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Study Undercuts Link of Baby Powder & Ovarian Cancer
As Johnson & Johnson fights a tide of multimillion-dollar verdicts for women who say baby powder gave them ovarian cancer, the government published a study Tuesday that shows no strong association between the two.
Read moreHazardous Substances
A suit against Northrop Grumman brought by a family that claims hazardous materials from the company’s manufacturing facility in Bethpage, New York, contaminated soil and water in the area may continue, a federal court in the state ruled. All three family members were diagnosed with cancer between 2015 and 2017.
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Study Finds AI Tech Improves Diagnosis of Brain Tumors
It’s no sci-fi surgery robot, but brain cancer patients could soon find themselves in the operating room with an electronic doctor.
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AI Beats Human Breast Cancer Diagnosis
A computer program can identify breast cancer from routine scans with greater accuracy than human experts, researchers said in what they hoped could prove a breakthrough in the fight against the global killer.
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Congressman John Lewis Has Late-Stage Cancer
As a civil rights activist at 25, John Lewis was beaten so badly his skull was fractured. As a congressman today at 79, Lewis is facing a foe like none before: advanced pancreatic cancer.
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New Drugs Show Promise Against Breast Cancer
Doctors on Wednesday reported unusually good results from tests of two experimental drugs in women with an aggressive form of breast cancer that had spread widely and resisted many previous treatments.
Read moreUnion Carbide
A federal class action claims Union Carbide’s reckless emissions of carcinogenic ethylene oxide from its plant in Institute, W. Va., exposed nearby residents to cancer risks 11 times the national average.
Read moreDrug Risks
The Ninth Circuit ruled that a putative class of patients and third-party payers of health and welfare benefits have satisfied RICO’s proximate cause requirement in their suit claiming pharmaceutical companies refused to inform the public that the drug Actos increased a patient’s risk of bladder cancer.
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Judge Advances LA County’s Spat With Monsanto Over PCB Cleanup
A federal judge Thursday denied Monsanto’s bid to dismiss a lawsuit seeking payment from the company to clean up cancer-causing chemicals from Los Angeles County waterways and storm sewer pipelines.
Read moreResearchers Develop Early Warning Breast Cancer Test
A new blood test could detect breast cancer up to five years before clinical signs arise by observing how the immune system responds to substances produced by tumor cells, a science research team announced Saturday.
Read moreMineral Oils Found in Baby Formula in France, Germany, Netherlands: NGO
A consumer watchdog group said Thursday that testing had discovered traces of potentially carcinogenic mineral oils in several brands of powdered baby formula in France, Germany and the Netherlands.
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Viagra & Cialis Don’t Raise Skin Cancer Risk, Expert Tells Judge
Pushing back on claims that Viagra and Cialis accelerate the progression of skin cancer, an oncologist testified Thursday that she studied the data and found no plausible link between the erectile dysfunction drugs and melanoma.
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Expert Testifies Viagra and Cialis May Cause Skin Cancer
With billions of dollars on the line for two of the world’s largest pharmaceutical firms, a medical researcher testified Tuesday of a “plausible” link between erectile dysfunction drugs Viagra and Cialis and skin cancer.
Read moreChamber of Commerce
The California Chamber of Commerce sued California Attorney General Xavier Becerra in federal court, claiming his attempt to force food manufacturers to put a cancer warning on products that contain the possible carcinogen acrylamide is unconstitutional forced speech.
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‘Safe’ US Drinking Water May Cause 100,000 Cancer Cases
Most Americans think of their drinking water is safe, but a new cumulative assessment of risks from 22 carcinogenic contaminants found in the nation’s water supply found chemical pollutants could be responsible for more than 100,000 cancer cases.
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Scientists Use CRISPR Gene Editing to Fight HIV
Scientists have reported the first use of the gene-editing tool CRISPR to try to cure a patient’s HIV infection by providing blood cells that were altered to resist the AIDS virus.
Read moreJustice Ginsburg Reports She’s Ready to Work After Cancer Treatment
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Saturday she’s “alive” and on her way to being “very well” following radiation treatment for cancer.
Read moreSupreme Court’s Ginsburg Treated for Pancreas Tumor
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had malignant tumor on her pancreas that required three weeks of radiation therapy this month, court officials revealed Friday.
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