November 17, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Vitamin E supplementation does not appear to protect against prostate or other cancers and vitamin C also lacks a cancer protective effect, according to the latest findings from the Physicians' Health Study II (PHS II).
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November 17, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In the Calcium Polyp Prevention Study, calcium supplementation reduced the risk of colorectal adenoma recurrence only among subjects with a low calcium to magnesium intake ratio.
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November 17, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The use of aspirin or other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) is associated with lower prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels among middle-aged men, study findings suggest.
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November 14, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) have a significantly higher prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) compared to the general population, according to findings from a case-control study conducted in Italy.
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November 14, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A palatal augmentation prosthesis improves patients' speech after glossectomy, according to a report in the October Archives of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.
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November 13, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Ovulation induction and embryo cryopreservation is just as successful in women with cancer prior to undergoing gonadotoxic treatment as it is in their healthy peers, new study findings indicate.
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November 13, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A history of migraine is strongly associated with reduced risk of hormone receptor-positive invasive breast cancer among postmenopausal women, according to findings from case-control studies conducted in Washington State.
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November 12, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - New research indicates that while low-dose CT of the chest can identify lung cancer at an early, more treatable stage, it can also lead to major surgical procedures that uncover no cancer.
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November 12, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A combination of external beam radiotherapy (EBRT), chemotherapy, surgical resection, and intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) can cure some patients with unresectable colorectal cancer, according to a report in the October issue of the Annals of Surgery.
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November 11, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Cilengitide, an inhibitor on integrin receptors, shows action in certain patients with recurrent glioblastoma multiforme, according to a report issued online November 3 in advance of print publication by the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
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November 17, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In the Calcium Polyp Prevention Study, calcium supplementation reduced the risk of recurrent colorectal adenomas -- growths or polyps that can become cancerous - only in men with a low dietary ratio of calcium to magnesium.
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November 17, 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Women with a family history of breast cancer but who test negative for two genetic mutations commonly linked to it still have a very high risk of developing the disease, Canadian researchers said on Monday.
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November 17, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women with a particular gene mutation linked to breast cancer may further raise their risk of the disease if they smoke, a study has found.
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November 17, 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Drinking alcohol and smoking cigarettes appear to increase the risk of certain common throat and stomach cancers, Dutch researchers reported on Monday.
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November 17, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Middle-aged men who take aspirin or other "nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug" (NSAID) have significantly lower levels of a blood protein used to spot prostate cancer than men who don't take these widely used drugs, a study shows.
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November 17, 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Tiny sacs released from tumor cells and circulating in the blood carry genetic information about the tumor, offering a new way to track and treat the cancer, U.S. researchers said on Sunday.
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November 14, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) have a significantly higher prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) compared to the general population, according to findings from a case-control study conducted in Italy.
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November 14, 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Nearly one in five cancer drugs entering development now reach the market, a remarkably good success rate given the high level of failures in other disease areas, British researchers said on Friday.
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November 13, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Freezing embryos before undergoing cancer treatment that may cause infertility is as successful for women with cancer as it is for women without cancer, new study findings indicate.
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November 13, 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A vaccine designed to protect women and girls from cervical cancer caused by a virus that also causes genital warts may protect men, too, maker Merck and Co reported on Thursday.
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