Snake venom a treatment for digestive disease
...omiting and other gastrointestinal side effects of cancer chemotherapy.......s of fresh fish may cut the risk of a type of lung cancer called adenocarcinoma; eating dried or salted fish...associated with a significantly lower risk of lung cancer in smokers. High intake of vitamin A appeared to be associated with a raised risk of the disease....Uncovering a gene for oesophagal cancer
...aign scientists learn more of the genetic basis of cancer of the oesophagus. Twenty one members of this family have died of this cancer over five generations. The disease affects those who also have a mild skin disorder called tylosis. ......vely, and these will be followed by experiences of cancer of the breast, bowel and cervix. The site will also have lots of other useful and up-to-date information, as well as links to other relevant sites, including patient support groups. It's planned to include all the common serious diseases in DIPEx i...The extreme sickness experienced by cancer patients undergoing high-dose chemotherapy could b...omiting caused by the powerful drugs used to fight cancer can prove extremely debilitating for patients. Doctors offer an arsenal of various anti-emetic dru...Radiotherapy helps in colon cancer
...fore surgery rather than afterwards. Hitting colon cancer with radiation as well as surgery can reduce the risk of recurrence. Generally the timing of radiotherapy varies when it comes to practice. In Scandinavia and the Netherlands, the therapy is given before surgery while doctors in the UK and the US wai...Micro-camera provides new breast imaging technique
...octors have speculated the new endoscope may allow cancer to be identified long before it becomes physically...w technique may make it possible to prevent breast cancer by improved screening of high-risk groups of women. Further developments currently underway may al...Breast Cancer Surgery Causes Psychological problems
... one third of women who undergo surgery for breast cancer will experience psychological problems, including ...searchers asked 266 women who had undergone breast cancer surgery to fill out a questionnaire that evaluated their psychological health. The team also collect...Animal Fat Enhances Risk Of Stomach
... whole milk may be at increased risk of developing cancer of the esophagus and the stomach. The rates of two...the upper part of the stomach, and another type of cancer of the esophagus--esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Cholesterol, animal protein and vitamin B12, f......tical stages of tumour formation, may inhibit lung cancer development." The precise mechanism by which thi...are thought to cause cell damage which can trigger cancer development. Antioxidants have also been shown to encourage already damaged cells to "commit suicide...Contraceptives have dual effects
... over the last 20 years, mortality rates for bowel cancer have dropped more in women than in men because of ...is released into the body, it blocks the growth of cancer cells by reducing the amount of bile acids, which have been linked to colon cancer. The oestrogen ma......hich may allow the early detection of all forms of cancer has been developed by the British research team.Si...and colo-rectal cancers - the four major causes of cancer deaths worldwide."The ability to do a broad test for cancers will be extremely important, as early d...Genetics helps in attacking cancer
...n. These experiments have been done in human colon cancer cells and on tumour growth// and gene expression in cancer cells grown in mice. The experiments show how drug dose and administration schedule affect the way ......s no upper age limit to the effectiveness of colon cancer screening.Colorectal cancer screening tests are valuable for detecting bowel cancer and polyps before any symptoms develop. In t...Anti-Cancer Drug Restores Normal Cell Growth
...rchers say the drug probably acts on many types of cancer cells, so it may be useful for treating other type...epsipeptide//, in patients with T-cell lymphoma, a cancer of the lymphatic system that rarely responds to chemotherapy. Depsipeptide is a member of a class ...Hydroxyurea derivatives kill colon cancer cells
...s. The researchers tested the drugs against colon cancer implants in mice. One of the compounds, EPH116, bl... did not appear toxic. EPH116 brought considerable cancer cell death, but did so by as yet unknown mechanisms. In the laboratory, EPH116 and its relatives als...Gene Therapy Destroys Pancreatic Cancer Cells
Pancreatic cancer is among the deadliest of cancers, affecting many ... having an extremely low survival rate. Pancreatic cancer is the most aggressive cancer and there are few palliative treatments. Using a new two-pronged attac...Woman gets cancer from transplanted kidney
... in rare cases, the transplanted organ may pass on cancer to the recipient. Wisconsin researchers report th...lant recipient whose donor had previously had lung cancer developed cancer herself several years after her transplant. // The woman has made a full recover...Exercises reduce risks of cancers
...dening all seemed to count as exercise in terms of cancer protection. She said: "This is exciting, because i...- it may alter levels of hormones which are key to cancer development, or perhaps alter the speed at which food moves through the bowel, which may also have a......ne may protect sufferers from other infections and cancer in later life. Says a research published in the journal of microbiology. Scientists believe that the presence of the bacteria, known as propionibacteria (P. acnes), may help to crank up the immune system so that is more effective at tackling subsequ...