Weight Gain, Smoking May Make Prostate Cancer More Deadly
TUESDAY, April 20 (HealthDay News) — Men treated for prostate cancer who smoke or put on excess pounds raise their odds of disease recurrence and of dying from the illness, two new studies show.
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Long term, tamoxifen stops more cancer than Evista
Longer-term results from a head-to-head trial of two drugs that prevent breast cancer shows that tamoxifen works better than rival Eli Lilly and Co’s Evista, but with a greater risk of some other cancers and blood clots.
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Pink rink makes fans think, raises money to fight cancer
NORFOLK Just about everything at the Norfolk Admirals hockey game was turned pink Saturday night. Even the ice. The “Pink in the Rink” game was a fundraiser for the Tidewater affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, which fights breast cancer.
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