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Sugar and soft drinks can make you vulnerable to pancreatic
2006-12-07 15:09:03
Trade Arabia: Eating lots of sugar and sugar-sweetened foods could increase a person's likelihood of developing cancer of the pancreas, by far one of the deadliest types of cancer, Swedish researchers report.Dr Susanna C Larsson of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm and her colleagues found that pancreatic cancer was significantly more likely to strike men and women who added the most sugar to their food and consumed the greatest quantities of soft drinks.The researchers followed 77,797 men and women aged 45 to 83 for an average of about seven years. Those who reported eating five or more servings of added sugar daily, for example sugar added to tea, coffee or cereal, were 69 per cent more likely to develop pancreatic cancer than those who never added sugar to their food or drink.People who consumed two or more servings of soft drinks a day had a 93 per cent greater risk of pancreatic cancer compared to those who abstained from these beverages. Eating sweetened fruit soups or st...
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Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC) - Something Every Woman Sho
2006-12-07 03:08:02
Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC) is a silent killer and many women know nothing about it. Watch this really interesting video that throws light on this silent killer and emphazises the need for every woman to know about this disease.
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Nanotechnology to aid in the diagnosis and treatment of brai
2006-12-05 09:04:06
Nanowerk News: Combining two promising approaches to diagnosing and treating cancer, a multidisciplinary research team at the University of Michigan has created a targeted multifunctional polymer nanoparticle that successfully images and kills brain tumors in laboratory animals. This work was conducted as part of the National Cancer Institute?s Unconventional Innovations Program, an effort that first showed the promise of nanotechnology for diagnosing and treating cancer.Writing in the journal Clinical Cancer Research ("Vascular targeted nanoparticles for imaging and treatment of brain tumors), the research team led by Brian Ross, Ph.D., Alnawaz Rehemtulla, Ph.D., Raoul Kopelman, Ph.D., and Martin Philbert, Ph.D., describes its development of a 40-nanometer-diameter polyacrylamide nanoparticle loaded with a photosensitizing agent, known as Photofrin, and iron oxide. When irradiated with laser light, Photofrin, which is used to treat several types of cancer, including esophageal, bla...
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Reversing the effects of drug resistance in lung cancer pati
2006-12-04 15:02:02
BBC News: It may be possible to save more lives by reversing drug resistance in lung cancer patients, scientists say. Most lung cancer deaths are the result of the tumor adapting to block the effects of chemotherapy drugs. Scientists have now pinpointed the chemistry which one type of the disease - small cell lung cancer - uses to achieve this effect. The Cancer Research UK study, which appeared in the EMBO Journal, raises hopes of sabotaging this process.The researchers have identified a number of key proteins, which they believe might play a key role in the development of resistance, not only of small cell lung cancer, but other forms of cancer too. The majority of small cell lung cancer patients can only be treated with chemotherapy because most are undetected until the disease is at an advanced stage when it is too late for surgery. Tumours with a protein called FGF-2 are known to be less likely to respond to treatment. The latest study proves that this is because the protein pl...
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Gene discovery might help to stop the progression or reverse
2006-12-04 15:02:02
Times Online- Scientists have identified a genetic error that drives a form of breast cancer, opening the way to new therapies for women with the disease. Lobular breast cancer accounts for between 10 and 15 per cent of all breast cancer cases and are very difficult to treat. At present, lobular tumors are treated with hormone-blocking drugs but the cancer returns in about 30 per cent of women. Researchers at the Institute of Cancer Research, in London, found extra genes in lobular breast cancer cells. Half the cancers carried extra copies of the gene FGFR1, which is responsible for a protein of the same name and is involved in promoting cell division. An excess of FGFR1 sends this process out of control.Read more?
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Significant breakthrough in the treatment of ovarian cancer
2006-12-04 03:01:03
The Observer- Doctors have made a significant breakthrough in the treatment of ovarian cancer by discovering a way to reverse the resistance to drugs that denies thousands of women patients each year a chance of survival. The disease is the fourth most common cancer in women in the UK - after breast, bowel and lung - but is also one of the hardest to treat. There are around 6,900 new cases each year, but 70 per cent of patients cannot be cured because they develop resistance to the chemotherapy which targets the malignant cells.Professor Hani Gabra and his team at the Hammersmith Hospital in west London have discovered four major gene pathways that could reverse the resistance. This opens up the prospect of developing a drug to block these pathways and allow the chemotherapy to carry on working. The drugs in question, cisplatin and carboplatin - also known as platinum chemotherapy - are given as injections after surgery. The hope is that a treatment can be developed which would allo...
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'Live Strong' - Music track on cancer awareness
2006-12-02 14:59:09
A must-watch video for every cancer patient, families and friends of cancer patients! Truly inspirational one. Hope this one inspires many cancer patients to fight their disease with courage! Lance Armstrong - video powered by Metacafe
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New diet and exercise guidelines for cancer survivors
2006-12-02 14:59:09
WebMD - There are more than 10 million cancer survivors in the U.S., and the American Cancer Society (ACS) has new diet and exercise guidelines for them.The guidelines appear in the November/December issue of CA: A cancer Journal for Clinicians The ACS doesn't claim to have nailed down all the facts on nutrition and physical activity for cancer survivors. But "reasonable conclusions can be made on several issues," write the researchers. They included Colleen Doyle, MS, RD, director of nutrition and physical activity for the ACS.Among the recommendations:· Strive for a healthy weight. If you're overweight, go for modest weight loss (up to 2 pounds weekly) with a doctor's supervision.· Limit fat to 20% to 35% of calories. Keep saturated fat to less than 10% of calories and trans-fat to less than 3% of calories.· Include foods rich in omega-3 fatty acids, such as fish and walnutsRead more?For free advice on cancer related issues visit Free Help Advice
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New breast scan process could relieve women from the mammogr
2006-12-02 14:59:09
News-Medical.Net- A new breast scan process promises to make the annual mammogram agony many women endure a thing of the past.Researchers in the U.S. have found that by using a Cone Beam Computed Tomography scan, which is described as a souped-up X-ray, 3-D pictures can be produced which make it possible to tell distinguish between a benign lesion and a tumour.Not only is the new scan a more comfortable experience than a mammogram, it is also more accurate and would make the painful procedure of compressing the breasts between glass plates obsolete.The researchers at the University of Rochester in New York say the scan can also provide pictures of tissue around the ribs and outer breast towards the armpit, where 50 percent of cancers are found. The Cone Beam Breast Computed Tomography scanner takes 360-degree views of breast anatomy and in one case showed a cancer which was hard to detect on a mammogram.According to Dr. Avice O'Connell, director of women's imaging at the universi...
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Stem cells within tumors may fuel bowel cancer
2006-12-02 14:59:09
Cancer Research UK ? Researchers have found evidence that bowel cancer may be fuelled by the presence of stem cells within the tumors. The research could one day open up new paths to treatment. Stem cells are the basic building blocks of life, providing a standard template which can then develop into hundreds of different types of cell that make up our bodies.Two teams in Canada and Italy have now linked the growth of tumors to bowel cancer stem-cells, following similar findings for leukemia and breast and brain cancers. Both teams were able to isolate cells bearing the stem-cell marker protein CD133 from bowel cancer samples. These 'CD133+' cells could be transplanted into mice and initiate new cancers. Cancer cells taken from the initial cancers that did not bear the CD133 marker were unable to start new cancers.Read more?For free advice on cancer related issues visit Free Help Advice
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Researchers at Oakland Research Institute achieve a breakthr
2006-12-02 14:59:09
The Mercury News ? After spending years focused on one enzyme, Dr. Julie Saba of the Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute has made a breakthrough which could help fight cancer growth.Known by her staff as `Queen of the Lyase,` for ten years Saba has been studying an intestinal enzyme called sphingosine phosphate lyase (SPL), which can regulate cell growth.According to Saba, SPL naturally decreases cancer cell growth but is de-activated when cancerous cells are present, thus allowing cancer to thrive. `The cancer cells are very smart` said Saba, noting that `cancer cells stop anything` in the way of their progression.Using cells in a tissue culture Saba said she and her team `have been able to turn-on the enzyme after cancer cell growth had occurred.` The Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute found that re-introducing the enzyme made chemotherapy more effective in tissue cultures.`Although we're beginning our studies in colon cancer, we believe our research find...
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Top five cancer-fighting foods
2006-12-02 14:59:09
Today's TMJ4 ? Every day there's a new warning about which foods could cause cancer. But some foods could actually prevent it.TODAY'S TMJ4 went to an expert, registered dietician Kelly Welsh, for the top five foods.Tofu"Soy contains two compounds that are beneficial in the fight against cancer," Welsh said. Those compounds prevent breast and prostate cancers. And if you don't like tofu there are other ways outside of traditional tofu to get soy nourishment: Soy nuts, soy-based veggie-shredded cheese, soy crumbles and soy burgers such as Boca Burgers. Tomatoes"Tomatoes are rich in a substance called lycopene," Welsh said. "Lycopene acts as a very powerful anti-oxidant, and it protects us from many different types of cancers." The body absorbs lycopene best when it's mixed with fat - olive oil in spagetti sauce, cheese on pizza. Men who eat 10 or more servings of tomato products a day cut their prostate cancer risk nearly in half.Read more?
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Women should be more aware of gynecologic cancers to safegua
2006-12-02 14:59:09
Beliot Daily News ? When it comes to ?female issues,? women need to be aware of signals their body may be sending. A condition as serious as a cancer of a woman's reproductive system cannot be ignored or treated by silence.That's why it's important for all women to know about gynecologic cancers and how to protect their health. Knowledge of symptoms and early detection of cancer can lead to successful treatment and longer, healthier lives.?Scheduling regular visits with your healthcare provider for gynecological exams is the first step to prevention,? states Dr. David Bhaskar, OB/GYN with Beloit Clinic and Beloit Memorial Hospital. ?Women need to know the risks and symptoms of cancers of the reproductive system.??Cancer of the endometrium (lining of the uterus) is the most common cancer of the female reproductive organs,? Bhaskar explains.An estimated 40,880 women will be diagnosed with endometrial cancer this year, and about 7,310 women will die from it.Symptoms may include unus...
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People who consume ?Bacon? regularly are 59% more likely to
2006-12-01 15:12:03
BBC News- Harvard scientists found people who ate bacon at least five times a week were 59% more likely to develop the disease than those who never did. They also found people who frequently ate skinless chicken had a 52% greater risk. Chemicals called nitrosamines and heterocyclic amines may be to blame. The study appears in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. The Harvard team studied data on nearly 136,000 people. The participants were followed for up to 22 years, during which time 808 developed bladder cancer. Nitrosamines, chemicals which are often found in processed meats and in particularly high levels in bacon, are known to be carcinogenic in high quantities. Heterocyclic amines, also known carcinogens, form when meat is cooked at high temperatures. Compared with skinless chicken, cooked chicken with skin is known to contain a smaller amount of heterocyclic aminesRead more?For free advice on cancer related issues visit Free Help Advice
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A short-clip on children who are fighting cancer
2006-12-01 15:12:03
Watch this really wonderful clip made on children who had to fight cancer in their lives. Let us hope that they can win their battle against this disease.
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Women smokers are 27 times more likely to develop cervical c
2006-12-01 15:12:03
The Columbus Dispatch - Women who smoke and also carry high levels of the virus associated with cervical cancer are up to 27 times more likely to develop the most common form of Cervical cancer , compared with uninfected women who smoke, results of a new study show. Swedish researchers studied data from Pap tests of more than 100,000 women and identified 499 with cervical cancer that had not extended beyond the outer layer of tissue. They matched them with 499 other women who were similar in age and other characteristics, but cancer-free. For the two sets they compared smoking behavior with concentrations of human papilloma virus-16, the strain most associated with cervical cancer, and found that the combination caused risk to soar. "Our study would imply a synergistic action between HPV and smoking that would greatly increase the likelihood of women developing cervical cancer if they are HPV-positive smokers," said Anthony Gunnell, a medical biostatistician at Karolinska Institute ...
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Young leukemia or brain tumor survivors are likely to have s
2006-12-01 15:12:03
Medical News Today - Children who are successfully treated for brain tumors or leukemia are more likely to have strokes later in life, according to new research from UT Southwestern Medical Center. In addition, childhood cancer survivors who received higher doses of cranial radiation therapy to kill the cancer showed even greater risk of stroke in later life, according to the study, which appears in the Nov. 20 issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology and is available online. "This is important because leukemia and brain tumors are the two most common types of childhood cancer, representing more than half of childhood cancers," said Dr. Daniel Bowers, associate professor of pediatrics and lead author of the study. Other studies have shown that survivors of childhood leukemia or brain cancer are also at higher risk for cardiac dysfunction, obesity, short stature, and hormone and neuro-cognitive deficits. This is the first study to examine the risk to survivors for late-occurring str...
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Contraceptives reduce the risk of endometrial cancer in wome
2006-12-01 15:12:03
News-Medical.Net - According to a new study by researchers in the U.S., oral contraceptives and intrauterine devices (IUD) appear to provide long-term protection against endometrial cancer.The researchers, led by Dr. Xiao Ou Shu of Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee conducted a study of 1,204 women from Shanghai with newly diagnosed endometrial cancer and compared them to 1,212 healthy women.The women were then matched according to various characteristics. The endometrium is the lining of the uterus, or womb and endometrial cancer involves a cancerous growth in that area which mainly occurs after menopause and causes vaginal bleeding. A hysterectomy (surgical removal of the uterus) is generally performed to treat the disease.It is the most common gynecologic cancer in the United States, and over 35,000 women are diagnosed with it each year. Read more?For free advice on cancer related issues visit Free Help Advice
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Study: Diabetes may lower the risk of prostate cancer in men
2006-12-01 15:12:03
Reuters UK ? Men with long-term diabetes may have a reduced risk of prostate cancer, according to the results of a study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology. "Recent studies have suggested an association between type 2 diabetes mellitus and lower risk of prostate cancer," Dr. Mona Saraiya and colleagues from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, write. "It has been hypothesized that men with long-term diabetes have a lower risk of prostate cancer than non-diabetic men, and recently diagnosed men have a higher risk." In the current study, the researchers used data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2001 to 2002 to investigate the association between diabetes and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels, a biological marker for prostate cancer. Higher PSA levels indicate an increased risk of cancer. The researchers adjusted the findings for the effect of known potential risk factors. For subjects without a diagnosis of diabetes, th...
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Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) may be used pr
2006-12-01 15:12:03
The Hindu- Mayo Clinic Cancer Center has begun three clinical studies looking at the use of Nonsteroidal Anti -Inflammatory Drug s (NSAIDs) to prevent cancer -- colon, esophageal or lung. This press release issued by Eurekalert says that these studies are part of the ongoing Cancer Center chemoprevention program, using medications to prevent cancer, especially for people with increased cancer risk.?While searching for the cure is important, even more so is finding effective ways to prevent cancer,? says Paul Limburg, M.D., M.P.H., Mayo Clinic gastroenterologist and lead researcher on the colon cancer prevention study. ?We have observed that some of the same biological processes that cause inflammation may also be involved in developing cancer, so the next step was to see if drugs that prevent inflammation also serve to lessen the risk of cancer.? The colon cancer study is looking at the NSAID sulindac (Clinoril®), and its ability to inhibit inflammation and subsequent transformation o...
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Early diagnosis of ovarian cancer is essential for the survi
2006-12-01 15:12:03
ABC Online ? New research shows more than half of the Australian women diagnosed with ovarian cancer today are unlikely to survive five years.The report by the National Breast Cancer Centre (NBCC) and the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare also shows more women are surviving ovarian cancer.Researchers say early detection of the disease remains the biggest challenge.The report says almost 1,500 new cases of the disease are projected to be diagnosed this year.The research comes a month after a Senate committee called for the Commonwealth to fund a National Centre for Gynecological Cancers and the development of an early detection test for the disease.Researchers say only 42 per cent of women diagnosed with ovarian cancer today can expect to be living five years after the diagnosis, compared to 34 per cent of women diagnosed a decade ago.Read more?
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