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Breast Cancer -- A Story of Survival
A young mother recently called me. She had seen my story on the web and wanted to talk because she hadn’t been able to... »

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Cell Phones, Cigarettes, Cancer, and Children
Cell phones emit a plume of electromagnetic radiation that can penetrate our brains, a major electrical organ. »

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CT Scans - Higher Risks in Children
Radiation can certainly be harmful to adults as well. Unnecessary CT scans should be reduced at all ages, but this is... »
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CT Scans and Cancer
In A-bomb survivors, the lowest exposure measured to increase cancer risk was about 50 mSv. Children who get a single... »
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Hemihypertrophy and Cancer
Hemihypertrophy, also called hemihyperplasia, is a greater-than-normal asymmetry between the right and left sides of... »
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Retinoblastoma
Retinoblastoma, which is usually found in infants and toddlers, is cancer of the eye. It first arises in the retina (... »
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Wilms' Tumor
Wilms' tumor is one of the most common cancers in children. The most common age at diagnosis is 2 to 3 years, just as... »