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cancer

[kan-ser] / ˈkæn sər /


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Cancer drugs currently generate about $2.6 billion in annual sales for GSK, or about 6% of total company sales.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

The study was published in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

For the first time, the American Cancer Society recommended in an announcement last month that a blood test could be used to screen people who choose not to or can’t get a colonoscopy.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

The findings, published in Cancer Discovery, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, indicate that different fats can have dramatically different effects on cancer development.

From Science Daily • Jun. 2, 2026

So on October 11, 1996, at Morehouse School of Medicine, he organized the first annual HeLa Cancer Control Symposium.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot




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