News tagged with cancer control

Doctors telling more adults: Get out and exercise

(AP) -- More and more U.S. adults are being told by their doctor to get out and exercise, according to government survey released Thursday.

Medicine & Health / Health

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Zinc control could be path to breast cancer treatment

The body's control mechanisms for delivering zinc to cells could be key to improving treatment for some types of aggressive breast cancer.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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US recommends routine HPV vaccination for boys

US health authorities on Friday urged all boys age 11-12 to get a routine vaccination against the most common sexually transmitted disease, human papillomavirus, or HPV.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Exercise can improve the health and wellbeing of cancer patients

Exercise can improve the health of cancer patients who have completed their main cancer-related treatment finds a study published in the British Medical Journal.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Stress-induced genomic instability facilitates rapid cellular adaption in yeast

Cells trying to keep pace with constantly changing environmental conditions need to strike a fine balance between maintaining their genomic integrity and allowing enough genetic flexibility to adapt to inhospitable conditions. ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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Oral HPV infection, HPV-related cancers more common in men

Oral HPV infection is more common among men than women, explaining why men are more prone than women to develop an HPV related head and neck cancer, according to a study presented at the Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Preoperative MRI may reduce risk of nerve damage in prostate cancer surgeries

Preoperative MRI helps surgeons make more informed decisions about nerve-sparing procedures in men with prostate cancer, according to a new study published online in the journal Radiology.

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created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New fibrosis classification improves accuracy of diagnosis in hepatitis C

A new classification for diagnosing fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) has shown to be as accurate as currently used algorithms, but required no further liver biopsy. The study appearing in the January ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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American Cancer Society report finds continued progress in reducing cancer mortality

The American Cancer Society's annual cancer statistics report shows that between 2004 and 2008, overall cancer incidence rates declined by 0.6% per year in men and were stable in women, while cancer death rates decreased ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Exercise cuts bowel cancer risk

Researchers at the University of Western Australia (UWA) and the Western Australian Institute for Medical Research (WAIMR) have found people who engage in vigorous physical activity may be protected against ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Coloradans can make money by losing weight

(AP) -- Insurance company Kaiser Permanente Colorado is offering cash to Coloradans to lose weight and keep it off.

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created Dec 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

HIV drug reduces graft-versus-host disease in stem cell transplant patients

An HIV drug that redirects immune cell traffic appears to significantly reduce the dangerous complication graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) in blood cancer patients following allogeneic stem cell transplantation (ASCT), according ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

For protection against cancers, both boys and girls benefit from getting HPV vaccine

On Oct. 25, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that all adolescent boys be immunized against the human papilloma virus, which causes several types of cancer in both sexes. We strongly support ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Studies of patients with cirrhosis uncover limitations in liver cancer screening

Two studies available in the December issue of Hepatology, a journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, have uncovered limitations in screening for primary liver cancer, also known as hepatocellular carcin ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

High blood sugar levels in older women linked to colorectal cancer

Elevated blood sugar levels are associated with an increased risk of colorectal cancer, according to a study led by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. The findings, observed in nearly ...

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