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October 10, 2008
Cancer common after liver transplantation
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who undergo liver transplantation, particularly children, are at increased risk for developing cancer, Finnish researchers report in the journal Liver Transplantation.
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July 22, 2008
Technology uses tobacco plants to fight cancer
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A personalized vaccine made using tobacco plants -- normally associated with causing cancer rather than helping cure it -- could aid people with lymphoma in fighting the disease, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
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July 18, 2008
Antidepressants linked to non-Hodgkin lymphoma
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Long-term users of so-called tricyclic antidepressants are at increased risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), new research confirms.
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June 13, 2008
Hair dye may boost lymphoma risk: study
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study suggests that use of hair dye may increase the risk of certain types of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), a blood cancer involving the lymph nodes.
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May 27, 2008
Gum disease may raise cancer risk, study finds
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Gum disease may increase the risk of developing cancer, researchers said on Tuesday.
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May 21, 2008
Cancer risk soars in HIV-infected people: study
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - People with HIV have a much higher risk for many cancers, including anal cancer, but a lower risk for prostate cancer, researchers said on Tuesday.
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May 19, 2008
Cancer risk mixed in rheumatoid arthritis patients
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with rheumatoid arthritis are more likely to develop lymphoma or lung cancer, but are less likely to develop colorectal cancer or breast cancer, according to American and Canadian researchers.
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April 11, 2008
Smoking, drinking imperil lymphoma survival
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Smoking and moderate-to-high alcohol consumption negatively affect the survival of people with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, dubbed NHL, a European study shows.
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April 8, 2008
Frequent blood donation doesn't boost cancer risk
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Frequent blood donation is not harmful to your health, a new study confirms.
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March 14, 2008
Many lymphoma survivors have psychological scars
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Almost 40 percent of survivors of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma report some degree of emotional distress in the years after diagnosis, according to North Carolina-based researchers.
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February 26, 2008
Hepatitis C: a risk factor for lymphoma
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Canadian researchers have confirmed an association between hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and an increased risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, according to their report in the International Journal of Cancer.
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January 1, 2008
Some sun may guard against non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Recreational sun exposure could help prevent a type of blood cancer involving the lymph nodes called non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), according to pooled data from 10 studies.
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December 10, 2007
Gentler chemo helps patients survive lymphoma
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A gentler chemotherapy regimen may help some lymphoma patients better tolerate and benefit from bone marrow transplants, and the combination could even cure them, U.S. doctors reported on Monday.
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June 6, 2007
Sun exposure may reduce malignant lymphoma risk
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - At last, some positive health effects of sitting in the sun! Physicians have found that recreational sun exposure is apparently associated with reduced risk for cancers of the lymph system, or malignant lymphomas, German researchers report in the International Journal of Cancer. They also found that the association is stronger for some types of lymphoma than for others.
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June 1, 2007
Sunlight exposure may increase lymphoma risk
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In women, ultraviolet radiation exposure from time spent in the sun appears to boost the risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma -- a type of cancer involving the body's lymphatic system, according to a large "population-based" study.