New 'Barcode' Blood Test Developed For Aggressive Prostate Cancer
10/10/2012
Scientists have designed a blood test that reads genetic changes like a barcode - and can pick out aggressive prostate cancers by their particular pattern of gene activity...
Aspirin May Help Prevent Ovarian Cancer
10/10/2012
Women who use aspirin on a regular basis have a lower risk of developing serous ovarian cancer, according to a recent study published in Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, a journal of the Nordic Federation of Societies of Obstetrics and Gynecology...
Link Between Gene Variant And Reduced Risk Of Lung Cancer
10/10/2012
A variant in a gene involved with inflammation and the immune response is linked with a decreased risk of lung cancer. That is the finding of an analysis published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society. The results add to the growing body of literature implicating these processes in the development of lung cancer...
Coffee Improves Bowel Function After Colon Surgery
10/10/2012
Patients who undergo surgery to remove a part of their colon may be able to handle solid foods faster, while their bowel movements also return to normal quicker, if they drink coffee instead of water. Prior research has also indicated that drinking coffee can have beneficial effects on a person's health...
Risk Of An Aggressive Form Of Ovarian Cancer May Be Reduced By Aspirin
10/10/2012
New research shows that women who regularly use pain relief medications, particularly aspirin, have a decreased risk of serous ovarian cancer - an aggressive carcinoma affecting the surface of the ovary...
Researchers Study Effect Of Chemotherapy Combined With Immunotherapy For Advanced Cancers
10/10/2012
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center and colleagues at the University of South Florida and Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital in China have discovered that combining chemotherapy drugs and immunotherapy cancer vaccines results in an enhanced anti-tumor effect...
Aspirin May Help Prevent Ovarian Cancer
10/10/2012
Women who use aspirin on a regular basis have a lower risk of developing serous ovarian cancer, according to a recent study published in Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, a journal of the Nordic Federation of Societies of Obstetrics and Gynecology...
New 'Barcode' Blood Test Developed For Aggressive Prostate Cancer
10/10/2012
Scientists have designed a blood test that reads genetic changes like a barcode - and can pick out aggressive prostate cancers by their particular pattern of gene activity...
Link Between Gene Variant And Reduced Risk Of Lung Cancer
10/10/2012
A variant in a gene involved with inflammation and the immune response is linked with a decreased risk of lung cancer. That is the finding of an analysis published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society. The results add to the growing body of literature implicating these processes in the development of lung cancer...
Coffee Improves Bowel Function After Colon Surgery
10/10/2012
Patients who undergo surgery to remove a part of their colon may be able to handle solid foods faster, while their bowel movements also return to normal quicker, if they drink coffee instead of water. Prior research has also indicated that drinking coffee can have beneficial effects on a person's health...