Each year, more than 79,000 people in the U.S. are faced with a bladder cancer diagnosis. Fortunately, 70 percent of bladder cancers are caught at an early stage. But still, finding some early stage tumors and lesions may be challenging because of the incon...
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Originally published in Forward, Fall/Winter 2017By Andrew BeckerIt’s a true story that reads like a Hollywood script: two scientists from different countries meet at a conference and decide to collaborate on a shared interest. Along with a third scien...
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One Family's Journey from Pakistan to Philadelphia In Mahmood Saeed’s experience, necessity truly does breed invention. He’s been in the U.S. for nearly three years and while he has come to love his new city of Philadelphia, he will al...
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Almost every cancer treatment available today has come about because of clinical trials. These carefully designed research studies test new treatments—such as cancer-fighting drugs—to see how well they work.Should you or a loved one volunteer for one? Here ...
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Updated: February 25, 2020Skin cancer is by far the most common cancer in the U.S. The good news is that the two most common types of skin cancer, basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma, are very easily treatable if diagnosed early and managed cor...
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Men diagnosed with low-risk prostate cancer are sometimes faced with a difficult patient-based decision: Do they treat their cancer immediately, or consider the strategy of postponing treatment, a technique called “active surveillance with curative intent?”...
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