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Alternative treatments can't beat cancer

Christopher Curley - Healthline
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Cancer gene therapy greenlit

Liz Szabo - KFF Health News

Why many cancer patients don’t

Liz Szabo - KFF Health News
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assessing radiation therapy

Ashish A. Deshmukh, Anna Likhacheva - The Conversation
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Michelle Andrews - KFF Health News
Lulu, a goldendoodle who works as a therapy dog, lolls on the lawn outside the Ballard-Durand funeral home in White Plains, N.Y., on Thursday, June 4, 2015. Funeral homes are increasingly using dogs to comfort mourners. Funeral directors say the dogs, usually trained therapy animals, can lighten the often awkward, tense atmosphere at a wake or funeral service. (AP Photo/Jim Fitzgerald) (AP Photo/Jim Fitzgerald)

dogs and cancer research

Nicole Ehrhart - The Conversation
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Patients can handle the truth

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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