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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday posted warning letters to 14 companies that are illegally selling more than 65 unproven cancer treatments.

FDA Warns Companies Selling Fraudulent Cancer Treatments

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The unapproved products are often advertised as 'natural' and labeled as supplements
Chromosome instability within lung cancer tumors increases the risk of recurrence or death and may help forecast recurrence long before standard tests

Chromosome Instability Test Prognostic in NSCLC

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Chromosome instability associated with higher risk of relapse, death within 2 years
Illicit cannabis use increased significantly more in states that passed medical marijuana laws than in other states

Illicit Marijuana Use Up in States With Legal Medical Use

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Cannabis use disorder is also rising faster in states with legalization laws
Follow-up colonoscopy after 10 months is associated with an increased risk of colorectal cancer and advanced-stage disease among patients with a positive fecal immunochemical test result

Waiting 10 Months for Colonoscopy May Raise CRC Risk

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After positive FIT result, colonoscopy at 10 months also tied to more advanced disease
Only a few select incidental thyroid nodules require further evaluation

Only Select Incidental Thyroid Nodules Need Further Evaluation

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Indiscriminate workup of incidental thyroid nodules with ultrasonography is potentially harmful
Biking to work may help lengthen lifespan

Cycling To and From Work Linked Lower CVD, Mortality Risk

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In five-year study, cyclists saw risk for heart disease, cancer, early death cut by almost half
Black men appear to have a higher incidence of preclinical prostate cancer and a higher risk of metastatic progression than the general population

Black Men Have Higher Rate of Preclinical Prostate Cancer

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Also increased risk of progression to metastatic disease compared with the general population
Rates of prostate-specific antigen screening have leveled off after declining for a number of years in the United States

PSA Screening Rates Have Leveled Off in U.S.

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Decline followed recommendations from U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
A  proposal to boost the base price of a pack of cigarettes from $10.50 to $13.00 would make cigarettes in New York City the most expensive in the country.

NYC to Raise Cigarette Prices to Highest in the United States

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Price of pack to jump from $10.50 to $13.00
Timing of the first active surveillance biopsy is not associated with increased adverse reclassification of prostate cancer

Surveillance Biopsy Timing Not Tied to Reclassification

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But PSA density and body mass index are associated with prostate cancer reclassification