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Cancer Research

The Issues

Forecasting Colon Cancer Risk
Researchers have developed a new prediction model to identify genetic defects associated with colorectal cancer.

Deadly Secondhand Smoke
Professor Jonathan M. Samet was the senior scientific editor of a Surgeon General’s report that found there is no risk-free level of exposure to secondhand smoke.

Culturally Appropriate Public Health
School researchers developed education materials on the importance of early breast and cervical cancer detection for Korean-American women.

Cell Suicide

Cell Suicide

Apoptosis—the intricately orchestrated self-annihilation of cells—is vital to human life, but can prove deadly when it goes awry. Marie Hardwick contends that a better understanding of this process could mean new treatments for everything from cancer to Alzheimer's. GO!