12-28-2009, 11:08 PM
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Old Ideas Spur New Approaches in Cancer Fight
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/29/he...ewanted=1&_r=1
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...some researchers are taking a fresh look at ideas that were dismissed as folklore — a blow to the breast might spur cancer, an infection might fuel cancer cells, a weak immune system might let cancer spread. They also say the new approach may help explain mysteries, like why the breast cancer rate plummeted when women stopped taking menopausal hormones.
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