News tagged with cancer risk
Women with breast cancer family history may cut their risk through regular workout
Apr 02, 2009 |
not rated yet |
1
A new federally funded University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine study aims to learn whether women at high risk of breast cancer can use exercise to meaningfully reduce their risk of getting the disease. Building on evidence ...
CT scans: Too much of a good thing can be risky
Mar 31, 2009 |
not rated yet |
1
Patients who undergo numerous CT scans over their lifetime may be at increased risk for cancer, according to a study published in the April issue of Radiology.
Eating soy early in life may reduce breast cancer among Asian women
Mar 24, 2009 |
4 / 5 (1) |
0
Asian-American women who ate higher amounts of soy during childhood had a 58 percent reduced risk of breast cancer, according to a study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, a journal of the Americ ...
Green tea and mushrooms cut breast cancer risk: study
Mar 18, 2009 |
5 / 5 (2) |
1
Chinese women who ate mushrooms and drank green tea significantly cut their risk of breast cancer and the severity of the cancer in those who did develop it, an Australian researcher said Wednesday.
Mutation of BRCA gene influences women's views of preventive mastectomy
Mar 09, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
Women whose cells harbor harmful mutations in the BRCA genes are likely to view preventive mastectomy as the best way to reduce their risk and fears of developing breast cancer, despite other, less drastic options available. ...
Two or more drinks a day may increase pancreatic cancer risk
Mar 03, 2009 |
4 / 5 (1) |
0
Men and women who consume two or more alcoholic drinks a day could increase their risk of developing pancreatic cancer, according to a study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, a journal of the Am ...
Smoking behavior partially explains socioeconomic inequities in lung cancer incidence
Feb 24, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
Europeans with the least education have a higher incidence of lung cancer compared with those with the highest education. However, smoking history accounts for approximately half of this risk, according to a study in the ...
Million women study shows even moderate alcohol consumption associated with increased cancer risk
Feb 24, 2009 |
3.5 / 5 (4) |
3
Low to moderate alcohol consumption among women is associated with a statistically significant increase in cancer risk and may account for nearly 13 percent of the cancers of the breast, liver, rectum, and upper aero-digestive ...
PSA levels accurately predict prostate cancer risk in African-American men
Feb 24, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
PSA levels appear to be more predictive of three year prostate cancer risk in African-American men compared with Caucasian men with a family history of prostate cancer, according to a paper published in Cancer Prevention Re ...
The Medical Minute: Cancer prevention
Feb 18, 2009 |
4.5 / 5 (2) |
2
People often ask their physicians what they can do to prevent cancers. Various supplements and unorthodox treatments to clean out the system and purge toxins are promoted by convincing arguments as a way to improve health ...
Pediatric Hodgkin's disease survivors face increased breast cancer risk
Feb 12, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
Women who as children got radiation treatment for Hodgkin's disease are almost 40 times more likely than others to develop breast cancer, according to findings from five institutions, including the University of Florida.
People who exercise lower their risk of colon cancer
Feb 12, 2009 |
5 / 5 (2) |
0
An ambitious new study has added considerable weight to the claim that exercise can lower the risk for colon cancer. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Harvard University combined and ...
Soy May Reduce the Risk of Colorectal Cancer
Feb 03, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
A new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition explores how soyfood consumption may lower the risk of colorectal cancer, or cancer of the colon or rectum, in postmenopausal women. According to the Na ...
Bisphenol A, chemical used to make plastic, lingers in body, study finds
Jan 28, 2009 |
5 / 5 (3) |
0
A study released Wednesday finds that bisphenol A, a chemical widely used to make plastic and suspected of causing cancer, stays in the body much longer than previously thought.
Abnormal DNA repair genes may predict pancreatic cancer risk
Jan 15, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
Abnormalities in genes that repair mistakes in DNA replication may help identify people who are at high risk of developing pancreatic cancer, a research team from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center reports ...
