Dendreon Rises After Winning Approval for Cancer Drug (Update2)
April 29 (Bloomberg) — Dendreon Corp. won approval for its first product, a vaccine to fight prostate cancer, after a three-year battle with U.S. regulators. Shares surged the most in a year in New York trading.
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What is cancer?
Cancer is a group of diseases characterized by the growth of abnormal cells that divide uncontrollably, and destroy body tissue. Cancer can spread throughout your body. Sometimes, however, normal cells lose the ability to direct and to limit their growth. They divide and grow without any order and form excess cells which we call tumors.
Is cancer an epidemic?
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CT scan cancer call to cut use
SENIOR radiologists have called for doctors to stop the indiscriminate ordering of CT scans, which can cause cancer.
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