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New Mathematical Model of Cancer Formation Reveal that Genetic Signs of the Disease Can Start Decades Before Diagnosis

December 27, 2019

A new mathematical model of tumorigenesis—the formation of cancer—developed by scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Whiting School of Engineering, and Bloomberg School of Public Health, suggests that the accumulation of random genetic mutations that launch a cell into malignancy later in life may get their start as early as the teen years. […]

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Report: Cancer Deaths Decline

April 1, 2011

The National Cancer Institute's latest report says that cancer deaths between 2003 and 2007 declined, continuing a trend that started two decades ago. The report also outlined encouraging news that lung cancer deaths decreased in women. Death rates for men with lung cancer began dropping in the early 1990s. Still, lung cancer remains the most […]