Cancer

Chlordecone increases the risk of prostate cancer

Mon Jun 28, 11:45 / comments: 0

Used against the weevil, a small nocturnal beetle that attacks the banana, chlordecone is one of the first endocrine disruptors studied in the world

Exposure to chlordecone significantly increases the risk of prostate cancer. This is the main result of an epidemiological study. This product family interacts with hormone-related cancers like prostate or breast cancer.

Vitamin B6 and methionine reduce the risk of lung cancer

Wed Jun 16, 15:13 / comments: 0

Methionine and vitamin B6 may cut more than half the risk of lung cancer

Patients with high levels of vitamin B6 and methionine would be less likely to develop lung cancer, according to the EPIC study conducted by researchers at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) published in JAMA.

Research: Vaccine against breast cancer

Thu Jun 3, 15:03 / comments: 0

The researchers evaluated the vaccine first in a transgenic mouse that spontaneously developed mammary tumors and in mice that received transplants of mammary tumors

The announcement of the discovery of a vaccine against breast cancer in mice published in the latest issue of "Medicine" raises logically, many hopes. Obviously, such a vaccine is more than expected.

Women. Cigarettes. Lung cancer

Mon May 24, 21:09 / comments: 0

For women, there are four times more deaths than fifteen years ago

Lung cancer is the most specific indicator of the effect of tobacco on health. If we monitor lung cancer between 35 and 44 years, we observe the effects of smoking the last twenty years. For women, there are four times more deaths than fifteen years ago.

Mobile phones and cancer study: no link found

Mon May 17, 12:11 / comments: 0

It is difficult to demonstrate an increased risk of cancer associated with the use of mobile phones

International Interphone Study of International Center for Cancer Research does not confirm an increased risk of cancer associated with the use of mobile phones.

Colorectal cancer: Prevention with sigmoidoscopy

Thu Apr 29, 16:01 / comments: 0

The incidence of colorectal cancer was reduced by 33% in people who have made a sigmoidoscopy

According to a study by British researchers published in the medical journal Lancet, for a sigmoidoscopy, a cursory examination of the rectum and lower colon, between 55 and 64 years would reduce deaths from cancer colorectal by 43%.

Cancer: a study returns on fruits and vegetables

Mon Apr 12, 16:24 / comments: 0

Everyone has heard that to be healthy we must eat five fruit and vegetables per day, yet it now appears that contrary to what was previously thought, these eating habits are not sufficient to reduce the risk of cancer.

Prostate cancer: A preventive drug

Thu Apr 1, 15:13 / comments: 0

Each year, prostate cancer strikes 90.000 men and is responsible for 10.000 deaths

A new drug, dutasteride, taken as a preventive measure could reduce the risk of getting prostate cancer by 23%.

Lung cancer in non-smokers: discovery of a genetic predisposition

Mon Mar 22, 20:22 / comments: 0

A quarter of lung cancer cases worldwide occur among non-smokers

Genetic variations may significantly contribute to increasing the risk of developing lung cancer among never-smokers, according to a study published Monday online in the journal The Lancet Oncology.

Lung Cancer: A question of genes?

Mon Mar 15, 15:13 / comments: 0

A possible link between a gene on chromosome 6, and lung cancer

Not all smokers are equal to the risk of cancer. A genetic factor is also responsible for lung cancer, a study by U.S. researchers says.

Researchers invent a test revealing the genetic signature of tumor

Fri Feb 19, 15:26 / comments: 0

Researchers identified biomarkers specific to a tumor in blood by blood test

U.S. researchers have developed the first genetic test that can identify biomarkers specific to a tumor in blood, a breakthrough that could improve the personalized treatment of cancer.

Cancer, the leading cause of death worldwide, can be avoided

Thu Feb 4, 15:02 / comments: 0

40% of cancers can be avoided by "simple measures" which include stopping smoking, limiting alcohol, avoiding too much sun exposure, keeping an average weight by eating healthily and making exercise, and finally protecting against infections that can develop into cancer.