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Telegraph, 23.04.13 09:12 UTC

Cancer patients could have treatment chosen by computer rather than a doctor

Cancer patients may soon have their course of treatment chosen by a computer rather than a doctor after scientists devised mathematical formulas that are better than humans at predicting how sufferers will respond to chemotherapy.

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Popular Science, 22.04.13 16:56 UTC

Smoking Pot And Popping THC Pills Combat Pain, Study Finds

This is the first study to compare smoking marijuana and pills that contain the psychoactive chemical in the plant.

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Daily Mail, 21.04.13 18:25 UTC

Taking a daily dose of aspirin can reduce spread of breast cancer by slowing creation of cells that fuel the disease

PUBLISHED: 17:53 GMT, 21 April 2013 | UPDATED: 17:53 GMT, 21 April 2013 Taking a daily dose of aspirin could slow the spread of breast cancer, a study has found. Scientists have discovered the common ...

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Seattle Times, 21.04.13 03:06 UTC

Player's wish is dream come true for Kamiak's baseball team

The ultimate team player, cancer patient Nathan McCarty is going to bat for his school through the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

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Daily Mail, 19.04.13 16:58 UTC

Parents' desperate race to raise

PUBLISHED: 16:42 GMT, 19 April 2013 | UPDATED: 16:49 GMT, 19 April 2013 The parents of a seven-year-old boy are desperately trying to raise £225,000 in 11 days so he can have life-saving treatment ...

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Seattle Times, 18.04.13 19:21 UTC

Sen. Carrell to receive stem cell transplant soon

Republican state Sen. Mike Carrell, who is fighting a blood condition, will receive a stem cell transplant from his brother next week.

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The Sydney Morning Herald, 17.04.13 14:52 UTC

Teen Witness must have a transfusion, rules judge

A 17-year-old Jehovah's Witness suffering from a lethal form of blood cancer and refusing treatment threatened to rip the IV needle out of his arm if doctors attempted a blood transfusion. But the ...

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Daily Mail, 16.04.13 00:09 UTC

Chemotherapy survival 'all in your genes' claim scientists

PUBLISHED: 23:36 GMT, 15 April 2013 | UPDATED: 23:36 GMT, 15 April 2013 Whether cancer patients survive chemotherapy is down to your genes, scientists have claimed. Researchers have identified an ...

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Daily Mail, 15.04.13 10:40 UTC

'Doctors said my daughter had IBS - in fact, it was bowel cancer': Heartbroken mother on losing her 28-year-old to the disease that's killing more young people than ever

PUBLISHED: 09:50 GMT, 15 April 2013 | UPDATED: 10:38 GMT, 15 April 2013 A seemingly fit and healthy 28-year-old died from bowel cancer after doctors repeatedly told her she was suffering from a ...

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Telegraph, 15.04.13 08:59 UTC

Emu oil helps chemotherapy patients

Scientists in Australia have found that emu oil taken from the fat of the native flightless birds can help chemotherapy patients by repairing bowel damage.

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Chemotherapy, in its most general sense, refers to treatment of disease by chemicals that kill cells, both good and bad, but specifically those of micro-organisms or cancerous tumours. In popular usage, it refers to antineoplastic drugs used to treat cancer or the combination of these drugs into a cytotoxic standardized treatment regimen. In its non-oncological use, the term may also refer to a...

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