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  1. Health & Medicine

    Protein predicts prostate cancer spread

    Prostate cancer patients who harbor high concentrations of a protein called thymosine beta-15 in their tumors face an increased risk that the cancer will spread.

    By Nathan Seppa
  2. Health & Medicine

    Getting melanoma chemotherapy to work

    A drug that turns off a gene that blocks the action of chemotherapy in melanoma shows promise against this lethal skin cancer.

    By Nathan Seppa
  3. Health & Medicine

    High estrogen linked to lung cancer

    Estrogen receptors proliferating on tumor cells in women's lungs may account for why women seem more easily affected by the carcinogenic effects of tobacco smoke.

    By Nathan Seppa
  4. Health & Medicine

    Breast cancer options made clearer

    An inexpensive test for two proteins in the blood can indicate whether women with breast cancer that hasn't yet spread to lymph nodes are likely to face such a relapse after surgery.