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August 24, 2009
Developing world gets tiny share of cancer spend
DUBLIN (Reuters) - The developing world sees only 5 percent of the world's spending on cancer treatment, despite accounting for around half of new cases and nearly two-thirds of cancer deaths, a report published on Monday said.
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August 5, 2009
Men with livelier, more plentiful sperm live longer
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Healthier sperm may mean longer life, according to a study that followed more than 40,000 Danish men for up to 40 years.
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June 18, 2009
Many at risk for testicular cancer skip self-exams
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When testicular cancer runs in the family, men should be checking themselves regularly for tell-tale signs -- but fewer than half of such men perform regular self-exams, new research shows.
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May 22, 2009
Testicular cancer survivors may face lung problems
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - It seems that decreased lung function is a long-term adverse effect of the chemo drug cisplatin in men who have survived testicular cancer.
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May 4, 2009
Brief counseling boosts breast self-exam rates
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who take part in a quick counseling session on breast self-examination (BSE), reinforced with a couple of follow-up calls, are more likely to perform the exams regularly, new research in the journal Health Promotion shows.
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October 23, 2008
U.S. panel urges more cancer research funding
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government needs to step up funding for cancer research, which has stagnated this decade, as part of an effort to make beating cancer a national priority, a presidential advisory panel said on Thursday.
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July 24, 2008
Lance Armstrong, top doctors launch cancer quest
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cyclist and testicular cancer survivor Lance Armstrong joined forces with four former U.S. surgeons general on Wednesday to urge Americans to do more to prevent cancer and get recommended screening tests.
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July 11, 2008
Olympic swimmer Shanteau has testicular cancer
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - American swimmer Eric Shanteau has been diagnosised with testicular cancer but still plans to race at the Beijing Olympics, U.S. Swimming said on Friday.
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June 3, 2008
Drug avoids radiation for early testicular cancer
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In men who are diagnosed with earl-stage testicular cancer, a single dose of the chemotherapy drug carboplatin is as effective radiation therapy and is much less toxic, according to study findings presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting in Chicago.
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April 29, 2008
DDT-related chemical linked to testicular cancer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A chemical that comes from the pesticide DDT may raise a man's risk of developing testicular cancer, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
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April 7, 2008
Some advanced cancer patients living longer: study
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Patients who are being treated for advanced colorectal, ovarian or testicular cancer are living longer than they have in the past, a research team from the National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, reports in the May 15th issue of the journal Cancer, published online today.
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February 21, 2008
Caffeine in pregnancy tied to testes woes in sons
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a recent study, sons born to women who drank the equivalent of three cups of coffee a day during pregnancy were more likely to have undescended testes at age 2 years.
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September 27, 2007
Some cancers spur divorce risk: study
BARCELONA (Reuters) - The risk of divorce increases if one partner suffers from testicular or cervical cancer, but other types have no effect on whether a couple stays together, Norwegian researchers said on Thursday.
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September 3, 2007
Birth weight tied to testicular cancer risk
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Findings from a new study suggest that both high and low birth weights increase the risk of testicular cancer in men. The reason for this finding is unclear.
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August 13, 2007
2nd cancer unaffected by earlier testicular cancer
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men who survive testicular cancer are just as likely to survive a second cancer as men who never had testicular cancer, according to a report in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
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April 16, 2007
Male births declining in the U.S. and Japan
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Mother Nature has always ensured that male births outnumber female ones, but the gap has been gradually narrowing over the past three decades in the U.S. and Japan, according to a new study.
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April 13, 2007
Testicular cancer survivors may face other perils
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - While men with testicular cancer have a good chance of being cured, they may still not be out of danger, Norwegian researchers report.
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March 21, 2007
Many still die from "curable" testicular cancer
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The decline in deaths due to testicular cancer seen in the US and Canada over the last three decades has not reached all countries in the Americas and deaths from this relatively rare cancer remain unacceptably high in most Latin American countries, according to a report.
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March 7, 2007
Far more mutations than thought involved in cancer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A painstaking scan of the DNA of tumor cells shows hundreds of previously unsuspected genes are involved in cancer, researchers said on Wednesday in a finding that offers new ways to fight the disease.