Cancer

Vitamin E and C supplements not effective against cancer

Washington, Nov 17: Long term vitamin E or vitamin C supplementation has no significant effect in protecting against cancer, according to a new study.

The Physicians'' Health Study II is a large-scale, long-term, randomised clinical trial, which was conducted by 14,641 physicians who were at least 50 years old at enrollment.

All the physicians participating in the study were given 400 IU of vitamin E every other day or its placebo, or 500 mg of vitamin C daily or its placebo.

The subjects were followed for up to 10 years for the development of cancer with high rates of completion of annual questionnaires, and the confirmation of reported cancer endpoints.

How eating red meat, milk can promote increased cancer spread risk

Red meatWashington, Nov 14: A research team led by an Indian-origin scientist at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have shown how eating red meat and milk products could increase the risk of cancerous tumours.

Ajit Varki, M. D., and colleagues have found that inflammation resulting from a molecule introduced through consumption of these foods could promote tumour growth,

How to improve quality of life after breast cancer treatment

How to improve quality of life after breast cancer treatmentWashington, Nov 7: Staying active, acting early and learning the warning signs of lymphedema – an adverse effect of breast cancer treatment caused by damage to the lymph system – can help women fighting the deadly disease avoid developing chronic lymphedema.

That’s what the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) has suggested that women can learn more about how to protect themselves from this common and distressing adverse effect of treatment.

Liver transplant patients at increased cancer risk

Liver transplant patients at increased cancer riskWashington, Nov 4: People who have undergone liver transplants are at a greater risk of developing non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and colorectal cancer, say researchers.

A new Canadian study led by Ying Jiang of the Public Health Agency of Canada has shown that liver transplant recipients have higher cancer risk than the general population.

Moreover liver transplant patients were at an approximate twenty-fold increased risk of developing non-Hodgkin''s lymphoma.

Novel approach can strengthen immune system against childhood cancer

Novel approach can strengthen immune system against childhood cancerLondon, November 3: A team of researchers from Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital has found that the ability of the immune system cells called T-lymphocytes to fight childhood cancer neuroblastoma can be improved with the aid of an artificial tumour-specific receptor.

Vigorous exercise can cut breast cancer risk by a third

Breast CancerWashington, Oct 31: Vigorous exercise – from running, to chopping firewood or scrubbing floors – can reduce the risk of breast cancer by almost a third, a new study has found.

The study of more than thirty thousand postmenopausal American women, reported in BioMed Central''s open access journal Breast Cancer Research, has revealed that a sedentary lifestyle can be a risk factor for the disease – even in women who are not overweight.

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