National Office Of Drug Safety Is Needed, Experts Say In JAMA
...vasculardiseases, stomach and intestinal bleeding, cancer and brain damage and memoryloss. Moore is with the Center for Health Policy Research at George WashingtonUniversity Medical Center, and Psaty is with the Cardiovascular Health ResearchUnit at the University of Washington....Drug's Effect On Chromosomes May Explain Second Cancers
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...ncer Center suggests patients with advanced liver cancer can tolerate high doses of radiation therapy---whi...oncologist and lead investigator on the U-M liver cancer study. For 10 years, U-M researchers William Ensminger , M.D., Ph.D., Theodore Lawrence, M.D., Ph.D...Synthetic Detergent Found To Fight Multi-Drug Resistance
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...nd tobacco smoke have been strongly linked to lung cancer formation, saysStephen S. Hecht, Ph.D., of the Un...they provide a link between nicotine addiction and cancer that can be attributedonly to tobacco. This is in contrast to other smoke carcinogens such aspolyar...Brain Tumor Treatment In Multicenter Tests
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Is it possible that young women with breast cancer live longer if theoperation to remove the cancer is performed during the middle of the menstrualcycle rather than at the beginning? The answer depend...Scientists Report Cancer Fighting Drug As Possible Treatment For Multiple Sclerosis
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