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Red wine decreases the risk of lung cancer

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created Oct 07, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (23) | comments 1

Moderate consumption of red wine may decrease the risk of lung cancer in men, according to a report in the October issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention¸ a journal of the American Association for Ca ...


Higher coffee consumption associated with lower liver cancer risk

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created Jun 26, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (21) | comments 3

A new large, prospective population-based study confirms an inverse relationship between coffee consumption and liver cancer risk. The study also found that higher levels of gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT) in the blood were ...


Men who take aspirin have significantly lower PSA levels

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created Nov 16, 2008 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (11) | comments 0

The use of aspirin and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) is significantly associated with lower PSA levels, especially among men with prostate cancer, say researchers at Vanderbilt University.


Birth size is a marker of susceptibility to breast cancer later in life

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created Sep 30, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (12) | comments 1

Birth size, and in particular birth length, correlates with subsequent risk of breast cancer in adulthood, according to a new study published in PLoS Medicine by researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medici ...


Exercise and rest reduce cancer risk

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created Nov 17, 2008 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 1

Exercise is good for more than just your waistline. A recent study presented at the American Association for Cancer Research's Seventh Annual International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research suggests that ...


Genetic predictors of esophageal cancer identified

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created Nov 05, 2008 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Researchers have identified 11 genotypes that may increase esophageal cancer risk, according to research published in the November issue of Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Resear ...


Scientists find second site for prostate cancer gene

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created Sep 02, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Scientists at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and colleagues who are studying a prostate cancer gene called HNF1B have found a second independent site within the HNF1B gene on chromosome 17 (17q12) – increasing ...


New risk factor for prostate cancer

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created Oct 08, 2008 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The greater the levels of a protein called Insulin-like Growth Factor-1 (IGF-1), the greater the risk of prostate cancer, an Oxford University-led study has found. The results are published in the journal ...


Hepatitis B exposure may increase risk for pancreatic cancer

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created Sep 30, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

In a first-of-its-kind finding, researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have discovered that exposure to the hepatitis B virus (HBV) may increase the risk of pancreatic cancer.


Probing Question: Is grilling dangerous to your health?

Probing Question: Is grilling dangerous to your health?

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created Jul 16, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1

For many people, summer festivities would be terribly un-festive without the sizzle, the smoke, and the tantalizing smell of meat being barbecued. In the summer, many gatherings revolve around the grill, and ...


Hip Bone Density Helps Predict Breast Cancer Risk

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created Jul 25, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Measuring a woman’s bone mineral density can provide additional information that may help more accurately determine a woman’s risk of developing breast cancer. That is the conclusion of a new study published in the September ...


Bisphenol A, chemical used to make plastic, lingers in body, study finds

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created Jan 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 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.


Vitamin D levels associated with survival in lymphoma patients

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created Dec 05, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

A new study has found that the amount of vitamin D in patients being treated for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma was strongly associated with cancer progression and overall survival. The results will be presented at the annual ...


Million women study shows even moderate alcohol consumption associated with increased cancer risk

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created Feb 24, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 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 ...


Faulty DNA repair could be a risk factor for lung cancer in nonsmokers

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created Jun 26, 2008 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

People who have never smoked but whose cells cannot efficiently repair environmental insults to DNA are at higher risk of developing lung cancer than those with effective genomic repair capability, according to researchers ...