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Anne Li                                           5/20/17   The annual mortality rate in childhood cancer of the sympathetic nervous system, or neuroblastoma, is 10 per million between the ages of 0 and 4.…...

Anne Li                                 5/20/17   About 3-5 percent of lung cancers are caused by changes in the gene ALK. In 2011, the FDA granted accelerated approval for the drug crizotinib to target these ALK changes.…...

Anne Li                                      5/20/17   A new technology generates cellular images detailed enough to distinguish cancerous from normal tissue. Researchers are working on speeding up the technology so it can be used during…...

Anne Li                              5/20/17   Patients who take capecitabine after surgery for bile duct cancer live for almost a year and a half longer than those not given the drug, according to the results of a Cancer…...

Anne Li                                        5/20/17   Walk in to a local shop or supermarket tomorrow and a mainstay of shelves will be missing forever. As of May 20, it’s illegal for retailers to…...

Anne Li                                           5/20/17   A drug holds lung cancer at bay longer after surgery than standard chemotherapy, according to unpublished results of a new trial(link is external) in China.…...

Anne Li                                  5/20/17   Vaccination against the human papillomavirus (HPV) can significantly reduce levels of oral HPV infection. A study found that young adults in the US who hadn’t been vaccinated were around 14…...

Anne Li                                            5/20/17   From May 20, all tobacco products sold in the UK will come in plain standardised packaging, as decades of harmful marketing tactics by the tobacco…...