanford facility decades ago appear unharmed]]></description>
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<item><title>Experts Assess  Lung Cancer Risk Among Smokers</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522554</link>
<description><![CDATA[New data based on age, time spent smoking]]></description>
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<item><title>Nonsurgical Biopsy Identifies Breast Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522582</link>
<description><![CDATA[Procedure finds malignant lymph nodes without more operations


]]></description>
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<item><title>Cigarette Ads in Convenience Stores May Boost Teen Smoking</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522595</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study finds kids who frequent the shops are more likely to pick up the habit]]></description>
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<item><title>Stomach Cancer May Start in Bone Marrow</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522534</link>
<description><![CDATA[Mouse study questions long-held belief about disease origins 
]]></description>
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<item><title>Umbilical Cord Blood Could Treat Leukemia</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522532</link>
<description><![CDATA[It's a viable option for patients waiting for transplant]]></description>
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<item><title>Smoking Continues to Kill Millions Worldwide</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522533</link>
<description><![CDATA[A second study spots a gene mutation linked to nicotine addiction]]></description>
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<item><title>Genetic Interplay Controls Prostate Cancer Growth</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522464</link>
<description><![CDATA[A complex picture of three key genes emerges from a mouse study]]></description>
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<item><title>Study Finds Safe Pain Relief for Most Veterans</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522485</link>
<description><![CDATA[For cancer patients, modest, stable use of morphine-like drugs]]></description>
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<item><title>Risks Outlined for Women With Breast Cancer Gene</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522435</link>
<description><![CDATA[Recurrence unlikely in affected breast after lumpectomy, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>New Way to Spot Lung Trouble</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522457</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study examines advanced form of CT for lung cancer screening]]></description>
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<item><title>Study: Men Benefit More From Antioxidants</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522480</link>
<description><![CDATA[Cancer, death rates lower for males]]></description>
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<item><title>Health Tip: Help Prevent Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522291</link>
<description><![CDATA[Some suggestions to lower your risk]]></description>
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<item><title>Improving Cancer Care for Native Americans</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522407</link>
<description><![CDATA[U.S. grant will increase access to trials, treatments in S.D.]]></description>
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<item><title>Discovery Could Produce Tamoxifen Alternative</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522458</link>
<description><![CDATA[Fast-acting pathway may have fewer side effects]]></description>
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<item><title>New Drug for Advanced Lung Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522471</link>
<description><![CDATA[Extended life for some in trials

]]></description>
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<item><title>Too Few Elderly in Cancer Clinical Trials</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522406</link>
<description><![CDATA[Majority of patients are seniors, but they're a minority in trials]]></description>
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<item><title>Researchers Closing In On 'Death Clock' Gene</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522385</link>
<description><![CDATA[It holds important clues to both cancer and aging]]></description>
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<item><title>Give It Up for the Great American Smokeout</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522386</link>
<description><![CDATA[Every attempt to quit is a step toward stopping for good, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>Scientists Unlocking Lymphoma's Secrets</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522391</link>
<description><![CDATA[Follicular lymphoma is a killer, but findings offer new hope]]></description>
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<item><title>Stem Cells That Fuel Brain Cancer Found</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522412</link>
<description><![CDATA[Discovery offers hope of finding drugs that could target them]]></description>
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<item><title>Selenium May Reduce Colon Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522334</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study suggests but doesn't prove benefits of mineral]]></description>
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<item><title>New Clue to Prostate Cancer May Improve Treatment</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522361</link>
<description><![CDATA[Better targeting of hormone receptor could stop spread of disease]]></description>
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<item><title>CT Scan Spots Operable Pancreatic Cancers</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522362</link>
<description><![CDATA[It's just as effective as more invasive endoscopy, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Aromatase Inhibitors Recommended for Breast Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522378</link>
<description><![CDATA[These drugs offer alternative for postmenopausal women, new guidelines say]]></description>
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<item><title>Heartburn Medicines May Help Fight Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522390</link>
<description><![CDATA[In a lab, they lowered resistance to chemotherapy drugs]]></description>
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<item><title>Breast Cancer Genes Tied to Other Malignancies</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522357</link>
<description><![CDATA[But risk of pancreatic, prostate, stomach cancer still low, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Stopping Breast Cancer in its Tracks</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522360</link>
<description><![CDATA[Chemical attraction behind spread of  malignancies could be drug target]]></description>
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<item><title>Experts: PSA Test Still Valuable for Prostate Cancer Screening</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521853</link>
<description><![CDATA[Research under way to enhance the exam's usefulness]]></description>
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<item><title>Master Gene Guards Lungs Against Cigarette Smoke</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522134</link>
<description><![CDATA[Finding could shed light on why some are more susceptible than others]]></description>
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<item><title>Vaccine Protects Against Cervical Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522322</link>
<description><![CDATA[Targets 2 strains of human papillomavirus]]></description>
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<item><title>Scientists Find Key to Gene Therapy</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522296</link>
<description><![CDATA[In mice, silencing RNA cut cholesterol nearly in half]]></description>
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<item><title>Supplement May Melt Belly Fat in Seniors</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522257</link>
<description><![CDATA[Early study finds DHEA spurs weight loss, improves insulin activity]]></description>
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<item><title>Smoking Increases Risk of COPD Death</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522193</link>
<description><![CDATA[But those who quit less likely to die sooner than those who continue habit]]></description>
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<item><title>Smoking, Heredity Pose Pancreatic Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522197</link>
<description><![CDATA[uggests early screening for those in both categories]]></description>
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<item><title>Ovary Transplant to  Arm a Success</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522237</link>
<description><![CDATA[Researchers report second-ever transplant of entire organ
]]></description>
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<item><title>Tobacco Use Causes Oral Health Decay</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522118</link>
<description><![CDATA[Can lead to gum disease, mouth cancer, dentists warn]]></description>
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<item><title>Young Women's Cervical Cancer Risk Very Low</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522196</link>
<description><![CDATA[Even abnormal Pap smears no cause for alarm, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Colon Cancer Drug Wins Additional Approval</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522207</link>
<description><![CDATA[OK to combine with chemo after tumor removal]]></description>
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<item><title>Taking Measure of Prostate Cancer Care</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522020</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study will examine treatment satisfaction among patients and their spouses]]></description>
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<item><title>Obese Women More Likely to Get Colorectal Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522045</link>
<description><![CDATA[Face greater risk than obese men, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Smoking Ups Risk of Colon Polyps</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522046</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study finds chances three times greater than for nonsmokers]]></description>
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<item><title>Fruits, Vegetables Won't Lower Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522105</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study finds lower heart trouble with higher consumption]]></description>
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<item><title>Early Cancer Drug Trials Less Dangerous Than Before</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522117</link>
<description><![CDATA[Safer medicines, better oversight cited as reasons behind trend]]></description>
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<item><title>Swallowed Camera Finds Small Bowel Tumors</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522044</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study: Capsule endoscopy detects what other screens can't]]></description>
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<item><title>Virtual Colonoscopy Not Ready for Prime Time</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522065</link>
<description><![CDATA[Despite advances, it still has radiation risks and accuracy problems, new study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Decline in Number of Breast Imaging Centers Worries Doctors</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520682</link>
<description><![CDATA[Women in poor or rural areas are at increasing risk, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>Testosterone Tied to Memory</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522002</link>
<description><![CDATA[Prostate cancer patients who were deprived of it forgot things faster than healthy men]]></description>
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<item><title>Red Wine May Protect Against Lung Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=522041</link>
<description><![CDATA[No other alcoholic beverage produced the same effect, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Health Tip: Stop Smoking</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521877</link>
<description><![CDATA[Some of the benefits will come quickly]]></description>
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<item><title>Ovarian Cancer Rates Leveling Off Across Europe</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521932</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study finds incidence dropping in northern Europe, rising in southern, eastern Europe]]></description>
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<item><title>New Treatment Blocks Cancer's Spread</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521933</link>
<description><![CDATA[It keeps metastatic cancer cells from attacking other organs]]></description>
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<item><title>Hispanics, Women Less Likely to Be Tested for Colon Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521940</link>
<description><![CDATA[They skip screenings when not reminded by doctors, new study finds.]]></description>
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<item><title>Key Protein in Breast, Ovarian Cancer Found</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521944</link>
<description><![CDATA[Discovery could lead to better prognosis, treatment]]></description>
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<item><title>Mammography Escapes Poor, Rural Women</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521957</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study finds problem more acute among blacks, Native Americans]]></description>
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<item><title>Cancer Deaths Drop Among Asian Americans in California</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521889</link>
<description><![CDATA[But rate of breast cancer greater than any other group in state]]></description>
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<item><title>Protein Test May Detect Lung Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521926</link>
<description><![CDATA[New method may improve diagnosis, prognosis]]></description>
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<item><title>Experts Explain Seeming Paradox of Pill Study</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521942</link>
<description><![CDATA[Effect of hormones differs, depending on age of a woman when she takes them]]></description>
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<item><title>Betel Nut Tied to Head, Neck Cancers</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521828</link>
<description><![CDATA[Asian nut linked to disease increase in Taiwanese men]]></description>
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<item><title>Tamoxifen Doesn't Increase Stroke Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521857</link>
<description><![CDATA[But chemotherapy does in breast cancer patients, study finds

]]></description>
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<item><title>Toothpaste Ingredient Guards Against Skin Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521824</link>
<description><![CDATA[Antibacterial also found in mouthwash  helps kill off damaged cells]]></description>
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<item><title>Hepatitis C Ups Risk of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521829</link>
<description><![CDATA[Those exposed to virus six times more likely to develop cancer]]></description>
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<item><title>Minimally Invasive Breast Screening Has Limits</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521837</link>
<description><![CDATA[But experts say ductal lavage still has a role in finding cancer]]></description>
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<item><title>New 'Superaspirin' Prevents Colon Cancer in Mice</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521847</link>
<description><![CDATA[And it works without causing gastrointestinal bleeding, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Apple Skins Might Keep Colon Cancer Away</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521848</link>
<description><![CDATA[Second study finds gout drug could offer similar benefits]]></description>
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<item><title>Breast Cancer Drug May Do Double Duty</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521849</link>
<description><![CDATA[Toremifene shows promise against prostate cancer, researchers report]]></description>
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<item><title>Childhood Cancer Survivors Face Higher Breast Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521807</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study finds relative rate higher in radiation patients]]></description>
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<item><title>HRT Raises Risk of Abnormal Mammograms</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521826</link>
<description><![CDATA[Treatment increases odds that screen will be hard to interpret]]></description>
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<item><title>New Hope in the Fight Against Breast Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521493</link>
<description><![CDATA[Early diagnosis, better treatments boost chances of survival]]></description>
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<item><title>Fertility Concerns Impact Breast Cancer Therapy</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521800</link>
<description><![CDATA[Researchers say doctor-patient communication would help]]></description>
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<item><title>Genetic Events May Cause Deadly Childhood Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521763</link>
<description><![CDATA[Finding may provide targets for new treatments]]></description>
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<item><title>Breast Cancer Risk Tied to Early Growth Patterns</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521766</link>
<description><![CDATA[Even birth weight determines odds, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Support Groups Help With Breast Cancer Fears</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521707</link>
<description><![CDATA[Women with genetic mutations find solace in  sharing fears with others]]></description>
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<item><title>Botox Eases Pain of Breast Reconstruction</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521643</link>
<description><![CDATA[Injecting wrinkle treatment into pectoral muscles reduces discomfort, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Tamoxifen Might Cause Slight Increase in Stroke Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521644</link>
<description><![CDATA[Researchers stress finding should not panic breast cancer patients]]></description>
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<item><title>Alzheimer's Drugs May Fight Rare Leukemia</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521655</link>
<description><![CDATA[Seek out enzyme that's key to both diseases]]></description>
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<item><title>New Drugs Slow Metastatic Prostate Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521625</link>
<description><![CDATA[Modest survival benefit in men whose disease has spread]]></description>
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<item><title>Obesity Raises Death Risk From Breast Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521653</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study finds connection in patients with early-stage disease]]></description>
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<item><title>Treatment Delay for Prostate Cancer Doesn't Hurt Outcome</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521616</link>
<description><![CDATA[Those who had to wait up to three months for radiation no worse off, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Smoking Cuts Chances Against Head, Neck Cancers</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521467</link>
<description><![CDATA[Survival odds drop when there's a history of lighting up]]></description>
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<item><title>MRIs Catch Missed Breast Malignancies</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521511</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study finds them more effective than mammography]]></description>
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<item><title>Insulin Therapy Linked to Colorectal Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521543</link>
<description><![CDATA[Duration of therapy may elevate risk, small study suggests]]></description>
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<item><title>Vitamin Supplements May Boost Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521506</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study finds no protective effect against gastrointestinal tumors]]></description>
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<item><title>New Drug Treats Fungal Infections in Cancer Patients</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521441</link>
<description><![CDATA[Fewer side effects allow for more aggressive therapies]]></description>
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<item><title>Cancer Drug Stalls Rare Skin Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521452</link>
<description><![CDATA[Small study finds Gleevec effective in treating dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans]]></description>
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<item><title>Test Predicts Success of Brain Cancer Drug</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521465</link>
<description><![CDATA[Genetic screen shows which patients  benefit from temozolomide]]></description>
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<item><title>Arsenic May Fight Rare Leukemia</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521466</link>
<description><![CDATA[90% of patients treated with pesticide went into remission]]></description>
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<item><title>War Against Cancer Turning to 'Smart' Weapons</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521478</link>
<description><![CDATA[Treatments targeting pathways of disease beating out chemotherapy]]></description>
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<item><title>Watchful Eye on Drug Side Effects Pays Off</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521480</link>
<description><![CDATA[Rare Eprex-linked anemia caught early and then stemmed]]></description>
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<item><title>New Drug Treatments Offer Hope to Leukemia Patients</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520159</link>
<description><![CDATA['Targeted' therapies prevent cells from reproducing uncontrollably]]></description>
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<item><title>MRI Improves Success of Brain Surgery</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521361</link>
<description><![CDATA[Helps surgeons remove tumor and all residual cancer in one operation]]></description>
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<item><title>Red Wine Stems Prostate Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521380</link>
<description><![CDATA[Daily glass cuts risk in half, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Chemo OK for Early-Stage Ovarian Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521420</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study suggests attacking it before it has chance to advance]]></description>
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<item><title>Quick Questionnaire Can ID Tamoxifen Candidates</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521425</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study finds women who can benefit from cancer-preventing drug]]></description>
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<item><title>Group Therapy Won't Help Breast Cancer Survival</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521442</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study finds no benefit in those with early-state disease]]></description>
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<item><title>Experimental Cancer Treatments for Kids Set</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521375</link>
<description><![CDATA[National coalition will focus on children who don't respond to traditional therapies]]></description>
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<item><title>Elderly Black Men Not Getting Prostate Cancer  Screens</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521431</link>
<description><![CDATA[Only 50 percent as likely to be tested as white counterparts, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Herbal Supplement Might Prevent Prostate Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521353</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study will test Zyflamend to see if it stops disease development]]></description>
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<item><title>Genes Boost Fish Oils' Effect Against Breast Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521360</link>
<description><![CDATA[Women whose bodies do poor job of eliminating oils get most health benefit]]></description>
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<item><title>Double Dose of Gleevec Battles Intestinal Tumors</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521378</link>
<description><![CDATA[More of drug could improve outcome for people with GIST, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Many With Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma Under-treated</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521351</link>
<description><![CDATA[Trend leading to fewer remissions, cures, researchers stress]]></description>
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<item><title>Dogs Sniff Out Bladder Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521383</link>
<description><![CDATA[They detect telltale chemicals in urine samples, researchers contend]]></description>
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<item><title>Report Urges More Prostate Cancer Research</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521356</link>
<description><![CDATA[Seeks better treatment, coordination among specialists]]></description>
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<item><title>Winning Battles in the Prostate Cancer War</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520296</link>
<description><![CDATA[Early detection is key to combating the disease]]></description>
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<item><title>Family Histories Can Help Combat Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521337</link>
<description><![CDATA[Even 'self-reported' accounts are valuable, study says]]></description>
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<item><title>Inflammation Plays Role in Starting, Stopping Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521272</link>
<description><![CDATA[Researchers find sensitized immune system can work both ways]]></description>
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<item><title>Chemo Can Start Right After Breast Surgery</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521296</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study says reconstruction needn't delay procedure]]></description>
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<item><title>Scientists Shut Off Leukemia Gene in Mice</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521308</link>
<description><![CDATA[Hope new drugs target molecule that control cancer-cell survival]]></description>
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<item><title>Health Tip: Autumn Doesn't Mean Less Sun Screen</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521075</link>
<description><![CDATA[The sun's angle can still damage your skin]]></description>
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<item><title>Vegetables Help Fight Breast Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521015</link>
<description><![CDATA[Compound in broccoli and other greens stops malignant cell growth]]></description>
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<item><title>Blood Test Predicts Odds Against Ovarian Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521185</link>
<description><![CDATA[Using it could avoid costly, time-consuming CT scans, study says]]></description>
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<item><title>Exercise May Beat Breast Cancer in the Long Run</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520929</link>
<description><![CDATA[Walking, running: any exercise lowers recurrence risk, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>Impotence Common After Radiation, Surgery on Prostate</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521196</link>
<description><![CDATA[Major side effects of either procedure linger after 5 years]]></description>
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<item><title>MRI Top Breast-Screening Test for High-Risk Women</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521209</link>
<description><![CDATA[Finds more tumors in those genetically prone, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>The Deadly Cancer Men Don't Like to Discuss</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520868</link>
<description><![CDATA[Early detection is key to battling prostate cancer]]></description>
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<item><title>General Health of Cancer Survivors Often Overlooked</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521126</link>
<description><![CDATA[Their non-cancer health problems tend to be poorly managed, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Most Women Start Annual Mammograms by Age 40</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521146</link>
<description><![CDATA[But many who are poor, lack insurance or don't speak English don't]]></description>
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<item><title>Doubts Cast on Common Prostate Cancer Test</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521170</link>
<description><![CDATA[High PSA readings may not indicate a tumor, study says]]></description>
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<item><title>Ginseng Paradox Explained</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521021</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study finds it both promotes, limits blood vessel growth]]></description>
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<item><title>Turmeric May Guard Against Childhood Leukemia</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521105</link>
<description><![CDATA[Second study finds oranges and bananas may confer similar benefit]]></description>
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<item><title>Light at Night Might Be a Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521114</link>
<description><![CDATA[It could disrupt the body's normal hormone production, some researchers suggest]]></description>
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<item><title>Virtual Colonoscopy Gains Respect</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521023</link>
<description><![CDATA[The imaging technique shows promise, but obstacles remain]]></description>
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<item><title>Health Tip: Prevent Colorectal Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520728</link>
<description><![CDATA[Get screened, even if you have no symptoms]]></description>
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<item><title>Prostate Cancer Survival Rates Continue to Climb</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521050</link>
<description><![CDATA[New treatments lift rates for all patients to nearly 97 percent, experts say]]></description>
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<item><title>Health Tip: Should You Have a Mammogram?</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520729</link>
<description><![CDATA[Experts say it's best way to catch disease early]]></description>
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<item><title>Bone Cancer Drug Shrinks Cervical Tumors</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521014</link>
<description><![CDATA[But mouse study doesn't prove treatment works in women]]></description>
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<item><title>New Clues About Prostate Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=521026</link>
<description><![CDATA[Mice without tumor suppressor gene develop condition similar to early stage disease]]></description>
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<item><title>DNA Fragments Kill Melanoma Cells</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520994</link>
<description><![CDATA[Finding may lead to new treatments for deadly form of skin cancer]]></description>
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<item><title>Single Protein a Key Player in Skin Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520912</link>
<description><![CDATA[Stat3 sets disease development in motion, researchers find]]></description>
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<item><title>Virtual Colonoscopy Shows Promise</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520936</link>
<description><![CDATA[While not perfect, it could become key screening tool for cancer, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Radiation Not Always Needed for Breast Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520972</link>
<description><![CDATA[Some women 70 and up may forgo it, but it helps younger patients]]></description>
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<item><title>Surviving Cancer Can Take a Long-Term Toll</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520931</link>
<description><![CDATA[Poorer quality of life and health limitations are common, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Mammograms Point to Better Outcomes for Breast Cancer Patients</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520955</link>
<description><![CDATA[Women who get them less likely to suffer recurrence of disease, study says]]></description>
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<item><title>Age, Tumor Stage Affect Breast Cancer Death</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520961</link>
<description><![CDATA[Odds fall as women age, unless disease is advanced]]></description>
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<item><title>Repeated Body CT Scans Boost Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520962</link>
<description><![CDATA[Screening tool has risks while benefits are unclear]]></description>
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<item><title>Ovarian Cancer Blood Test Appears Promising</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520853</link>
<description><![CDATA[But more research is needed before it will become available]]></description>
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<item><title>Chromium in Diet, Fitness Products May Pose Danger</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520910</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study finds body could convert harmless form of chromium into carcinogenic variety]]></description>
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<item><title>HRT Can Affect Mammography Results</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520886</link>
<description><![CDATA[s]]></description>
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<item><title>Cancer Drug Warning Won't Change Its Use</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520695</link>
<description><![CDATA[Avastin advisory on side effects based on updated trial data]]></description>
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<item><title>Statin Drugs Effective in the Long Term</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520882</link>
<description><![CDATA[10-year study suggests cholesterol-busters lower heart attack risk]]></description>
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<item><title>Grapefruit Lowers Weight, Fights Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520829</link>
<description><![CDATA[Studies find benefits to eating the citrus]]></description>
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<item><title>Test Predicts Course of Rare Leukemia</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520859</link>
<description><![CDATA[Finding could lead the way to more targeted CLL treatment
]]></description>
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<item><title>Imaging Technique May Guide Breast Cancer Surgery</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520774</link>
<description><![CDATA[New MRI techonology gives surgeons 'road map']]></description>
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<item><title>Reconstruction After Mastectomy Less Likely for Blacks</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520775</link>
<description><![CDATA[Rates vary by ethnicity for breast cancer patients]]></description>
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<item><title>Gene Tied to Lung Cancer in Nonsmokers</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520798</link>
<description><![CDATA[Patients with mutation respond to newest drugs, study says]]></description>
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<item><title>New Compounds Fight Malaria, Prostate Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520802</link>
<description><![CDATA[Agents that mimic Chinese herbal remedy kill parasites, cancer cells]]></description>
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<item><title>Protein  Prompts Spread of Prostate Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520737</link>
<description><![CDATA[Treatments that block hepsin might slow cancer]]></description>
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<item><title>Test Predicts Patient Benefit From Breast Cancer Drug</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520738</link>
<description><![CDATA[It spots those with resistance to Herceptin]]></description>
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<item><title>Risk of False-Positive Mammo Reading Lower Than Thought</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520781</link>
<description><![CDATA[The tests are still the best tool for detecting breast cancer, study says]]></description>
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<item><title>Exercise Pays Off in Long Run</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520734</link>
<description><![CDATA[Continued effects last for months after workouts end]]></description>
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<item><title>Taking Measure of Cancer Drugs</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520735</link>
<description><![CDATA[Gene screen gauges patient response to treatment, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Does Benzene Cause Childhood Leukemia?</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520749</link>
<description><![CDATA[More study needed on this gasoline component, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Blood Test Gauges Breast Cancer Treatment</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520716</link>
<description><![CDATA[Levels of cancer cells show whether patient is responding to therapy]]></description>
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<item><title>Shielding Your Skin From the Summer Sun</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520318</link>
<description><![CDATA[The truth about wrinkles, skin cancer, sunburns and skin rashes]]></description>
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<item><title>Moms Slack Off on Sun Protection With Toddlers</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520692</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study finds more sunburns reported in second summer than in first]]></description>
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<item><title>Short Course of Hormone Therapy Boosts Odds With Prostate Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520696</link>
<description><![CDATA[Six months was enough to improve survival rates while reducing side effects]]></description>
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<item><title>Combo Therapy Slows Incurable Brain Tumors</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520610</link>
<description><![CDATA[Immune therapy and chemotherapy extends patients' lives, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Doctors Doing Too Many Colonoscopies</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520656</link>
<description><![CDATA[Confusing guidelines might be the reason why, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Blood Test Detects Ovarian Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520634</link>
<description><![CDATA[Screen for three proteins linked to malignancies]]></description>
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<item><title>Oral Cancers Deadlier for Black Men</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520574</link>
<description><![CDATA[Die sooner than whites thanks to less optimal treatment]]></description>
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<item><title>Internal Antibiotic Fights Ulcer Bug</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520618</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study: Stomach cells protect against <i>H. pylori</i> infection]]></description>
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<item><title>New Trick Improves Odds in Bone Marrow Transplants</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520628</link>
<description><![CDATA[Knocking out key enzyme helps healthy stem cells thrive]]></description>
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<item><title>Betel Nut Habit Linked to Oral Cancers</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520500</link>
<description><![CDATA[Concoction favored by Asians a dangerous chew, researchers say]]></description>
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<item><title>Targeted Therapy May Fight Leukemia</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520629</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study centers on stem cells that trigger cancerous growth]]></description>
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<item><title>Shortage of Seasoned Breast Cancer Surgeons Seen</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520571</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study: Medicare patients not getting experienced specialists]]></description>
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<item><title>Combo Treatment Best for Laryngeal Cancer Patients</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520501</link>
<description><![CDATA[Chemo-radiation offers better speech quality after treatment than surgery]]></description>
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<item><title>Possible Link Between Tooth Whiteners and Oral Cancer Found</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520524</link>
<description><![CDATA[Small study suggests key ingredients may start inflammation process]]></description>
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<item><title>Gene Mutation May Explain Racial Differences in Breast Cancer Outlook</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520546</link>
<description><![CDATA[Black women four times more likely to have alteration in tumor suppressor gene
]]></description>
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<item><title>Breast Reconstruction After Mastectomy Is a Hit</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520442</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study finds majority of women were pleased with the results]]></description>
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<item><title>Scientists Find Inflammation-Cancer Link</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520479</link>
<description><![CDATA[Manipulating gene can cut tumor risk, study says]]></description>
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<item><title>Genes for Leukemia Drug Resistance Identified</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520492</link>
<description><![CDATA[Finding called important step in search for childhood cancer cure]]></description>
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<item><title>Alternative Therapy for Inoperable Lung Tumors</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520397</link>
<description><![CDATA[Radiofrequency ablation works when chemo, radiation can't]]></description>
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<item><title>Way Found to Predict Response to Cancer Drug</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520426</link>
<description><![CDATA[Signaling pathway may indicate who does well with Iressa]]></description>
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<item><title>Chemo Offers No Long-Term Survival Benefit for Colon Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520465</link>
<description><![CDATA[But the drug regimens studied are no longer recommended by doctors]]></description>
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<item><title>Gene Mutations Behind Some Brain Cancers</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520396</link>
<description><![CDATA[Two areas of one gene susceptible in five forms of disease, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Breast Cancer Treatment Guidelines Could Save Your Life</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520427</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study finds they increase chances of survival]]></description>
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<item><title>Don't Get Burned by Fun in the Sun</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=510696</link>
<description><![CDATA[Skin cancer can be the price]]></description>
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<item><title>Cancer Survival Rates Low in Zimbabwe</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520354</link>
<description><![CDATA[Lack of access to care may explain lack of success against disease, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>MRI Spots Breast Tumors in High-Risk Women</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520340</link>
<description><![CDATA[It beats mammography, but isn't advised for women at normal risk]]></description>
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<item><title>Statins: The Next Miracle Drugs?</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520202</link>
<description><![CDATA[Besides cutting cholesterol, they may  fight breast cancer, even arthritis]]></description>
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<item><title>Helping Breast Cancer Patients Make Tough Choices</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520278</link>
<description><![CDATA[Computer programs, charts can help, but they're no substitute for counseling]]></description>
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<item><title>Bladder Cancer Patients Need Not Lose Their Bladder</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520293</link>
<description><![CDATA[Minimally invasive surgery, chemo and radiation can do the trick, study says]]></description>
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<item><title>An Unlikely Ally Against Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520300</link>
<description><![CDATA[Fat helps body absorb disease-fighting agents from vegetables, study suggests]]></description>
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<item><title>The Body, Not the Mind, Predicts Cancer Survival</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520268</link>
<description><![CDATA[Nausea, shortness of breath, weakness may signal poor prognosis]]></description>
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<item><title>Radiology Advances Fight Breast Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520249</link>
<description><![CDATA[Improvements help both detection and treatment]]></description>
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<item><title>Silver Lining to HIV Treatment Found</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520180</link>
<description><![CDATA[Antiretroviral drugs also cut risk of cervical abnormality]]></description>
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<item><title>New Colorectal Cancer Drug Raises Hopes, Questions</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520199</link>
<description><![CDATA[Doctors debate its effectiveness and cost]]></description>
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<item><title>Breast Cancer Cells Have Unlikely Allies</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520157</link>
<description><![CDATA[Researchers find surrounding cells spur growth of drug-resistant tumor cells]]></description>
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<item><title>'Mild' Cigarettes Don't Cut Nicotine Intake</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520183</link>
<description><![CDATA[Smokers negate effect by puffing more, inhaling deeper]]></description>
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<item><title>Vitamin K Might Prevent Liver Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520187</link>
<description><![CDATA[se off in women with cirrhosis
]]></description>
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<item><title>'Decoy' Slows Cancer Spread</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520130</link>
<description><![CDATA[Trick kept tumors from setting up blood supply]]></description>
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<item><title>Depression May Explain Fatigue of Cancer Patients</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520156</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study finds it could be bigger factor than the physical side effects of disease]]></description>
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<item><title>Health Tip: Acupuncture as a Cancer Treatment?</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=519807</link>
<description><![CDATA[The American Cancer Society weighs in]]></description>
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<item><title>Stopping Skin Cancer's Spread</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520112</link>
<description><![CDATA[Researchers disrupt molecular link in metastasis]]></description>
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<item><title>Drugs Found In Nature Stop Cancer Spread</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520128</link>
<description><![CDATA[Medicines from sea and tree keep cells from multiplying]]></description>
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<item><title>Protein May Be Key to Prostate Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520129</link>
<description><![CDATA[Stat5 a new target in more aggressive tumors]]></description>
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<item><title>Topical Cream for Skin Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520136</link>
<description><![CDATA[When surgery is less preferred]]></description>
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<item><title>New Drug Battles Gleevec Resistance</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520085</link>
<description><![CDATA[Can help leukemia patients who don't respond]]></description>
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<item><title>Heavy Drinking Raises Breast Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520087</link>
<description><![CDATA[But a drink or two per day seems safe, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>New Software Detects Lung Growths</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520094</link>
<description><![CDATA[Helps radiologists reading CT scans]]></description>
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<item><title>Stress May Raise Endometrial Cancer Risk</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520007</link>
<description><![CDATA[Animal study suggests that it doubles odds of disease]]></description>
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<item><title>Study Suggests Viral Link to Breast Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=520083</link>
<description><![CDATA[Bug similar to one found in mice also in some human tumors]]></description>
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<item><title>Addicted to Tanning Booths?</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=519998</link>
<description><![CDATA[Study suggests UV light boosts endorphin levels in sun lovers]]></description>
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<item><title>Health Tip:  Sun Sense</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=519809</link>
<description><![CDATA[Some sun protection reminders]]></description>
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<item><title>Soy Safe When It Comes to Breast Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=519935</link>
<description><![CDATA[Plant estrogens don't raise risk for women, study finds]]></description>
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<item><title>Blood Infection a Threat to Cancer Patients</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=519931</link>
<description><![CDATA[Death risk five times higher for those with complication in hospital]]></description>
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<item><title>Drug Prevents Downside of Cancer Miracle</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=519973</link>
<description><![CDATA[Prevents heart damage in childhood leukemia survivors]]></description>
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<item><title>Fast-Rising PSA Levels Signal Aggressive Prostate Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=519975</link>
<description><![CDATA[Increases of more than two points in year before diagnosis spelled trouble]]></description>
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<item><title>Health Tip:  Eat Grilled Meat Only Occasionally</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=519814</link>
<description><![CDATA[Grilled vegetables are a healthier choice]]></description>
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<item><title>Health Tip:  Mastitis</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=519815</link>
<description><![CDATA[Lactating women most likely to get breast inflammation]]></description>
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<item><title>Milk Helps Prevent Colon Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.e-healthsource.com/?p=news1&amp;id=519924</link>
<description><![CDATA[A glass a day reduces risk, study finds]]></description>
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