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The study also found that compared with current light drinkers, former drinkers had 42 percent lower chances of developing noncancerous colorectal tumors, which can go on to become cancerous.—
Emily Kay Votruba,
EverydayHealth.com,
26 Jan. 2026 -
That’s plausible but difficult to detect without screening people at a very young age, but there could also be difference in the progression of the tumors themselves, Cercek says.—
Lauren J. Young,
Scientific American,
22 Jan. 2026
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Is there a world in which, given that mammograms miss up to one in eight cancers, mammograms are not the first step, and cancer detection enters the home?—
Alexa Mikhail,
Flow Space,
14 Jan. 2026
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Some of the biggest improvements have happened in the more fatal cancers that are rising in women, like liver cancer, lung cancer, and melanoma, Arif Kamal, MD, MBA, chief patient officer at ACS, tells SELF.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Cysts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cysts. Accessed 27 Jan. 2026.
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