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Fawcett's cancer battle brings attention to rare illness

The news that one of America's TV icons is suffering from cancer brought sadness. Learning the type of cancer she had made some squeamish.

Cancer death rate dropped nearly 20 percent in 15 years

The death rate due to cancer has declined in the United States in recent years, largely due to better prevention and treatment. In fact, 650,000 lives were spared from cancer between 1990 to 2005, according to new statistics from the American Cancer Society.

Are colonoscopies really necessary for people over 50?

Is it necessary to have a colonoscopy when you're over age 50?

Pancreatic cancer rare, very deadly

Pancreatic cancer is rare and extraordinarily lethal, experts say.

Study: Colonoscopies have limitations

A new study by Canadian researchers, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, found that colonoscopies are still very effective in detecting colorectal cancer, but they're only good at doing so in cancers found on the left side of the colon, not on the right side.

Western diet harmful to colon?

People with diagnosed colon cancer who have received treatment and who eat a "Western diet," high in red meat, refined grains, fat and sugar, are more likely to have a recurrence of colon cancer and die from it, compared with patients who eat a "prudent" diet high in fruits, vegetables, poultry and fish.

Time.com: Colon Cancer Patients Not Getting Follow-Up Care

Many colon cancer patients aren't getting the screenings recommended after surgery to make sure the disease hasn't returned, new research shows

People.com: FIRST LOOK: Vanessa Williams Stars in New Cancer PSA

The Ugly Betty star appears with colon cancer survivor Carmen Marc Valvo

Time.com: Cancer Deaths Up By 5,000

U.S. cancer deaths rose by more than 5,000 in 2005, a somewhat disappointing reversal of a two-year downward trend, the American Cancer Society reported

Time.com: Patient Zero for a Colon Cancer Gene

Scientists have traced a genetic mutation that causes a hereditary form of colon cancer back to a single couple who left England for America in the 1630s

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