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Cancer Rates?
Minorities often believe their skin pigment protects them from the sun, but experts say skin cancer is actually "color blind," and the rates of this type of cancer in people of color are rising. Dermatologists say people with the darkest skin pigmentation naturally have a sun-protection factor (SPF) of about 13, but this does not mean they are immune to skin cancer. Experts say it's important for people of color to wear sun screen and to know the signs of melanoma and other skin cancers,...
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Cancer Rates Climb in Youth Age Bracket
There is never a good age to be diagnosed with cancer. However, it seems especially cruel when cancer happens to young adults, ages 20 to... Read more »
Obesity Leads to Alarming Endometrial & Breast Cancer Rates,...
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The Recent Drop in the Breast Cancer Rate is Due to Women Not Taking...
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The Overall Cancer Death Rate Has Declined
There has been plenty of recent news about breast cancer, most of it good: The overall cancer death rate has declined. Fewer Americans... Read more »
The Breast Cancer Mortality Rate is Higher Among African Americans
Although breast cancer is less common among black women than white women, the mortality rate is higher among blacks, which has long puzzled... Read more »
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Breast Cancer Survival Rates Have Doubled Since 1970s
The number of women who survive breast cancer for at least 10 years has almost doubled since the 1970's, a new analysis has found, and many other... Read more »
Colonoscopy Rates Soar--and Cancer Rates Drop
The largest study undertaken thus far on the effectiveness of colonscopies has found that for every one percent increase in the use of this... Read more »
Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer Rates Soaring
Non-melanoma skin cancer is now the most common kind of cancer in the United States, with more Americans affected by it than all other cancers... Read more »
Cheap Vacation Packages Have Raised Skin Cancer Rates
The development of inexpensive vacation packages to sunny locales in the 1970s has led to a sharp rise in the rates of skin cancer among seniors,... Read more »
Children Conceived Via IVF Have Higher Cancer Rate: Study
New research published in the journal Pediatrics has found that children conceived through in vitro fertilization (IVF) have a higher risk of... Read more »
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