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Smoking alters saliva to raise cancer risk-study
• Cancer • Jun 01 04

Smoking destroys protective molecules in saliva and transforms it into a dangerous cocktail of chemicals that increases the risk of mouth cancer, scientists said…

Study finds condoms contain cancer-causing substance
• Cancer • May 30 04

Most condoms contain a cancer-causing chemical and their manufacture should be subject to greater quality control, a German scientific research institute said Friday.

The…

Obesity drug ‘may fight cancer’
• Cancer • May 27 04

A drug currently used to treat obesity may also be able to fight prostate cancer, a study suggests.

Scientists in the United States say…

Combo therapy could tackle drug-resistant cancer
• Cancer • May 27 04

Using two drugs instead of just one could help cancer patients whose tumours do not respond to standard treatment, researchers said on Wednesday.

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FDA expands access to experimental melanoma drug
• Cancer • May 27 04

Maxim Pharmaceuticals said on Wednesday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had allowed it to expand advanced testing of a drug for treating skin…

Cervical cancer still cutting many lives short
• Cancer • May 27 04

While deaths from cervical cancer have plunged in wealthy nations over the past 50 years, the disease remains a top killer of younger women…

New methods to detect breast cancer show promise
• Cancer • May 27 04

New tests that measure water, oxygen and other breast tissue properties could be more effective than mammograms in diagnosing breast cancer, scientists said on…

New breast cancer detection method promising
• Cancer • May 27 04

New tests that measure water, oxygen and other breast tissue properties could be more effective than mammograms in diagnosing breast cancer, scientists said Monday.

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