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Nov 7th, 2009
Men with elevated PSA (prostate specific antigen) levels may not always need prostate biopsy. New findings show that parathyroid hormone levels, that naturally elevate with age and are higher among black men, also correlate with elevated PSA levels. Treating men unnecessarily for prostate cancer can lead to side effects of impotence and urinary incontinence. The findings are the first to show that healthy men do not always need prostate biopsy when prostate cancer screening shows higher PSA levels.
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Nov 6th, 2009
According to estimates, over 100,000 cancer deaths occur from obesity. Excess body fat fuels cancer cells. According to studies, many cancer deaths are preventable through weight management, yet public awareness is low, according to findings from the American Institute of Cancer Research.
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Nov 4th, 2009
New findings link high cholesterol to increased risk of high grade prostate cancer. Researchers from Johns Hopkins have found that lowering cholesterol could protect from aggressive forms of prostate cancer and may lead to prevention and treatment of the disease.
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Nov 2nd, 2009
Some of the major cancer centers across the country now offer their patients yoga as a complementary therapy in an effort to provide a more integrative approach to care.
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Oct 28th, 2009
Researchers studied nematodes to find that cholesterol lowering drugs could help treat cancer. Nematodes do not produce cholesterol, and the researchers found them the perfect subject for studying the possibility that cholesterol drugs, known as statins, might be developed for treatment of cancer.
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Oct 21st, 2009
Cancer experts say it is time to reevaluate current screening efforts for breast and prostate cancer.
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Oct 19th, 2009
Researchers say they have determined without a doubt that in rare cases, cancer can be transmitted from a mother to her infant in the womb. The report comes after a team of scientists at the Institute of Cancer Research conducted a thorough investigation of a case in which a 28-year-old mother passed along cancer to her infant daughter.
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Oct 16th, 2009
Extracts from the flowers commonly called mums (chrysanthemum) have been shown to possess anticancer properties. Chinese researchers have now uncovered the mechanism of action for the chrysanthemum’s cancer treatment activities.
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Oct 6th, 2009
Cancer patients can recover faster from surgery if they are given enteral nutrition through a feeding tube, according to new research to be presented Monday at the National Cancer Research Institute Conference.
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Sep 29th, 2009
CANCER RESEARCH UK SCIENTISTS have discovered a completely new route by which leukaemia develops.