Nearly 1 of every 4 deaths by disease is from cancer, and this year alone, over 1.6 million people are expected to be diagnosed with cancer.
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This means, by way of example, that should you be diagnosed with cancer, Medicare would no longer approve and pay for the surgical treatment you require to beat the illness.
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For one thing, it's possible that some people will not be diagnosed with cancer until years down the road, creating challenges for determining whether the cancer originated because of work at ground zero.
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The National Cancer Institute estimated that 11, 000 women would be diagnosed with cervical cancer in the U.S. in 2010, and more than 4, 000 would die from the disease.
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More than 135, 000 people will be diagnosed with colon cancer this year and nearly 57, 000 will die, according to the American Cancer Society.
About 17 percent of men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer, but the risk of dying from the disease is only about three percent.
Though we have made great strides in combatting this devastating illness, more than 200, 000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year, and tens of thousands are expected to lose their lives to the disease.
During their lifetime, one in three women and every second man will be diagnosed with some type of cancer.
In 2012, Shariat's team calculated that about 575, 130 men and 457, 240 women would be diagnosed with a non-sex specific cancer.
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Avastin will be for "first-line" use in patients after they are initially diagnosed with advanced colon cancer, while Erbitux will be used in patients who have already failed other drug regimens.
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According to information from her publicist Nadine Jolson, Joosten embraced the "Desperate Housewives" plot that called for her to be diagnosed with -- and eventually succumb to -- lung cancer in the series' final season.
Since more than 200, 000 men in the United States are diagnosed with prostate cancer each year, this could be a windfall for the Swiss drug giant, already flying high after its leukemia treatment Gleevec was approved in record time by U.S. regulators this May.
When Gigi's bone cancer was diagnosed, the Pasleys knew enough to be straight with her.
Last month, an online petition was set up calling for a new inquest to be held for Kevin as soon as possible after Mrs Williams was diagnosed with bowel cancer.
When Margaret Edwards was diagnosed with small cell lung cancer last September she was devastated to be told it was too late to operate.
Like many others before me and since, I happen to be someone who has had to tell my wife and children that I had been diagnosed with a cancer that could mean the end of my life in a rather short period of time.
Mr Riddiford said that as well as family support, Kylie would be getting support from her many show business friends including Olivia Newton-John, who was diagnosed with breast cancer more than a decade ago.
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The day when cancer no longer strikes terror in the heart of those diagnosed with it may not be far away (see article).
All the affected women had already been diagnosed with breast cancer, but there were problems with further tests to see what treatment would be most effective.
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