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Pediatric cancer most common in N.E., study shows -
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In white children, the rate was 173 per million, compared with 164 per million in Hispanics and 118 per million in blacks. (article 4)
CHICAGO - Colon cancer patients with a family history of the disease may live longer once treated than those without the family link, researchers said yesterday. (article 1)
The findings, published in this week's Journal of the American Medical Association, came from a look at 1,087 US colon cancer patients who had undergone surgery and chemotherapy. (article 1)
It sounds counterintuitive, but people with a family history of colorectal cancer actually have a lower chance of cancer recurrence or death than people who don't, the Journal of the American Medical Association reports. (article 2)
Of more than 1,000 advanced-stage cancer patients who were studied, those who had at least one parent or sibling with colon cancer were 28 percent less likely to die or have the cancer return after treatment, researchers found. (article 2)
Patients fared even better when two or more relatives had colon cancer, according to the study, which was led by Dr. Jennifer Chan of Boston's Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. (article 2)
People with a family history of colon cancer carry the emotional burden of knowing they have twice the risk of developing the disease themselves. (article 3)
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- Researchers report colon cancer mystery (boston.com, 06/04/2008, 337 words)
- Colon-cancer survival actually improves if there's... (suntimes.com, 06/04/2008, 193 words)
- Surviving Colon Cancer Is Tied to Family History of It (nytimes.com, 06/04/2008, 504 words)
- Pediatric cancer most common in N.E., study shows - (baltimoresun.com, 06/06/2008, 457 words)
- Tiny Bit of Cancer in Lymph Nodes Leads to Debate on How to Proceed (nytimes.com, 06/03/2008, 1171 words)
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