Birth size and adult cancer risk
... birth had higher rates of digestive and lymphatic cancers in adulthood, according to a new study published F...uctive-related cancer sites. Reproductive-related cancers accounted for nearly half of all cancer in women and nearly a third of all cancer in men. For women,...Guidelines restricting endoscopy referrals put patients at risk
...tries - where a higher proportion of early gastric cancers are diagnosed. The guidelines also undervalue endoscopy for diagnosing other serious and painful problems - such as inflammation of the gullet, or ulcers. Until the evidence on endoscopy is properly assessed, GPs should continue to refer patients wit...New study finds kelp can reduce level of hormone related to breast cancer risk
...nti-estrogen in the treatment of hormone-dependent cancers if further tests demonstrate its effectiveness in humans. "It's a study that points to the need for more studies," said Smith, the study co-author. "But this certainly suggests that there are other elements of the Asian diet beyond soy that should be...Clinical breast examination offers modest benefit to breast cancer screening program
...cers; mammography detected 445 (78%) of the breast cancers and clinical breast examination detected 121 (21%)...reening mammography detected an additional 25 (4%) cancers in the study population," said Nina Oestreicher, PhD, scientist at Kaiser Permanente Division of Res...New test is first step in early detection of Alzheimer's disease
...ariety of diseases, such as HIV infection, various cancers and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, enabling early diagnosis that would be impossible with conventional technology. To detect ADDLs, a magnetic microparticle and a gold nanoparticle are each outfitted with an antibody specific to the ADDL antigen. When i...Drinking alcohol increases risk for cancer
..."[However] it is associated with increased risk of cancers of the upper digestive tract and larynx, and also ...nd breast."The article lists primary liver cancer, cancers of the female breast and of the large bowel in both sexes, as being associated with alcohol drinking...Passive smoking in childhood may increase risk of lung cancer in later life
...veloped lung cancer, 20 more had upper respiratory cancers such as cancer of the larynx, and 14 died from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease during the seven follow-up years. Former smokers faced up to twice the risk of respiratory diseases from passive smoke than those who'd never smoked. This may be be...First US kidney cancer vaccine trial underway at Columbia
...rk to offer IL-2. Kidney cancer is one of the few cancers for which chemotherapies are not effective treatments. A small protein (cytokine) naturally produced by the cells of the immune system, IL-2 stimulates T-cells, which are activated in an immune response system and create tumor killing cells. The r...Clinical trial of Etanercept for Wegener's disease shows no benefit
...ere attributed to conventional medications. Solid cancers developed in six patients in the etanercept group, however, compared with none in the placebo group. "The number of malignancies observed is too small to draw any firm conclusions," noted Stone. "There is certainly the potential for interaction be...Obesity may affect accuracy of prostate screening
...in April 2003 added prostate cancer to the list of cancers linked to an unhealthy body weight, with men at the highest BMI at 34 percent higher risk. Studies also show obesity is associated with poor prognostic association as well. Obese men with prostate cancer are diagnosed at more advanced stages and have...Annual mammogram, doctor visits are enough for breast cancer follow-up
... difference in terms of survival, detection of new cancers or quality of life between a group of women who got regular physical exams and annual mammograms and a group who underwent a more extensive battery of laboratory tests that included liver scans, molecular tumor markers, chest x-rays and blood and liv...Colonoscopy still most effective colorectal cancer screening method
... also, at the same time, biopsy or removal of most cancers or polyps that are identified. If detected early ...as precancerous polyps, the majority of colorectal cancers are preventable," comments Keeffe. Guidelines of multiple agencies and professional societies under...Mayo Clinic recommends broadening treatment to battle recurrence of endometrial cancer
...le reproductive tract. Only breast, colon and lung cancers are more prevalent in women. During 2004, it was estimated 40,320 new cases of endometrial cancer would be diagnosed in the United States and 7,090 women would die from the disease. The study looked at 1,109 patients with endometrial cancer who had s...USC/Norris oncologists test new front-line therapy for pancreatic cancer
...s well as monitor for side effects. Patients whose cancers progress when taking the new drug alone will be switched to the gemcitabine group. Unlike traditional chemotherapies, which kill fast-growing cells (even some non-cancerous ones), targeted drugs such as BAY 43-9006 focus exclusively on a few targets ...Elevated glucose levels and diabetes are associated with increased risk for cancer
...fasting serum glucose and diabetes and risk of all cancers and specific cancers in men and women in Korea. The 10 year Korean Cancer Prevention Study (KCPS) included 1,298,385 Kor...Mayo Clinic researchers report success in new molecular breast imaging technique
...g detected 33 of the 36 lesions. In addition, four cancers were detected that were not seen on mammogram. Ste...g tissue, so this technique is well-suited to find cancers in women whose mammograms may not be very accurate." Deborah Rhodes, M.D., a Mayo Clinic physician ...Carefree people care less about cancer symptoms, endanger health
...plans to extend his study to both colon and rectal cancers to see if the correlation between personality traits and symptom recognition can be replicated in larger groups and for the less-defined set of symptoms characteristic of colon cancer....Gene vaccine protects mice against development of Her2/neu breast cancer
...m from spreading." Up to one-third of human breast cancers are associated with over-expression of the HER2/neu cell surface receptor protein, which continuously "tells" the cancer cell to grow, this producing an aggressive disease that is difficult to stop. The drug Herceptin treats this kind of breast cance...Jefferson scientists find zinc may help prevent esophageal, oral cancers
...inc treatment may help prevent esophageal and oral cancers in those individuals at high risk. Oral and esophageal cancers are associated with nutritional zinc deficiency, and a rise in the expression of the enzyme COX-2 is...More precise radiation therapy lets prostate cancer patients avoid erectile dysfunction
...I see are going to be cured. Once you start curing cancers at an extremely high rate, then the focus moves to quality of life," says Patrick W. McLaughlin, M.D., clinical professor of Radiation Oncology at the University of Michigan Medical School and director of Providence Hospital Radiation Oncology, with ...