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ALOS biking Trim your cancer risk with exercise
Studies show it’s never too late to start exercising, and with spring upon us, there’s no better time to step outside and get active. Check out these helpful tips for healthy living.

Bone-loss drugs lower breast cancer odds
Women who take certain medications to treat and avert osteoporosis have a significantly lower risk for breast cancer.

New prostate cancer screening guidelines
New guidelines reaffirm the recommendation that men should discuss the uncertainties, risks and potential benefits of prostate cancer screening with their physicians before deciding whether to be tested.

Science matters
Bald is beautiful—and prostate protective
Men who develop male pattern baldness by age 30 may have a lower risk of developing prostate cancer.


Breast cancer patients with gene mutations at higher risk
Women with breast cancer who have an inherited mutation in the breast cancer susceptibility genes, known as BRCA1 and BRCA2, are four times more likely to develop cancer in the opposite breast.


Cholesterol drugs help transplant patients
Stem cell transplant patients whose donors took statins did not experience severe graft-vs.-host disease, one of the most serious complications of transplantation.


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ALOS Yess Skin cancer breakthrough
To mark National Skin Cancer Awareness Month in May, learn how Dr. Cassian Yee is making progress against melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, by empowering patients’ own immune systems.

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Take steps for cancer research at the Shore Run/Walk on Sunday, June 13.

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