The more fruit and vegetables we eat, the lower our risk of death
4/01/2014
The results of a study published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health suggest that we should be eating at least seven portions of fruit and vegetables a day.Recommendations for how many portions of fruit and vegetables people should eat varies from country to country.
Urine test could help predict recurrence of bladder cancer
4/01/2014
Individuals who have had bladder cancer in the past are at high risk of recurrence, but researchers publishing in the journal Clinical Cancer Research say a simple DNA methylation marker test in urine can predict tumor recurrence.
Low-dose aspirin use linked to improved colon cancer survival
4/01/2014
Aspirin is a medication most commonly used to treat mild to moderate pain and inflammation. But new research suggests that patients who have been diagnosed with colon cancer may have better survival by taking low doses of the drug.The research team, led by Dr. Marlies S.
Biomarkers predict effectiveness of radiation treatments for head and neck cancer
4/01/2014
An international team of researchers, led by Beaumont Health System's Jan Akervall, M.D., Ph.D., looked at biomarkers to determine the effectiveness of radiation treatments for patients with squamous cell cancer of the head and neck. They identified two markers that were good at predicting a patient's resistance to radiation therapy.
Key protein link discovered by cancer researchers
4/01/2014
A new understanding of proteins at the nexus of a cell's decision to survive or die has implications for researchers who study cancer and age-related diseases, according to biophysicists at the Rice University-based Center for Theoretical Biological Physics (CTBP).
Promising results using adult cancer drugs against aggressive childhood brain tumor
4/01/2014
A St. Jude Children's Research Hospital-led study identified two adult cancer drugs with potential to improve treatment of a high-risk childhood brain tumor; the drugs are now part of a pediatric clinical trialThe quest to improve survival of children with a high-risk brain tumor has led St.
Preserving fertility in boys with cancer
4/01/2014
Scientists have moved a step closer to being able to preserve fertility in young boys who undergo chemotherapy and radiation treatments for cancer. The new research, published in Fertility and Sterility, the journal of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, addresses the safety of an option scientists are developing for boys who aren't sexually mature and cannot bank sperm.
Open dialogue between HCPs and breast cancer patients can improve experience
4/01/2014
The majority of patients diagnosed with advanced breast cancer feel that their health care providers include them in most treatment decisions, according to the results of a global survey reported at the 9th European Breast Cancer Conference.
The incidence and impact of stent thrombosis during PCI reduced by anti-clotting agent
4/01/2014
A new angiographic analysis of the CHAMPION PHOENIX trial examined the incidence and impact of stent thrombosis (ST) in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Results of the study were released and presented at the American College of Cardiology 63rd Annual Scientific Session.
Organic food does not reduce women's risk of cancer
3/31/2014
Women who mostly or always eat organic foods have the same overall chance of developing cancer as women who never eat it, according to a new study from the UK's University of Oxford and published in the British Journal of Cancer that followed over 600,000 middle-aged women for nearly a decade.