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Pregnancy weight linked to breast cancer

...ile pregnant raise their risk of developing breast cancer after menopause by 40%.Excess pregnancy weight gain// doesn't increase breast cancer risk in pre-menopausal women, but it does increase risk for post-menopausal women. The study found...

Down syndrome life anticipation doubles

...y found cancers other than leukemia and testicular cancer were "strikingly low" in people of all ages with D...posure to environmental factors that contribute to cancer risk and tumour-suppressor genes on chromosome 21. Jill O'Connor of Down Syndrome Association of NS...

Tamoxifen does not adversely affect the brain

The breast cancer drug tamoxifen does not damage the brains of elder...ains of 80 women. Sixteen of the women were breast cancer patients who had received tamoxifen therapy for at least two years beforehand, 27 were healthy women...

Painkiller Linked to Deaths

...es and is prescribed as a long-term painkiller for cancer patients and others. The pill is designed to slowly release its active ingredient, oxycodone, to control the dosage of the powerful narcotic.// But if the pill is chewed or crushed and sniffed, it gives a stronger dose--providing a high that can be a...

Chemotherapy Pill Has Fewer Side Effects Than IV

...l is as effective for treating advanced colorectal cancer as intravenous treatment with a similar drug.Patie...ries, has been approved by the FDA to treat breast cancer that has spread beyond the breast and is resistant to standard chemotherapy. Unlike intravenous 5-FU...

Cancer patients pursue smoking inspite of risks

...ne third of a group of patients with head and neck cancer continued to smoke, even though it was likely to w...re both significant risk factors for head and neck cancer especially in combination.// According to researchers,at the Hopkins University, inspite of complica...

Breast cancer risk seen in twins

...r, women with an identical twin who develop breast cancer have three times the average risk of also developi...win already had breast cancer.// The twins without cancer were then followed up for several years to see who developed the disease. One third of the identic...

New diagnostic marker for prostate cancer

...MACR was found in over 90 per cent of 200 prostate cancer tissue samples. Importantly, it was not seen in be...s cancer, but it does act as a marker showing that cancer is present. It may well be that AMACR will score over the conventional prostate specific antigen (...

FDA Approves Anti-Cancer Cell Drug - Zevalin

...es a novel approach to bring radiation directly to cancer cells. Idec Pharmaceuticals' Zevalin becomes the first radioimmunotherapy drug cleared to sell in the US. // It's a new approach, adding radiation to antibodies that search out a protein called CD20 found on lymphoma cells. The antibodies attach to...

Ulcer Surgery connected to danger of Pancreatic Cancer

...lmost twofold higher risk of developing pancreatic cancer up to 40 years after the procedure than those in ...se peptic ulcer surgery may help induce pancreatic cancer by reducing the amount of acid the stomach produces. This creates a friendly environment for certain...

The advantages of berries

...s that had been given a compound that causes colon cancer were fed a diet with varying amounts of freeze-dried black raspberries, and compared to animals whose diet did not contain the berries. All the rats developed tumour-like growths - but they were 70 per cent fewer in the animals fed the berries. The...

Microwave radiation has no hazards

... twice as likely as other men to develop a type of cancer called non-lymphocytic leukemia. However, the authors note that if radiation from radar was to blame, other highly exposed veterans would demonstrate the same increased risk. They suggest the increased risk is more likely to do with occupational exp...

A new drug for bladder cancer

...have enrolled 10 patients with early stage bladder cancer to a trial of the drug gemcitabine. A drug which is used for pancreatic and non-small cell lung cancer may also be applicable to bladder cancer.// They administered it directly into the bladder, through ...

Patients with testicular cancer dying through unfamiliarity

... postmortem, was discovered to be a consequence of cancer that had spread from a testicular tumor. After investigating the fatal pulmonary embolism, pathologists deduced that the testicular tumor had probably been present but undetected for months. The researchers, from Nijmegen's University Medical Centre...

Pancreatic Cancer may be linked to Diabetes

... times more likely to be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer within three years following onset of diabetes.In ...u could pick a patient you identify for pancreatic cancer early before they have symptoms. This becomes an indicator for further diagnosis. Chari and others ...

Detecting Colorectal Cancer

An innovative test to detect colorectal cancer may be certain and more comfortable than current m...ing the disease in its earlier stages. Colorectal cancer causes about 300,000 deaths each year worldwide. The protein, mini chromosome maintenance protein 2 ...

Ulcer causing bug found in stored food

...se gastric ulcers and increase the risk of gastric cancer was present in as much as 50% of chicken purchased in a local grocery store. According to them, uncooked food leads to many stomach problems// due to contamination. The bacterium Helicobacter pylori is believed to be transmitted orally by ingesting ...

Exercise for patients with cancer

...ity of Texas, exercise during treatment for breast cancer can improve bone mineral density and depression, a...y also sleep better after they exercise. In breast cancer patients, the researchers show exercise can also have a positive impact on bone mineral density. Th...

Beer guards against Colon Cancer

...ass of beer daily appears to protect against colon cancer -- at least in laboratory rats. They found that it...thing in beer that prevents mutations that lead to cancer formation. Nozawa felt that his study did not find hops alone could reduce cancer risk in rats. He s...

New treatment for Rheumatoid Arthritis

According to a new study,a common therapy for cancer may now provide relief for rheumatoid arthritis. Tumor growth in cancer patients is dependent on the growth of new blood vessels that cause cell proliferation. This ongoing...

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