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Colorectal Cancer
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Cancer of the colon and rectum is the third leading cause of cancer worldwide, with an estimated 150,000 new cases every year. When detected early, colorectal cancer is highly treatable and curable. Most colon cancers arise from adenomatous polyps. About |
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| Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women, other than skin cancer. It is the second leading cause of cancer death in women after lung cancer. The American Cancer Society predicts that there will be about 182,000 new cases of invasive breast canc |
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Glioblastoma
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| Astrocytomas are tumors that arise from astrocyte cells - part of the supportive (neuroglial) tissue of the brain. Astrocytomas account for about half of all primary tumors of the brain and spinal cord |
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Laryngeal Cancer
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| Laryngeal cancer affects more than 12,000 persons every year in the U.S., and occurs in men more often than women. That is because the two main risk factors are smoking and alcohol abuse, which, in the past, have been more common among men than women. As |
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| The American Cancer Society predicts that there will be about 164,100 new cases of lung cancer in the United States in the year 2000. Lung cancer is fairly rare in persons under the age of 40. The average age of persons found to have lung cancer is 60 |
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Ovarian Cancer
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| Ovarian cancer affects approximately 25,000 women every year. Although the peak age at the time of diagnosis of ovarian cancer is 57 years, 10% of women are younger than age 35 at the time of diagnosis |
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