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Oncology

Individuals with monoclonal B-cell lymphocytosis may also have an increased risk of developing melanoma, according to a study published Sept. 4 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

There are only 45 cancer centers in the U.S. that offer proton beam therapy, according to data from the National Association for Proton Therapy. 

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Specialists from Los Angeles-based City of Hope will now offer second-opinion services to patients at Healthway Cancer Care Hospital in the Philippines. 

Women are less likely to return for additional breast cancer screening after receiving a false-positive mammogram result, according to a study published Sept. 3 in the American College of Physicians' Annals of Internal Medicine.

Lung and bronchus cancers have the lowest five-year survival rate, according to the NIH National Cancer Institute's "Cancer Trends Progress Report."

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