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Traffic-Related Toxins Linked to Childhood Kidney Cancer
Major Finding: Third-trimester exposure to formaldehyde increased the risk of Wilms tumor by nearly 1.5-fold (OR, 1.43).Data Source: This was a...
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Metformin May Reduce Liver Cancer Risk
Major Finding: Metformin use reduced the risk of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma by nearly 60%, compared with nonmetformin use.
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AMA Delegates Slam PSA, Mammography Screening Recs
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Three Glargine Studies Find No Link to Cancer
Major Finding: When comparing glargine to other insulins, the relative risks for breast, colorectal, and prostate cancer never exceeded 1.6, and...
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Screening Colonoscopy Can Benefit Selected Elderly People
Major Finding: Colonoscopy detected carcinoma in 9% of people 76-85 years old who never previously underwent colonoscopy.Data Source: Data came...
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Urologists Back PSA Screening; Rail Against USPSTF's Position
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Colonoscopy's Efficacy Confirmed in Average-Risk Adults
Major Finding: Screening colonoscopy cut incident colorectal cancers by 51% compared with no endoscopy in a large, average-risk U.S. cohort.Data...
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Scleroderma Malignancy Risk Linked to Antinuclear Antibodies
Major Finding: More than half (55.5%) of 154 patents who developed cancer within 3 years of their scleroderma diagnosis had autoantibodies...
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Fatty Acids in Fish May Lower Liver Cancer Risk
Major Finding: Hepatocellular cancer risk was significantly lower (hazard ratio = .64, P for trend = .04) for participants in the highest vs.
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CDC: Indoor Tanning, Sunburns Still Common in Young Adults
Major Finding: Up to 65% of young adults reported at least one sunburn and up to 44% of women reported using a tanning bed in 2010.Data Source:...