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When it comes to preventing breast cancer deaths, the incremental advantage of the self-exam is hard to demonstrate. But self-awareness is vital.

After being informed that she wasn't keeping up with her workload while battling cancer, this woman decided to make her employer regret ever calling her out. The post Boss Puts Woman On Performance Review For Beating Cancer, It Majorly Backfires first appeared on Bored Panda.

The questionnaire on the National Cancer Institute's website estimates lifetime risk and five-year risk based on factors known to increase the likelihood of a woman developing breast cancer.

The Vermont senator held up the nomination process for Dr. Monica Bertagnolli to lead the health agency in order to make a point about drug prices. Now, he says he'll vote against her.

Monica Bertagnolli, nominated to head the National Institutes of Health, currently heads the National Cancer Institute.

Bladder cancer is one of the most common cancer types in the U.S., according to the National Cancer Institute. It's also one of the most likely types of cancer to recur.

While the treatments are being called vaccines, they aren't the same as traditional disease-preventing boosters. Instead, they shrink tumours and stop cancer from returning.

Though the treatments are being called vaccines, they aren't traditional vaccines which prevent disease - instead they shrink tumours and stop cancer from coming back

The next big advance in cancer treatment could be a vaccine that can shrink tumors and stop cancer from coming back