High Levels Of Hormones During Pregnancy Associated With Higher Risk For HR-Negative Breast Cancer
10/20/2012
Increased concentrations of the pregnancy hormones estradiol and progesterone were associated with an increased risk for hormone receptor-negative breast cancer diagnosed before age 50, according to the results of a nested case-control study presented at the 11th Annual AACR International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research. Annekatrin Lukanova, M.D., Ph.D...
Plant-Based Diets May Prevent Chronic Diseases
10/20/2012
Sixty-three percent of all deaths globally in 2008 were due to non-communicable chronic diseases and conditions, such as certain cancers, cardiovascular disease, obesity, and diabetes type 2, says the World Health Organization. Poor diets are major contributory factors in all of them...
'ACT TIL' Approach Studied For The Treatment Of Metastatic Melanoma
10/20/2012
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center have carried out a clinical trial in which patients with metastatic melanoma were given chemotherapy and an immunotherapy of adoptive cell transfer (ACT) with tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL). Tumor tissues were surgically removed from patients, minced and grown in culture...
Chronic Diseases May Be Avoided By Plant-Based Diets
10/20/2012
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 63 percent of the deaths that occurred in 2008 were attributed to non-communicable chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, certain cancers, Type 2 diabetes and obesity - for which poor diets are contributing factors. Yet people that live in societies that eat healthy, plant-based diets rarely fall victim to these ailments...
High Levels Of Hormones During Pregnancy Associated With Higher Risk For HR-Negative Breast Cancer
10/20/2012
Increased concentrations of the pregnancy hormones estradiol and progesterone were associated with an increased risk for hormone receptor-negative breast cancer diagnosed before age 50, according to the results of a nested case-control study presented at the 11th Annual AACR International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research. Annekatrin Lukanova, M.D., Ph.D...
New Drug Combination Can Prevent Lymphoma Relapse
10/19/2012
A new drug used in unison with radiotherapy is four times more likely to result in long-term survival for lymphoma patients, than just radiotherapy alone, researchers from the University of Manchester have shown. This new study, published in Blood, shows the chemical R848 can be used to prepare the immune system to battle cancer...
New Drug Combination Can Prevent Lymphoma Relapse
10/19/2012
A new drug used in unison with radiotherapy is four times more likely to result in long-term survival for lymphoma patients, than just radiotherapy alone, researchers from the University of Manchester have shown. This new study, published in Blood, shows the chemical R848 can be used to prepare the immune system to battle cancer...
Risk For Pediatric ALL Likely Increases With Prolonged Formula Feeding, Delay In Solid Foods
10/19/2012
Results of one study indicate that the risk for developing pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia increased the longer a baby was fed formula and the longer solid foods were delayed...
Emergency Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis Impacted By Race, Socioeconomics
10/19/2012
Twenty-nine percent of patients with colorectal cancer in a nationally representative sample were diagnosed after an emergency, such as an obstruction or perforation of the bowel, according to data presented at the 11th Annual AACR International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research, held Oct. 16-19, 2012...
Cancer Diagnosis Does Not Change Religious Beliefs Of Patients
10/19/2012
Contrary to popular belief, young people who are diagnosed with life-threatening cancer and do not already have religious beliefs, do not turn to religion during this hard time. However, the happenings may solidify the beliefs they already had, according to researchers from the University of Copenhagen...