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Cohort Defined

A group of individuals who are alike in many ways but differ by a certain characteristic. A cohort study compares a particular outcome in these groups - for example, breast cancer in female teachers with a family member who has had breast cancer versus those who haven’t.

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3 Esophageal, Stomach Cancer Subtypes Linked To Smoking; 1 Associated With Alcohol Use

Published November 18, 2008, 7:08 am, Medical News Today

Researchers who have been following the health of more than 120,000 residents of the Netherlands for more than two decades have found that smoking is associated with two forms of esophageal cancer as well as a form of stomach cancer, and that drinking alcohol is strongly linked to one form of esophageal cancer.

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Vitamin E

Published November 18, 2008, 3:34 am, ThirdAge

Vitamin E is an antioxidant that fights damaging natural substances known as free radicals. It works in lipids (fats and oils), which makes it complementary to vitamin C, which fights free radicals dissolved in water.

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Smoking, alcohol linked to esophageal, stomach cancer

Published November 18, 2008, 1:35 am, New Kerala

Washington, November 18 : Smoking and boozing can raise the risk of certain common throat and stomach cancers, according to Dutch researchers.

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Hepatitis C Therapeutic DNA Vaccine Delivered By Inovio Biomedical's Electroporation Technology Reduces Viral Load By ...

Published November 17, 2008, 12:08 pm, Medical News Today

Inovio Biomedical Corporation (AMEX:INO), a leader in enabling the development of DNA vaccines using electroporation-based DNA delivery, announced today that its partner, Tripep AB, reported positive additional interim results from its ongoing phase I/II clinical study of its therapeutic DNA vaccine against hepatitis C virus (HCV).

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3 esophageal, stomach cancer subtypes linked to smoking; 1 associated with alcohol use

Published November 17, 2008, 7:26 am, EurekAlert!

( American Association for Cancer Research ) Researchers who have been following the health of more than 120,000 residents of the Netherlands for more than two decades have found that smoking is associated with two forms of esophageal cancer as well as a form of stomach cancer, and that drinking alcohol is strongly linked to one form of esophageal cancer.

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New Research Shows Knowledge Of HPV And Vaccination Could Improve Cervical Screening Attendance

Published November 17, 2008, 5:07 am, Medical News Today

Information about vaccination against the virus that causes cervical cancer could encourage rather than discourage women to attend for cervical screening, a new survey has found.

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