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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.

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%.

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.

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.

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.

A hope against lung cancer?

Sat Sep 11, 17:22 / comments: 0

Metformin activated an enzyme produced by molecules that neutralize antimicrobial protein that plays a key role in the growth and survival of lung cancer cells

The antidiabetic drug metformin significantly reduced the frequency of this type of cancer in laboratory mice exposed to a derivative of nicotine, carcinogens in tobacco.

More is known about HPV (Human papillomavirus)

Mon Oct 18, 18:07 / comments: 0

Human papillomavirus (HPV) is very common and particularly infectious. According to estimates, 70% of sexually active people are exposed at some point in their life, usually in adolescence or early adulthood.

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.

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.

Sharks against cancer

Sun Sep 25, 13:13 / comments: 0

Squalamine, part of the shark immune system, could beat the cancer cells

U.S. researchers think they could help save the lives of many people through a substance named squalamine secreted by the liver of sharks.

Cells "killer" to fight leukemia

Sat Aug 20, 16:06 / comments: 0

Fighting leukemia with the patient's own cells, genetically modified

Two patients with the most common form of leukemia, treated with their own genetically modified cells are in complete remission with a fall of one year.

The low-dose aspirin reduces mortality from some common cancers

Tue Dec 7, 10:22 / comments: 0

Taking low-dose aspirin (75 mg daily) in the long term leads to reduction of cancer mortality

A small amount of aspirin, taken daily, will substantially reduce mortality from a number of common cancers such as colon cancer or prostate cancer, according to a study published Tuesday in the British medical journal The Lancet.

Smoking causes damage to genes in minutes

Mon Jan 17, 15:05 / comments: 0

Effect is so quick as it is equivalent to the direct injection of the substance in the blood

The first whiffs of tobacco inhaled by a cigarette smoker causes damage in some minutes at genetic level which leads to risks of cancer, show a study of American scientists broadcast on Saturday.

Coffee against the skin cancer

Sun Nov 6, 15:09 / comments: 0

Coffee reduces the risk of skin cancer in women. A benefit that does not apply to men, though.

According to one study, drinking coffee reduces by 20% the risk of skin cancer in women. A benefit that does not apply to men, though.

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.

Bone Cancer: Dangerous and Deadly Disease

Tue Dec 27, 11:34 / comments: 0

Pain is the most widespread symptoms of skeletal part cancer infection, although occasionally a chunk can be sensed through the skin on the bone

There are diverse kinds of cancers, and skeleton part cancerous infection is one of the most widespread cancer infection diseases.

WHO: Cell phones considered "possibly carcinogenic"

Thu Jun 2, 12:03 / comments: 0

Some basic steps can save you from waves of your phone, which use is considered "possibly carcinogenic" by the World Health Organization (WHO).

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.

On the trail of a vaccine against brain cancer

Fri Oct 8, 12:24 / comments: 0

EGFRVIII marker is also found in other cancers (like breast or lung) but not in normal tissues

A therapeutic vaccine, tested in combination with conventional therapy in twenty patients, has extended survival by about 70%. These preliminary results have been obtained by the team of John Sampson at Duke University (United States).

Cancer is becoming a Healing Syndrome

Thu Dec 8, 09:22 / comments: 0

Some cancers like testicular or leukemia, the down turn into death are paramount and constant with time, particularly it is appreciation to the achievements of medication, which therapies these infections better

A study done by FIRC and AIRC released in the prestigious technical periodical Annals of Oncology displays that cancerous infection is progressively a treatable disease.