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BCRAN Articles

Seeking to Understand Long-Term Metastatic Breast Cancer Survival

Posted on October 14, 2019

“If we could identify people with metastatic breast cancer and say, ‘oh, you’re one of the people for whom the cancer grows so slowly that you’re likely to outlive your cancer,’ then that person may …

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Alcohol and Cancer – What is Your Risk?

Posted on June 25, 2019

Medical oncologist Dr. Noelle LoConte from UW Madison explains the effect of alcohol on different parts of the body and its link to cancer and answers what people can do to reduce their personal risk …

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People living with incurable cancers urge more research

Posted on April 3, 2019

See Mark Burkard’s quote in this Associated Press article. ATLANTA (AP) — Tom Smith hesitated to buy light bulbs guaranteed for up to 10 years, thinking they’d outlast him. Terry Langbaum debated filling a prescription …

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Long-term cancer survivor beats odds, prompts study

Posted on April 3, 2018

After her initial diagnosis in 1978, Peg Geisler’s cancer returned and spread to her bones in 1982. A doctor told her she had a 15 percent chance of living another five years.  Her story inspired …

Posted in BCRAN Articles, Cancer Center News

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