New Lung Cancer And COPD Research Highlighted At CHEST 2011
10/25/2011
Detroit Holds Record for Highest Lung Cancer Mortality Rates (#1111771, Tuesday, October 25, 3:00 PM Eastern) Compared with other cities, Detroit has one of the highest mortality rates in the United States for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)...
Coffee Lowers Risk Of Skin Cancer Basal Cell Carcinoma
10/25/2011
A prospective study found that the more coffee an adult drinks, the lower their risk seems to be for developing basal cell carcinoma, a common type of skin cancer...
Increased Tanning Bed Use Increases Risk For Deadly Skin Cancers
10/25/2011
Researchers confirmed an association between tanning bed use and an increased risk for three common skin cancers basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and melanoma, according to results presented at the 10th AACR International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research, held Oct. 22-25, 2011...
Coffee Consumption Associated With Decreased Risk For Basal Cell Carcinoma
10/25/2011
Caffeine could be related to an inverse association between basal cell carcinoma risk and consumption of coffee, a study found. The prospective study, presented at the 10th AACR International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research, held Oct...
Dietary Patterns May Be Linked To Increased Colorectal Cancer Risk In Women
10/25/2011
Researchers may have found a specific dietary pattern linked to levels of C-peptide concentrations that increase a woman's risk for colorectal cancer. "High red meat intake, fish intake, sugar-sweetened beverage intake, but low coffee, whole grains and high-fat dairy intake, when taken as a whole, seemed to be associated with higher levels of C-peptide in the blood," said Teresa T. Fung, S.D...
Could Additives In Hot Dogs Affect Incidence Of Colon Cancer?
10/25/2011
The addition of ascorbate (vitamin C) or its close relative, erythorbate, and the reduced amount of nitrite added in hot dogs, mandated in 1978, have been accompanied by a steep drop in the death rate from colon cancer, according to data presented at the 10th AACR International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research, held Oct. 22-25, 2011...
Blood Vessel Mapping Reveals Four New "ZIP Codes"
10/25/2011
A research team led by scientists from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered four new "ZIP codes" in their quest to map the vast blood vessel network of the human body. The study, published online the week of Oct...
Analgesics Use Associated With Increased Risk For Renal Cell Carcinoma
10/25/2011
Use of acetaminophen and nonaspirin nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs was associated with a significantly increased risk for developing renal cell carcinoma, according to data presented at the 10th AACR International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research, held Oct. 22-25, 2011. Eunyoung Cho, Sc.D...
High Fluid Intake Appears To Reduce Bladder Cancer Risk
10/25/2011
Drinking plenty of fluids may provide men with some protection against bladder cancer, according to a study presented at the 10th AACR International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research, held Oct. 22-25, 2011. Although the study did not determine why increased fluid intake might be protective, Jiachen Zhou, M.B.B.S., M.P.H...
Probability Model Estimates Proportion Of Women Who Survive Breast Cancer Detected Through Screening
10/25/2011
A model used to estimate breast cancer survival rates found that the probability that a woman with screen-detected breast cancer will avoid a breast cancer death because of screening mammography may be lower than previously thought, according to a report published Online First by Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals...