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Cancer Newsletter | Week of February 3

In This Issue:

Birth Control Pill a Cancer Fighter
Can Exercise Keep Cancer From Returning?
Doctor Said I'd Be Dead 11 Years Ago ... Still Here!

Today's Top Story: 5 Advances in Cancer Treatment
More Americans are getting and beating cancer than ever before. What's happening on the front lines? Here are 5 major advances in cancer treatment that are making a difference every day.
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Winning the Fight Against Cancer
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Vitamins for Prostate Cancer

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Birth Control Pill a Cancer Fighter
Oral contraceptives cut women's risk of ovarian cancer for more than 30 years after they stop taking them -- giving the pill a net anticancer effect.
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Avoiding Mammograms Because of Medicare Co-pays?
You Found a Lump? Now What?

Can Antioxidant Pills Cut Cancer Risk?
Do antioxidant pills reduce your risk of cancer? See what the latest research says.

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Is Obesity to Blame for Esophageal Cancer Rise?
Esophageal cancer is on the rise. Is the obesity epidemic partially to blame?

Editor's Picks

Can Exercise Keep Cancer from Returning?
Surviving cancer and making it through cancer treatment are major
accomplishments. Most survivors, if not all, find a new priority in ife: keeping cancer from returning. The latest research suggests that exercise for cancer patients may help.

Life After a Brain Tumor: One Man's Story
This amazing man beat brain cancer. How did the experience change his life? How has his perspective changed? Find out.

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Doctor Said I'd Be Dead 11 Years Ago ... Still Here!
This member was diagnosed with Stage 4 colon cancer 11 years ago. She's still here and she's living proof that doctors can be wrong. Want some inspiration? Read on!

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