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survival rates stories: 5 news summaries

Ginsburg Faces Long Odds in Cancer Fight

Justice remains hospitalized, plans quick return to bench

Feb 6, 09 3:13 PM CST
(Newser) - Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s pancreatic cancer is likely the more common, deadlier variety, with a high incidence of recurrence and a grim survival rate, HealthDay reports. Doctors took some comfort in the likelihood the cancer was found early. “She was able to have surgery, and only people who are... More »

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surgery • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • chemotherapy • survival rates • pancreatic cancer • radiation • US Supreme Court • recurrence • adenocarcinoma

 Group Therapy 
 Linked to 
 Cancer Survival 

Study finds improved survival rates among breast cancer patients

Nov 17, 08 5:46 AM CST
(Newser) - Group therapy has been linked to improved survival rates among female participants with breast cancer, a new study has found. Findings appear to support the decades-old, controversial claim that psychological therapy can help cancer patients not only feel better emotionally, but survive longer and fight off recurrences of the disease,... More »

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cancer • breast cancer • medical research • survival rates • therapy • psychotherapy

Brain Cancer Vaccine Doubles Survival Time

Kennedy could be
a candidate for breakthrough therapy

Jun 3, 08 11:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new vaccine more than doubles the expected survival time of patients with the most common form of brain cancer, Reuters reports. Although the test group was small, patients lived an average of 33 months—"almost unheard of" compared to the average of 14 months, says one doctor. The... More »

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cancer vaccine • Ted Kennedy • survival rates • tumor • brain cancer • glioma

 Skin Cancer of
 Scalp, Neck Deadlier 

Tumors' location indicates survival chances

Apr 22, 08 6:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Melanoma is the rarest, deadliest form of skin cancer, but new research shows that a tumor's location is an indicator of survival chances. An analysis of 50,000 cases over a decade shows patients with lesions on the scalp and neck died twice as quickly as patients with lesions elsewhere,... More »

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skin cancer • survival rates • University of North Carolina • melanoma • tumors • scalp • neck • lesions

Gene Doesn't Alter Cancer
Survival Rates

Breast cancer triggered by BRCA1 and BRCA2 no more lethal than other forms

Jul 12, 07 5:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Women who carry one of the two known breast-cancer-causing genes—BRCA1 and BRCA2—are more likely to  be diagnosed with the disease before 50, but they're not more likely to die from it than other breast-cancer patients, a new study concludes. Tracking the 10-year survival rates of women in 22... More »

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cancer • Israel • health • breast cancer • DNA • cancer research • BRCA1 • BRCA2 • genes • mutations • survival rates

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