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Blood test may identify ovarian cancer

...an women are expected to be diagnosed with ovarian cancer every year, and the disease is expected to cause 1... simple blood test may be able to identify ovarian cancer at its earliest stage. Currently, around three-quarters of women with ovarian cancer are diagnosed i...

Leukemia pill shows promise against stomach cancer

...emia, also shows promise against a type of stomach cancer . The Food and Drug Administration approved the us...once a day, is effective in treating both forms of cancer because of its ability to target and kill cancer cells without attacking healthy cells and causing s...

Diet, Sunlight connected to Breast Cancer Risk

... countries justifies an association between breast cancer and diets heavy in animal fats--and proposes that ...he specific foods that might raise or lower breast cancer risk remain far from clear, according to a researcher at the American Cancer Society (ACS) in Atlant...

New therapy for bone cancer

...enefit from other treatments and had multiple bone cancer sites. Most had a good or excellent response to th...ing into complete remission. Samarium targets bone cancer cells only, so it is freer of side effects than other forms of chemotherapy. It's given intravenousl...

Kidney cancer on the rise

The incidence of kidney cancer in the UK has risen by 68 per cent over the last t...that 5,700 people each year are affected by kidney cancer and survival rates are among the lowest in Europe.// The disease accounts for an estimated 95,000 wo...

Cancer hazard Found With Animal-Based Nutrients

...al protein is linked to risk of a specific type of cancer of the stomach and esophagus that has been increas... intake of 1,095 people with stomach or esophageal cancer to that of 687 healthy people in a control group. The team also looked at the participants' use of...

Osteoporosis associated with Childhood Cancer

...stic leukemia is the most common form of childhood cancer and its survivability rate is reaching 80 percent because of the effective drug combinations. It's not only a personal problem for the individual patient and his or her family, it has the potential to become a tremendous public health issue. Survivo...

Exercise lowers Risk of Ovarian Cancer

...an cancer. Right now screening tests for ovarian cancer are not very appropriate. That makes it all the mo...beyond. Being active lowered the risk of ovarian cancer . In fact, women who stayed active throughout their lifetime cut their risk of ovarian cancer by 27 ...

Additional Radiotheraphy for Breast Cancer

...g extra radiotherapy to patients with early breast cancer significantly reduces the risk of cancer recurring in the breast. //The results were so clear that clinical practice should be changed immedi...

Gleevec gets hopeful results

...eatment of chronic myelogenous leukemia, a form of cancer that affects about 4,500 people in the USA each ye...promise for the treatment of lung cancer, prostate cancer and a form of stomach cancer. In the longest study of the drug so far, researchers studied 532 pati...

Heavy Drinking Raises Risk of Liver Cancer

...chers also found that the risk of developing liver cancer was even greater for patients who had been diagnosed with either hepatitis C or hepatitis B. "The risk of (liver cancer) in subjects with a viral hepatitis infection approximately doubles if he or she also drinks alcohol regularly," Donato noted. "Pr...

Air pollution may raise risk of lung cancer

...iving can increase your chances of dying from lung cancer or heart disease//, and the culprits are particles...entists were quick to point out that the increased cancer risk from breathing particulate pollution is only a tiny fraction of the increased risk from smoking...

Reducing Lung Cancer Risk

...des, Britain has had the largest reduction in lung cancer in the world. One of the authors is Sir Richard ...eer study in 1950 established the smoking and lung cancer link. A comparison is made between Professor Richard's study in 1950 and the 1995 study. The first s...

Diet irregularities lead to stomach cancer

...eople today are more at risk of developing stomach cancer than their ancestors, scientists have said.Researchers at the University of Newcastle believe that changes to the way food is grown and produced// have robbed it off its anti-cancer agents. The researchers are working on a study which indicates tha...

Obesity increases health costs

...may have a higher death toll, largely because lung cancer can kill more quickly than some common obesity-linked diseases, but obesity was worse when it came to long-term health problems. Being obese increases health care costs 36% and medication costs 77%, while smoking increases those costs 21% and 30%, r...

Acupuncture to bring relief to patients with dry mouth

...m California report that acupuncture may help some cancer patients who have severe dry mouth as a side effect of treatment.//Their study, included mainly patients with head and neck cancers treated with radiation, showed that acupuncture to the ear and index finger recuperated dry mouth in most of the patie...

Tomato Sauce reduces Cancer Risk- Study

... and other tomato-based foods lowered the prostate cancer risk by as much as 30 percent.// Dr. Edward Giova...Researchers analyzed the food choices and prostate cancer histories of more than 41,000 men and found that those who ate at least two meals a week containing ...

Defeating colon cancer

...ccording to previous studies have shown that colon cancer often runs in families.// If you have a sibling or...nd eat lots of fruit and vegetables to reduce your cancer risk. According to researchers in the medical University of Texas, they highlighted how dietary in...

How to avoid a bad hair day

...it's dead tissue and cannot, for instance, develop cancer like your skin can. The best way to treat damaged cuticle - aside from avoiding the causes - is to use a good conditioner frequently. To strengthen brittle hair, a protein conditioner is the best option. If you intend being out in the sun, take ext...

Calcium reduces colon cancer risk

...n cancer. Researchers evaluated the diet and colon cancer history of 135,000 men and women in two large heal...ignificantly reduced their risk of left-side colon cancer by 50 to 60 percent. The researchers found that sufficient levels of calcium in the diet significan...

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