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  • Forward Look

    Treading Carefully With Medical Scans

    To reduce your long-term cancer risk, make sure the tests are justified.

    by Ingfei Chen

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    A Trojan Horse to Fight Cancer

    An experimental treatment shows the potential of a new family of targeted drugs.

    by Stephen Ornes

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    Common-Sense Screening

    Sigmoidoscopy may be a good option for colorectal cancer screening.

    by Sue Rochman

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    Healthy Lifestyle, Healthier Chromosomes

    Q&A with Elizabeth Blackburn, professor of biochemistry and physiology at the University of California, San Francisco.

    by Rabiya Tuma

  • Forward Look

    Say “Yes” to the Test

    Evidence of colorectal screening benefit mounts.

    by Sue Rochman

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    An Aspirin a Day …

    A link between the popular remedy and cancer prevention needs to be borne out in clinical trials.

    by Stephen Ornes

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    A Diabetes Drug for Cancer?

    Lab results spur researchers to test low-cost medication on humans.

    by Stephen Ornes

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    The Dense Breast Debate

    Some states are mandating that doctors tell patients about breast density, which can affect cancer risk.

    by Mitzi Baker

  • The Family Cancer Tree

    Accurate reporting of family histories could be key to risk reduction.

    by Mitzi Baker

  • The Survival Gap

    In the Nowhere Land between adult and pediatric cancer treatment, young adults face survival rates that have missed out on the gains seen by other age groups. Can new efforts help them improve their outcomes?

    by Charlotte Huff