Citrus pectin might help prevent cancer
• Cancer • Dec 15 04

Pectin is a soluble but hard-to-digest fiber found in most plants. Modified citrus pectin (sold as MCP) is pectin that’s been extracted from orange…    

 

Saliva can be used to detect oral cancer
• Cancer • Dec 15 04

Saliva can be used to diagnose whether someone has oral cancer and may also be a reliable indicator of other cancers and diseases, researchers…    

 

Docs Hope New Drugs Will Treat Colon Cancer
• Cancer • Dec 14 04

BALTIMORE - Doctors hope new drugs will bring new hope to treating colon cancer.

Every year, doctors diagnose thousands of people with colon cancer,…    

 

New cancer treatment
• Cancer • Dec 14 04

Cancer sufferers will have a better quality of life, thanks to the introduction of a new form of treatment, a Dundee specialist said today.   

 

Alcohol acts on blood vessels to promote cancer
• Cancer • Dec 13 04

Previous reports have suggested that alcohol use helps cancers grow and now, new research offers a possible explanation for this phenomenon.

Rather than affecting…    

 

Researchers Discover New Gene in Colon Cancer
• Cancer • Dec 13 04

Cancer researchers at the Case Western Reserve University (Case) School of Medicine, University Hospitals of Cleveland (UHC) and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute have…    

 

Obesity Predicts Childhood Leukemia Relapse and Survival
• Cancer • Dec 10 04

Preadolescents and teenagers with acute lymphoblastic leukemia who are overweight at diagnosis have a higher risk of leukemia relapse and poorer event-free survival.

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Add an E to ABCD for spotting melanoma
• Cancer • Dec 08 04

The ABCD memory-aid used to recognize early-stage melanoma should be expanded to include the letter E for “Evolving,” researchers recommend.

This would emphasize that…    

 

Ritalin seen to help child cancer survivors
• Cancer • Dec 08 04

Treatment with methylphenidate, better known as Ritalin, may reduce attentional and social problems in kids who’ve survived leukemia or brain tumors, according to researchers.

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Sunshine may ward off lymphoma
• Cancer • Dec 03 04

Sun exposure apparently has a protective effect against the development non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL), a blood cancer, Australian researchers report.

Dr. Anne Kricker, of the…    

 

Cervical cancer care poorer at small centers
• Cancer • Dec 03 04

Women with cervical cancer who get radiation therapy at small, local facilities are less likely to be treated effectively, researchers report.

Invasive cervical cancer…    

 

Shark cartilage for cancer called ‘pseudoscience’
• Cancer • Dec 02 04

The promotion of ground-up shark cartilage as a cancer “cure” over the last decade has come at the expense of cancer patients and sharks…    

 

Skin cancer prevention cream
• Cancer • Nov 29 04

It won’t replace sunscreen, but a new cream could wipe out skin cancer.

Some groups of people are at higher risk of skin cancer…    

 

Ovarian cancer risk increases with estrogen use
• Cancer • Nov 25 04

The estrogen component of oral hormone replacement therapy around the time of menopause is associated with ovarian cancer risk, findings from a Danish…    

 

Medicaid patients fare worse after cancer surgery
• Cancer • Nov 24 04

Low-income patients covered by Medicaid have more complications and higher death rates after colon cancer surgery than patients with private insurance, a U.S. study…    

 

McDonald’s CEO Resigns to Fight Cancer
• Cancer • Nov 22 04

McDonald’s Corp. CEO Charlie Bell, who was diagnosed with colorectal cancer in May, resigned Monday to focus on his battle with the disease, the…    

 

Chemo technique can curb some melanomas
• Cancer • Nov 22 04

When malignant melanoma on an arm or leg advances it may become impossible to remove surgically, even if the cancer hasn’t spread to…    

 

Pregnancy does not raise melanoma mortality
• Cancer • Nov 17 04

The survival of pregnant women who have malignant melanoma of the skin is no less than that of comparable women who are not pregnant,…    

 

Two daily glasses of milk may up ovarian cancer risk
• Cancer • Nov 17 04

Women drink two or more glasses of milk every day, or who have high amounts of older dairy products in their diet, appear to…    

 

Ireland urged to adopt cervical screening program
• Cancer • Nov 16 04

Health experts urged Ireland to introduce a national screening program for cervical cancer after a report published on Tuesday revealed deaths from the disease…    

 

High selenium linked to lower colon cancer risk
• Cancer • Nov 16 04

Higher blood levels of selenium are associated with lower rates of colorectal cancer recurrence, according to a new report.

Studies of the effects of…    

 

Australia backyards, not beach, higher cancer risk
• Cancer • Nov 15 04

Australians are more at risk of contracting deadly skin cancer in their home backyards gardening, barbecuing or simply hanging out the washing than on…    

 

Vaccine stops virus tied to cervical cancer
• Cancer • Nov 12 04

It’s one of the most common cancers in women and kills about a quarter of a million patients each year, but scientists said on…    

 

Ovary transfer to arm preserves hormone balance
• Cancer • Nov 10 04

A woman undergoing treatment for cervical cancer had one of her healthy ovaries successfully transplanted into her upper arm, in order to maintain hormonal…    

 

St. John’s Wort may interfere with cancer drug
• Cancer • Nov 08 04

The herb St. John’s Wort, used as an alternative therapy for mild depression, may hinder the effectiveness of a newer type of cancer…    

 

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