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Anti-smoking advocates want to jump-start stalled momentum for quitting
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Large study focused on Asian women who had never smoked
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Steps include using mirror to check back of head, scalp
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Study in mice suggests independent threat from genetic mutation
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Certain types leave survivors with worse mental and physical well-being, study finds
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Palliative radiation therapy can ease pain, but 64 percent in study thought it could cure their cancer
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Doctors must improve their message, researchers say
Study findings illustrate disease's burden 'quite starkly,' author says
Among people who aren't candidates for surgery or radiation
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Early detection of this serious skin cancer is critical
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