Oncology in Minnesota

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View syndicated health information from Mayo Clinic.

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  Mammography Study

  Doctors at Mayo Clinic did a study to find out if giving women information before they have a mammogram makes a difference in their experience.

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  Resource: Mammography Screening

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  Screening for Lung Cancer

  Research has shown that for some cancers, screening for early detection most definitely saves lives. Examples are mammograms for breast cancer and colonoscopy for colon cancer. But not all cancers have screening tools that have been proven to work. Let's go to Mayo Clinic to learn more about screening for lung cancer.

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  Resource: Treatment of Lung Cancer

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  Surviving Kidney Cancer

  If you have kidney cancer, you might not get symptoms until it's rather advanced. Not long ago a diagnosis like that was bad news. But now, thanks to technology, teamwork and medical expertise, people are beating this deadly disease.

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  Resource: Treatment of Kidney Cancer