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The areas in Victoria where rates of this cancer are at their highest • Apr. 6, 2025, 3:48 AM ET (Sydney Morning Herald)

Doctors said a 34-year-old mom was experiencing normal postpartum symptoms. She was then diagnosed with advanced cancer • Apr. 5, 2025, 2:37 AM ET (CBS)

Combination immunotherapy shrank a variety of metastatic gastrointestinal cancers • Apr. 1, 2025, 11:17 PM ET (National Institutes of Health (NIH) (.gov))

Low levels of a single enzyme influence pathway to malignancy in colorectal cancer, scientists find • Apr. 1, 2025, 6:14 AM ET (Medical Xpress)

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