Quality of life measured one year after treatment for head and neck cancer appears to be associated with longer-term survival, according to a study in the January issue of Archives of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Several studies have provided evidence that quality of life (QOL) might be associated with […]
Taking 1,000 international units (IU) of vitamin D3 daily appears to lower an individual’s risk of developing certain cancers – including colon, breast, and ovarian cancer – by up to 50 percent, according to cancer prevention specialists at the Moores Cancer Center at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Medical Center. The researchers call […]
A derivative of the sweet wormwood plant used since ancient times to fight malaria and shown to precisely target and kill cancer cells may someday aid in stopping breast cancer before it gets a toehold. In a new study, two University of Washington bioengineers found that the substance, artemisinin, appeared to prevent the onset of […]
A recent study in The American Journal of Gastroenterology revealed that patterns in diet may effect the development of colorectal adenomas, or precancerous polyps of the colon.
Over 1500 patients underwent baseline colonoscopy to remove existing polyps. They were then given a survey about their diet. After a period of one and then four years later, […]
Among men, lung cancer deaths are now falling in most EU countries, including all new member states from central and eastern Europe, but they are still rising among women, find researchers in this weeks BMJ. Tobacco remains Europes single biggest cause of preventable death, and tobacco related diseases cause 650,000 unnecessary deaths every year in […]
The Tulane University Section of Hematology and Medical Oncology is investigating a novel treatment for ovarian cancer by using intravenous Ontak to deplete harmful cells that inhibit the body’s natural immune response to fight cancer. Ovarian cancer is the fifth leading cancer killer of women in the United States.
“This study will test the hypothesis that […]
Study Findings:
Smoking is dangerous not just for the health the smokers but also for their children’s.
Children exposed to tobacco smoke every day have three-and-a-half times higher chances to develop lung cancer than the children of non-smokers.
The results came from a survey involving more than 123,000 people in 10 European countries. Information regarding exposure to […]
An estrogen-like chemical commonly used to synthesize plastic food containers has been shown to encourage the growth of a specific category of prostate cancer cell, potentially affecting the treatment efficacy for a subset of prostate cancers.
According to a study published in the January 1 issue of Cancer Research, such prostate cancer cells proved to be […]
Tobacco smoke triggers the production of COX-2, a cellular protein linked to the development and progression of cancer, according to research published in the January 15 issue of the journal Cancer Research.
Tobacco smoke also promoted rapid cellular production of two proteins that initiate an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) driven cascade leading to the production […]
Researchers have found that an increasingly popular prostate cancer therapy increases the risk of broken bones in older men, further complicating how best to treat the disease.
The study by University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston researchers blamed hormone-suppressing drugs for more than 3,000 fractures suffered every year by American men with prostate cancer. […]