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New findings measure precise impact of fat on cancer spread
Feb 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Purdue University have precisely measured the impact of a high-fat diet on the spread of cancer, finding that excessive dietary fat caused a 300 percent increase in metastasizing ...
Study links smoking with most male cancer deaths
Jan 21, 2009 |
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The association between tobacco smoke and cancer deaths — beyond lung cancer deaths — has been strengthened by a recent study from a UC Davis researcher, suggesting that increased tobacco control efforts could save more lives ...
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Incidence rates of cervical cancer linked to deprivation
Feb 20, 2009 |
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The rate of cervical cancer varies among different geographical areas in Southeast England according to a new study published today in the open access journal BMC Public Health. The study shows that the occurrence of cer ...
Recent, vigorous exercise is associated with reduced breast cancer risk
Oct 01, 2009 |
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Post-menopausal women who engage in moderate to vigorous exercise have a reduced risk of breast cancer. This comes from researchers writing the open access journal BMC Cancer who investigated the link between breast cancer ...
New prognostic marker for human breast cancer
Aug 24, 2009 |
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Elevated levels of GLI1 (glioma-associated oncogene homolog 1) protein in human breast cancer are associated with unfavorable prognosis and progressive stages of disease. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Ca ...
Frankincense oil -- a wise man's remedy for bladder cancer
Mar 18, 2009 |
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Originating from Africa, India, and the Middle East, frankincense oil has been found to have many medicinal benefits. Now, an enriched extract of the Somalian Frankincense herb Boswellia carteri has been shown to kill off ...
Predicting higher risk for prostate cancer diagnosis
May 27, 2009 |
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High-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (HGPIN) carries a high predictive value for future diagnosis of prostate cancer. Research published in the open access journal BMC Urology has shown that 41.8% of patients whose ...
Surviving breast cancer -- low-income females worst hit
Oct 14, 2009 |
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Later diagnosis, less first-course treatment and race are the main reasons for the difference in mortality between rich and poor breast cancer patients. A new study, published in the open access journal BMC Cancer, sugges ...
New piece found in colorectal cancer puzzle
Jun 25, 2009 |
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Prostasin, a relatively unknown protease enzyme expressed in most epithelial cells, may play a role in the genesis of colorectal cancer. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Cancer have associated a reduction in the ...
Smokeless tobacco safer than smoking
Jul 28, 2009 |
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Smokeless tobacco products, as used in Europe and North America, do not appear to increase cancer risk. A large meta-analysis, published in the open access journal BMC Medicine, has shown that snuff as used in Scandinavia has no ...
No need for gene screens in breast cancer families
Jul 23, 2008 |
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Research reported today should provide relief to women who are worried after a relative's breast cancer diagnosis. The study in the open access journal BMC Cancer shows that a family history of breast cancer does not give a ...
Varying reductions in breast cancer suggest hormone therapy to blame
Jun 26, 2009 |
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The recent decline in invasive breast cancer in the US was significantly less pronounced in the poor and those who live in rural areas. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Medicine suggest this may be due to ...
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