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Childhood cancer survivors are at increased risk for diabetes, high cholesterol and high blood pressure, all of which predispose them to heart disease, say U.S. researchers. They analyzed data on almost 8,600 survivors and close to 3,000 of their siblings who took part in the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study."In data previously published from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study, pediatric cancer survivors were found to be at almost 10-fold greater risk for cardiovascular
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Despite some concerns to the contrary, new research suggests that dealing with a child's cancer does not generally raise parents' risk of divorce. Using data on nearly 978,000 married couples in Norway, researchers found that divorce rates between 1974 and 2001 were no higher among couples with a child suffering from cancer compared with other parents. When other factors were considered, such as parents' age and family income, couples who had a child with cancer
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Scientists have found a way to disarm a protein thought to play a key role in leukaemia and other cancers. The breakthrough raises hopes of a new type of therapy that could treat cancer and other diseases.
Previous attempts to neutralise the protein had failed, leading experts to conclude it was effectively "undruggable". The study, carried out by the US Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, features in the journal Nature. The protein is one of the body's transcription factors
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Childhood brain cancer survivors have ongoing cognitive problems and achieve lower levels of education, employment and income than their siblings and survivors of other types of cancer, a U.S. study has found.The findings, published by the American Psychological Association in the November issue of Neuropsychology, highlight the importance of programs to support childhood brain cancer survivors' transition to adulthood, said Leah Ellenberg a clinical faculty member
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Your mission is to destroy the bad cancer cells from infecting the healthy cells...
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