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<updated>2026-07-20T17:22:52+00:00</updated>
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<title>Exceptional Patient Care at a Cancer Center</title>
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[“We provide patients with customized treatment plans that give them the best chances for achieving health while maintaining the quality of their lifestyle throughout the treatment process.” say the practitioners.“]]></summary>
<updated>2017-11-29T09:12:22+00:00</updated>
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<title>Lifestyle Choices Can Make Cancer More Survivable</title>
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[The study that arrived at those findings involved a subject group of more than 135,000 people. These people were split into two main groups:]]></summary>
<updated>2017-10-04T05:30:52+00:00</updated>
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<title>Breast, Thyroid Cancer Survivors Face Secondary Cancer Risks</title>
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[The study in question involved an analysis of the secondary incidence rates for both breast and thyroid cancer survivors.]]></summary>
<updated>2017-08-26T05:15:45+00:00</updated>
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<title>Mental Disorder Risk High for Cancer Patients: Study</title>
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[The study that produced the eye-opening findings involved an analysis of patient data collected between 2001 and 2010.]]></summary>
<updated>2017-08-25T12:36:57+00:00</updated>
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<title>Healthy Habits Can Lower Breast Cancer Risks: Study</title>
<link href="https://news.prfree.org/@txcancercenter/healthy-habits-can-lower-breast-cancer-risks-study-y7m86ypqame8"></link>
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Researchers found four steps in particular played a significant role in lowering a woman’s risks.]]></summary>
<updated>2017-07-27T10:40:11+00:00</updated>
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<title>Radiosurgery Offers Benefits for Brain Cancer Patients: Study</title>
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Radiosurgery involves the delivery of highly targeted radiation doses directly to small tumors. The aim is to spare as much of the surrounding healthy issue as possible.]]></summary>
<updated>2017-06-28T11:44:19+00:00</updated>
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<entry>
<title>Some Women at Higher Risk for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer</title>
<link href="https://news.prfree.org/@txcancercenter/some-women-at-higher-risk-for-triple-negative-breast-cancer-3rm6y74rakeq"></link>
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Triple-negative breast cancer is found in an estimated 10 to 20 percent of all cases diagnosed each year. Although more difficult to treat, successful outcomes are not entirely out of reach.]]></summary>
<updated>2017-05-28T09:33:39+00:00</updated>
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<title>Mammography Remains Valuable, Lifesaving Tool</title>
<link href="https://news.prfree.org/@txcancercenter/mammography-remains-valuable-lifesaving-tool-eqmjd4b3amr6"></link>
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[While over-diagnosis and overtreatment are serious problems that need to be addressed, mammograms remain a critical, potentially lifesaving tool.]]></summary>
<updated>2017-04-28T19:07:12+00:00</updated>
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<entry>
<title>Immunotherapy May Offer Hope for Some Cancer Patients</title>
<link href="https://news.prfree.org/@txcancercenter/immunotherapy-may-offer-hope-for-some-cancer-patients-3bmnaq57xk6p"></link>
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[A recent breakthrough in immunotherapy for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer has been producing positive results in clinical trials.]]></summary>
<updated>2017-03-29T16:55:31+00:00</updated>
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<entry>
<title>Anxiety, Depression Common Among Cancer Survivors: Study</title>
<link href="https://news.prfree.org/@txcancercenter/anxiety-depression-common-among-cancer-survivors-study-63mbd63xbmb7"></link>
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Researchers ultimately found that cancer survivors were about twice as likely than the general population to report taking medications to treat depression or anxiety.]]></summary>
<updated>2017-02-25T07:28:12+00:00</updated>
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<title>Smoking-Related Cancer Rates Fall</title>
<link href="https://news.prfree.org/@txcancercenter/smoking-related-cancer-rates-fall-63mbdb63xmb7"></link>
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[The numbers that back the decline come from data provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That agency reports that between 2004 and 2008, the number of people per 100,000 who died from tobacco-related cancers was about 108.]]></summary>
<updated>2017-01-18T02:53:52+00:00</updated>
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<entry>
<title>Exploring Sugar’s Connection to Cancer</title>
<link href="https://news.prfree.org/@txcancercenter/exploring-sugar-s-connection-to-cancer-b7kxee84nmry"></link>
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Although attempting to battle cancer by staving its cells of glucose will likely result in healthy cells being damaged, as well, cutting down on processed sugar and eating a healthy, balanced diet is a smart idea, health professionals say.]]></summary>
<updated>2016-11-25T02:01:03+00:00</updated>
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<entry>
<title>Patient Preference Matters in End-of-Life Care</title>
<link href="https://news.prfree.org/@txcancercenter/patient-preference-matters-in-end-of-life-care-y7m8bwb8rme8"></link>
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[A recent study casts light on the changing thoughts surrounding end-of-life care. That study found that nearly 42 percent of primary care physicians felt they over-treated patients in end-of-life scenarios.]]></summary>
<updated>2016-10-25T13:35:46+00:00</updated>
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<title>Cervical Cancer Numbers Showing Improvement</title>
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Women can play a major role in stomping out cervical cancer by reporting in for routine pap examinations. This simple test often enables doctors to catch cervical cancer in its earliest, non-invasive form, enabling highly successful treatment.]]></summary>
<updated>2016-09-22T03:08:05+00:00</updated>
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<entry>
<title>Proton Therapy Continuing to Grow in Popularity</title>
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Proton beam therapy operates in the same manner as standard radiation therapy with a few key twists. The treatment type irradiates diseased cells in an effort to eradicate them, stop their division and ultimate spread.]]></summary>
<updated>2016-08-29T02:47:41+00:00</updated>
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<entry>
<title>Lung Cancer Screening: Beneficial for Many</title>
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[At present, the guidelines for early lung cancer screening through the use of CT scans is targeted toward people between the age of 55 and 74 who smoked at least a pack a day for 30 years.]]></summary>
<updated>2016-07-21T01:53:05+00:00</updated>
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<entry>
<title>Proton Therapy: Why it’s Use in Prostate Cancer is Rising</title>
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Proton beam therapy works in much the same way as traditional radiation therapy. This form of treatment results in the irradiation of diseased cells, which essentially eradicates them.]]></summary>
<updated>2016-06-25T14:15:33+00:00</updated>
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<entry>
<title>Lumpectomies Offer Hope For Breast Cancer Patients</title>
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[A recent large scale study looked into the effectiveness of breast-conserving therapy. The cases of some 37,000 women with breast cancer were followed over a several year period.]]></summary>
<updated>2016-05-24T01:55:32+00:00</updated>
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<entry>
<title>Prophylactic Double Mastectomies Not Always Advisable</title>
<link href="https://news.prfree.org/@txcancercenter/prophylactic-double-mastectomies-not-always-advisable-b7kxxyjp6kry"></link>
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Researchers who dove into the issue concluded women who undergo prophylactic double mastectomies are likely to pay out nearly $6,000 more over the course of their lifetimes.]]></summary>
<updated>2016-04-26T02:50:10+00:00</updated>
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<title>Proton Therapy’s Use on The Rise in Prostate Cancer Treatment</title>
<link href="https://news.prfree.org/@txcancercenter/proton-therapy-s-use-on-the-rise-in-prostate-cancer-treatment-86kpa6ex3mr4"></link>
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Proton therapy is similar to traditional radiation therapy with a few distinct differences.]]></summary>
<updated>2016-03-26T09:10:36+00:00</updated>
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<title>Proton Therapy Effective In Pediatric Brain Cancer Treatment</title>
<link href="https://news.prfree.org/@txcancercenter/proton-therapy-effective-in-pediatric-brain-cancer-treatment-n6maxx6eykad"></link>
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Proton therapy may offer a better way to treat children with a common malignant type of brain cancer while causing few side effects in the process.]]></summary>
<updated>2016-02-24T09:59:09+00:00</updated>
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