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Preop Thermotherapy Helps Reduce Breast Tumor Volume
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Preoperative focused microwave thermotherapy is safe and improves tumor response to neoadjuvant anthracycline-based chemotherapy in patients with breast carcinomas, according to findings published online November 25th in the journal Cancer Therapy. Reuters Health Information
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Refills of Hormonal Contraceptive Prescriptions Are Rarely Timely
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A substantial minority of women do not refill prescriptions for hormonal contraceptives after 30 days. After a year, only about 16-35% of women have consistently refilled their prescriptions, researchers report in the October issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Reuters Health Information
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Atomic Bomb Survivors Exposed in Childhood or in Utero at Increased Cancer Risk
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Survivors from Nagasaki and Hiroshima who were 6 years of age or less at the time of the atomic bombings are at increased risk of developing solid cancers. The risk is also increased, but apparently not to the same extent, in survivors who were exposed in utero, researchers report in the March 19th issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Reuters Health Information
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