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A quick swish at the doctor's office could someday provide early detection of stomach cancer, the fourth-leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide, a new study reports.
Researcher found distinct differences in bacteria samples taken from the mouths of people with stomach cancer or pre-cancerous stomach conditions, compared with samples from healthy patients.
A simple oral rinse could...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- May 10, 2024
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Country singer Toby Keith, best known for chart-topping hits like "Who's Your Daddy?"and "Made in America," has died at 62 from stomach cancer.
His death was announced on his website. Keith's publicist, Elaine Schock, told the New York Times that the National Medal of Arts recipient died in Oklahoma...
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
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- February 6, 2024
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Cancer deaths continue to decline in the United States, with more than 4 million deaths prevented since 1991, a new report shows.
But more people are developing cancers than ever, making the dreaded disease a continued threat to human health, according to the new report
Patients with bile duct cancer might soon have an additional treatment available to them, thanks to a newly discovered tumor target.
Some bile duct cancers are driven by a mutated HER2 gene, which has also been implicated in cancers of the breast, esophagus and prostate, researchers report in a new study.
An experimental drug targeting HER2 mutations, zanidatamab, produced powerful ...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- June 12, 2023
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Maintaining a healthy weight may be important for reducing the risk of gastrointestinal cancer, a new study suggests.
The research adds to the evidence that excess weight and weight increases in adulthood increase the risk for colon and other gastrointestinal (GI) cancers.
"In a time when obesity rates are rising globally and 70% of the U.S. population alone is considered overweig...
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
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- May 12, 2023
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Older Black American cancer patients have higher rates of frailty and disability than their white peers, which may help explain why Black patients also have higher cancer death rates, new research suggests.
The researchers noted that Black patients are more likely to die from cancer than most other groups, despite efforts to reduce
President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that he is giving a new push to the cancer moonshot initiative that he first led during the Obama administration.
In his announcement, Biden said the program would aim to boost prevention, screening and research with a target of reducing the cancer death rate by 50% over the ne...
- Robert Preidt and Robin Foster
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- February 3, 2022
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Cancer remains a major killer, with 10 million deaths reported worldwide in 2019.
More than 23 million new cases were documented globally in 2019, according to researchers at the University of Washington School of Medicine.
By comparison, in 2010 there were 8.29 million cancer deaths worldwide and fewer than 19 million new cases. Deaths were nearly 21% higher in 2019 than 2010, and...
- Cara Murez
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- January 4, 2022
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New treatment options are giving hope to patients with stomach cancer.
Also known as gastric cancer, the disease is the world's sixth most common cancer with 1.09 million new cases in 2020, according to the World Health Organization.
It's an abnormal growth of cells that can affect any part of the stomach, but typically forms in the main part.
"I tell patients who have been re...
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- November 25, 2021
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Hispanic people in the United States have lower cancer rates than white people, but they are much more likely to develop certain preventable cancers.
"The good news is that overall cancer rates are lower in Hispanic people, but we are seeing very high rates of infectious disease-related cancers, many of which are potentially avoidable," said study author Kimberly Miller, a scientist at th...
- Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter
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- September 23, 2021
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