cancer risks

Birth control pills raise cervical cancer risk

Dinka — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 11:57:06 -0600

Scientists discovered that women taking the birth control pill had a slightly higher risk of cervical cancer. But that risk disappears a decade after they stop taking it.

Slimming down cuts cancer risk: study

Dinka — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:37:02 -0500

A major international study says even those who are not overweight should slim down if they want to cut their risk of cancer. The World Cancer Research Fund carried out the largest ever inquiry into lifestyle and cancer and issued several stark recommendations.

Benefits of vitamin D in fighting cancer

harminka — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 08:09:22 -0500

600,000 cases a year of breast and colorectal cancer could be prevented each year by adequate intake of vitamin D, according to researcher

Western diet linked to breast cancer risk in postmenopausal Asian women

harminka — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:33:03 -0500

Postmenopausal Asian women who eat a “meat-sweet” or Western diet are at greater risk of developing breast cancer than those who eat a “vegetable-soy” diet, according to a new study. The findings mark the first time an association between a Western diet and breast cancer has been identified in Asian women

Common genetic risk factor for colorectal, prostate cancer

harminka — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 00:09:30 -0500

A study led by researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) has found that one of seven genetic risk factors previously identified as increasing the probability of developing prostate cancer also increases the probability of developing colorectal cancer.

Endometriosis increases risk of certain cancers

harminka — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 10:11:13 -0500

Doctors in Sweden have shown for the first time that although endometriosis is associated with an increased risk of various cancers, this risk does not depend on the number of times women with the condition have given birth.

Study links obesity to risk of cancer

Dinka — Sun, 06 May 2007 10:11:47 -0500

The Cancer Council of Victoria has released information showing a link between obesity and the risk of cancer. A study involving 41,000 people was conducted over 17 years.

Chromosomes tell tale of patient's risk for new, future cancer

harminka — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 10:43:18 -0500

Hodgkin's disease survivors who have greater genetic instability in their white blood cells are two-and-a-half times more likely to develop another type of cancer, researchers from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center report at the American Association for Cancer Research annual meeting in Los Angeles April 14-18.

New diagnostic technologies offer non-invasive means

harminka — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 10:48:06 -0500

Molecular messages and signals circulating in blood or contained in cells lining the airway can identify early stage cancer, according to research reported today at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research. Scientists looking to apply basic science knowledge to medical practice are developing tests that diagnose, predict or monitor cancer risks, without invasive tissue sampling.