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Items Tagged with 'cancer treatment'

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Early cancer diagnosis saves lives, cuts treatment costs

Global cost = $1.16 trillion
February 8, 2017

New guidance from the World Health Organization (WHO), aims to improve the chances of survival for people living with cancer by ensuring that health services can focus on diagnosing and treating the disease earlier.


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Effort raises awareness of genomic testing for lung cancer

December 16, 2016
“Don’t Guess. Test.” Is the slogan for a campaign underway to inform people with lung cancer and their physicians to about comprehensive genomic testing and its potential to expand treatment options for the patient.
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New online tool helps cancer patients get the information they need

October 27, 2016
People in treatment and post-treatment for cancer now have an online tool that enables them to find information to help them manage ongoing cancer-related symptoms, deal with stress, improve healthy behaviors, communicate better with healthcare teams, and seek support from friends and family.
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Preventable cancers taking a toll

Cigarettes and alcohol are top two causes
October 25, 2016
A new study from American Cancer Society (ACS) researchers finds eleven of the 15 cancers with the most impact on healthy years of life lost in the United States are closely-associated with two preventable risk factors: smoking and alcohol.
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health news

Cancer now main cause of death in western Europe

"Shocking" inequalities in treatment, outcomes
September 18, 2016
It’s official. Cancer is now the main cause of death in western Europe, overtaking cardiovascular diseases. That is the main conclusion of a study published in August 2016 by the European Heart Journal.
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New book answer breast cancer patients' questions

September 1, 2016

The American Cancer Society has published a book intended to help newly diagnosed breast cancer patients quickly digest the crucial information needed to navigate through their experience.


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Report: There’ll be 20 million cancer survivors in U.S. by 2026

June 13, 2016
There were more than 15.5 million Americans with a history of cancer as of January 1, 2016, a number that is projected to reach more than 20 million by 2026. That’s according to Cancer Treatment and Survivorship Statistics, 2016, published in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society (ACS), and its companion publication for consumers, Cancer Treatment & Survivorship Facts & Figures, 2016-2017.
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public health

Two out of three cancer patients are surviving 5 years or more

March 16, 2015

Two out of 3 people diagnosed with cancer survive five years or more, according to a study published in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.


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Skin cancer costs U.S. $8 billion a year

November 14, 2014

The costs associated with skin cancer increased five times as fast as treatments for other cancers between 2002 and 2011, according to a CDC study published online in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.


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cancer treatment

US cancer survivors face significant economic burden

Medical costs, health insurance access, and lost productivity have an impact
June 20, 2014

 U.S. cancer survivors face significant economic burdens due to growing medical costs, missed work, and reduced productivity, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).


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