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9.1
,
12.1
pink ribbon campaign,
12.1
,
12.2
pitchblende,
5.1
,
11.1
placenta,
6.1
plants
plasma,
1.1
,
3.1
Pleistocene era,
1.1
,
3.1
politics, cancer and,
2.1
,
7.1
pollution, as cancer source,
1.1
,
7.1
,
7.2
polyps,
2.1
,
8.1
poverty, cancer and,
1.1
,
7.1
,
7.2
,
12.1
physiology of,
6.1
,
6.2
,
10.1
primary cancers,
3.1
,
3.2
,
3.3
prospective epidemiological studies,
2.1
,
10.1
prostate cancer,
1.1
,
3.1
,
3.2
,
7.1
,
7.2
,
7.3
,
10.1
,
10.2
as common,
2.1
,
3.1
,
12.1
decline in,
7.1
,
7.2
prostate-specific antigen (PSA),
3.1
,
12.1
proteases,
5.1
,
10.1
proteome,
9.1
,
13.1
,
epl.1
proto-oncogenes,
5.1
,
5.2
rabbits, carcinoma research on,
5.1
,
10.1
,
epl.1
radiation
cancer risk from,
3.1
,
3.2
,
5.1
,
7.1
,
7.2
,
11.1
,
13.1
radiation therapy,
4.1
,
5.1
,
5.2
,
8.1
,
8.2
,
12.1
,
13.1
Nancy’s,
11.1
,
13.1
negative effects of,
11.1
,
11.2
,
12.1
radioactivity,
11.1
,
epl.1
radioisotopes,
2.1
,
3.1
,
4.1
,
7.1
,
11.1
Radium Girls,
5.1
,
epl.1
radon
cancer risk from,
2.1
,
11.1
Ramazzini, Bernardino,
10.1
,
10.2
ras
gene,
5.1
,
5.2
,
5.3
red meat, inconclusive cancer risk from,
2.1
,
3.1
,
7.1
,
10.1
,
10.2
reelin
gene,
12.1
regeneration,
1.1
,
6.1
Relay for Life,
11.1
,
13.1
retrospective epidemiological studies,
2.1
,
10.1
,
13.1
Riboli, Elio,
10.1
,
10.2
,
10.3
,
10.4
,
11.1
Rome, ancient,
3.1
,
5.1
Rothschild, Bruce, dinosaur fossils observed by,
1.1
,
1.2
Royal Society of Medicine,
3.1
,
epl.1
salt,
10.1
,
11.1
Santa Fe, N. Mex.,
2.1
,
8.1
,
11.1
,
13.1
sarcomas,
1.1
,
1.2
,
3.1
,
4.1
,
5.1
,
8.1
Saxon fossil,
3.1
,
3.2
scrotums, scrotal cancer,
5.1
,
10.1
sex hormones,
2.1
,
2.2
,
7.1
,
10.1
,
10.2
sexual behavior, cancer risk from,
7.1
,
7.2
,
11.1
skin cancers,
6.1
,
7.1
,
12.1
smoking
proven cancer risk from,
2.1
,
2.2
,
2.3
,
2.4
,
2.5
,
3.1
,
5.1
,
7.1
,
7.2
,
7.3
,
7.4
,
7.5
,
10.1
,
10.2
,
10.3
,
10.4
,
10.5
in radiation studies,
11.1
,
11.2
Society for Developmental Biology, conference of,
6.1
,
9.1
Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr,
12.1
,
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sonic hedgehog gene,
6.1
,
12.1
soot warts,
5.1
,
10.1
spine
metastasis to,
1.1
,
1.2
src
gene,
5.1
,
5.2
Stand Up to Cancer,
12.1
,
12.2
statistics
in cancer research,
12.1
,
13.1
in cancer risk,
11.1
,
11.2
varying and conflicting interpretations of,
2.1
,
3.1
,
7.1
,
7.2
,
7.3
,
7.4
Stegosaurus,
1.1
,
1.2
stem cells,
6.1
,
9.1
,
9.2
stomach cancer,
3.1
,
6.1
,
7.1
,
7.2
,
7.3
,
9.1
,
10.1
,
11.1
,
13.1
,
13.2
stress
cancer risk from,
7.1
,
10.1
,
11.1
,
13.1
sugar
sunlight
proven cancer risk from,
2.1
,
2.2
,
3.1
,
7.1
,
7.2
,
13.1
surgeons,
6.1
,
8.1
,
11.1
surgery,
12.1
,
12.2
Joe’s,
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,
epl.2
Nancy’s,
4.1
,
6.1
,
8.1
,
11.1
Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results Program (SEER),
7.1
,
7.2
,
7.3
,
7.4
,
7.5
targeted therapies,
8.1
,
9.1
,
11.1
,
12.1
,
13.1
Taxol (paclitaxel),
8.1
,
8.2
,
8.3
,
9.1
teeth,
3.1
,
3.2
telomerase,
5.1
,
9.1
telomeres,
5.1
,
9.1
,
epl.1
testicular cancer,
8.1
,
10.1
thyroid cancer,
5.1
,
7.1
,
11.1
,
11.2
translational research,
12.1
,
12.2
trastuzumab (Herceptin),
8.1
,
9.1
,
12.1
tumors
benign,
1.1
,
1.2
,
2.1
development of,
2.1
,
4.1
,
5.1
,
9.1
embryonic development compared to,
6.1
of jaw,
3.1
,
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multiple,
4.1
,
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tumor suppressors,
5.1
,
9.1
,
9.2
,
9.3
,
9.4
,
12.1
,
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