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Minimally invasive breast surgery is the preferred treatment for breast biopsies and some early-stage cancer treatments as keyhole surgery techniques advance.

Advanced cancer is cancer that has spread or come back. It is usually used to describe cancer that cannot be cured.Doctors sometimes use other words to describe advanced cancer

Targeting the DNA damage response pathway is important in research on cancer, cell signaling, neurological disease, and more. See how key targets of DNA damage, such as MDM2, p53, ATM, ATR, p21, CDK2/Cyclin E, GADD45, and more interact to regulate the DNA damage checkpoints below.

In theory, the immune system can recognize cancer cells as foreign and destroy them. In practice, this is often difficult, particularly after a tumor has become established in the body.

The association of lifestyle and cancer risk is worthy of our attention. Comprehensive studies by the American Institute of Cancer Research and the World Cancer Research Fund estimated that healthy diets, together with regular physical activity and appropriate body mass, could potentially reduce cancer incidence by 30 to 40 per cent. At current rates, on a global basis, this represents three to four million cases of cancer per year that could be prevented by a healthy diet and an active lifestyle.

In the Spotlight On series, we talk with some of these health care professionals to learn more about their jobs and the role they play in providing high-quality cancer care.