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Headline MDS News 
Following Lifestyle Recommendations Reduces Risk of Cancer Death
People who follow the diet and lifestyle recommendations laid out by the WCRF and the AICR have a 20 percent reduced risk of dying from cancer.
Cancer Deaths on the Decline
Overall cancer death rates are declining and cancer incidence has decreased in men and stabilized in women.
Approximately 16% of Worldwide Cancers Caused By Preventable Infections
About 16% of cancers worldwide are the result of preventable and treatable infections.
Myelodysplastic Syndrome Tips
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Chemotherapy for Older Patients: What You Should Know About the Risk of Infection As you may already know, chemotherapy works by attacking the rapidly dividing cells...
Myelodysplastic Syndrome Management
Inspiration, Hope & Resources
On Top of the World: Climbing Everest & Beating Cancer Twice Sean Swarner is a master of setting a goal and achieving it. So when he...
Jack & Jill Late Stage Cancer Foundation Jon Albert, founder of the Jack & Jill Late Stage Cancer Foundation shows the...
Moving Bodies, Changing Lives Moving On Aerobics helps women regain joy of movement and physical fitness after...
Myelodysplastic Syndrome Clinical Trials
ECOGE1905 – A Randomized Phase II Trial of Azacitidine with or without the Histone Deacetylase Inhibitor MS-275 for the Treatment of Myelodysplastic Syndrome, Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia (dysplastic type), and Acute Myeloid Leukemia with Multilineage Dysplasia.
DACO-020 – Phase 2 study of Decitabine Administered Daily for 5 Days Every 4 Weeks to Adults with Advanced-Stage Myelodysplastic Syndromes
REFMAL39 – A Phase I, Open-Label, Dose-Escalation Study of SB-715992 Administered Weekly for Three Consecutive Weeks of 28-Day Cycle in Patients with Solid Tumors
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