Screening for Breast Cancer | New Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines
Screening for Breast Cancer | New Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines More Advice For Older Women And Women At Increased Risk Older women, women with serious health problems, and those at increased risk for breast cancer will get more specific advice about breast cancer screening under updated guidelines released Wednesday night by the American Cancer Society. [...]
Fat in Urine Could Predict Whether Prostate Cancer
According to research published in the British Journal of Cancer, tiny bubbles of fat in urine hold molecules that could predict whether prostate cancer is aggressive. Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in the UK, with around 34,000 new cases diagnosed each year. Around 10,000 men die from prostate cancer each year [...]
New Gene May Provide Breast Cancer Diagnostic Marker
Ann Killary (from the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center) and colleagues have described a new gene called DEAR1 that is genetically altered by mutation and deletion in breast tumors, and that may provide a new breast cancer prognostic marker.Each year, more than one million women discover that they have breast cancer. Although [...]
5 Foods That Extend Time
Tomatoes Have you got a bad thing to say about ‘em? Ranging from purple to yellow, the juicy fruit that bursts with flavor is wonderful not only for its taste, but for its health properties as well. The red pigment in tomatoes is called lycopene, an antioxidant that is good for your eyes. Lycopene is [...]
Common Virus Kills Cancer Stem Cells
Dalhousie Medical School cancer researcher Dr. Patrick Lee has proven that a common virus can infect and kill breast cancer stem cells. This breakthrough finding is published in the current issue of Molecular Therapy, the prestigious journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy. It is only within the past few years that the scientific [...]
Urine Test May Help Determine If a Smoker Is At Risk for Lung Cancer
Researchers may have discovered why lung cancer afflicts some smokers and not others. “A history of smoking has always been thought of as a predictor of lung cancer, but it is actually not very accurate,” said Jian-Min Yuan, study author. “Smoking absolutely increases your risk, but why it does so in some people but not [...]
Urine Test May Predict Lung Cancer Risk In Smokers
Scientists in the US may have uncovered why some smokers get lung cancer while others do not: they found that those with the highest urine levels of a known biomarker for the uptake of a cancer-causing chemical found in tobacco had a two-fold increased risk of developing lung cancer than those with the lowest levels. [...]
Breast Cancer
Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed malignancy in women. Consequently, women should become actively involved in routine breast screening. This protocol includes monthly self-examinations, a yearly examination by a healthcare professional, and an annual mammogram beginning at age 40. Women with strong family histories of breast or gynecologic cancer, a personal history of cancer, [...]
Treating Sleep Problems May Improve Pain Management In Patients With Cancer
A study in the April 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine suggests that sleep problems lead to increased pain and fatigue in cancer patients. The results indicate that interventions aimed at trouble sleeping would be expected to improve both pain and fatigue in this patient population. Results show that more than half [...]
