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    • Female Smokers Have a Higher Colon Cancer Risk – 5.7.13

      According to a new study according published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, women who smoke have a higher risk for developing colon cancer.
    • “How to Cure Cancer” – This Week’s Cover Story in Time Magazine – 4.2.13

      Time Magazine has an in-depth piece on the "conspiracy to end cancer" in this week's edition. Journalist, Bill Saporito covers the team-based, cross-disciplinary approach to cancer research that is helping scientists, physicians and big-pharma get to more efficient treatments and potential cures.
    • Are Older Americans Over-Screened for Colon Cancer? – 3.21.13

      A study published last week in JAMA Internal Medicine found that 32 percent of the colonoscopies performed in people ages 76 to 85 were probably inappropriate. The reason? According to the study the risks of the colonoscopy (bleeding, perforation, infection, etc.) outweigh the benefits.
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