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Dormant cancer cells may 'reawaken' due to change in this key protein
Cancer cells can lie dormant for years and then suddenly start spreading.
HPV vaccine slashes cervical cancer rates by 87% among women in the UK
The HPV vaccine reduced cases of cervical cancer by 87% among women in the U.K. who received the vaccine when they were 12 or 13 years old, according to a new study.
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Antibiotics may raise colon cancer risk, massive study suggests
This is the largest epidemiological study to assess this potential risk.
Cancer-causing chemical found in 78 sunscreen products
The FDA should better define limits for benzene in sunscreen, the company said.
Cancer patients weren't responding to therapy. Then they got a poop transplant.
The gut microbiome may be critical to immunotherapy.
Cancer vaccine helped keep melanoma under control for years in small study
Scientists tested a vaccine for melanoma in a small trial.
2 infants inhaled cancer cells from mothers during birth
The infants who were born to mothers with cervical cancer may have developed lung cancer after "aspirating" tumor cells
