Discovery could ease cancer for many

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The New England Journal of Medicine has published a new study by Canadian researchers on a less lethal form of colorectal cancer, which is the third-leading cause of cancer-related deaths. The study was co-authored by Dr. Steve Gallinger of Toronto, Ont.-based Mount Sinai Hospital's Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute.

Colorectal cancer, The New England Journal of Medicine (Periodical)

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Hormone therapy raises cancer risk, researchers find

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Rockville, Md.-based National Cancer Institute researchers have discovered that hormone therapy may lead to breast cancer in some women. The study, which warns of the danger of an estrogen and progestin combination, surveyed over 46,000 postmenopausal women.

United States, Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical preparations, Hormones & Related Preparations, Pharmaceutical industry, Breast cancer, Hormone therapy, National Cancer Institute

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Cancer war registers steady gain

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The Canadian Cancer Society has issued a new report that reveals cancer-related death rates have declined on several fronts. Cancer, which is the leading cause of premature death in Canada, will account for an estimated 65,000 deaths in Canada in 2001.

Population information, Canadian Cancer Society

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