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Submitted by jennifer on Sat, 2008-11-29 12:45.
Results showed that whilst eating fish had no effect on the risk of developing prostate cancer it did appear to markedly increase the odds of surviving the disease. In fact, results showed that men who ate five portions of oily fish each week were 48% more likely to survive prostate cancer than men who only ate one portion each week.
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Submitted by tiger on Wed, 2008-11-12 07:40.
A review of 600 cancer patients who died within 30 days of treatment found that in more than a quarter of cases it actually hastened or caused death.
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Submitted by Dr. BT on Sun, 2008-11-09 20:44.
A technique which literally places a window in a mouse's chest could help scientists unlock cancer's most mysterious and deadly process.
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Submitted by tiger on Mon, 2008-09-15 12:25.
New research indicates that overweight patients with operable breast cancer are less likely than their normal-weight peers to achieve a complete response with chemotherapy.
Prior research has linked obesity with worse breast cancer outcomes, but the mechanisms involved were unclear, note Dr. Abenaa M. Brewster and colleagues from the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.
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Submitted by dmitry on Mon, 2008-08-11 10:32.
Prostate cancer diagnosis tends to be delayed and surgical treatment more difficult in obese men than in lean men, according to two studies published Friday.
The primary reason for the later diagnosis, and consequently poorer prognosis, seems to be that the PSA test used to screen for prostate cancer is "biased" against obese men, according to researchers.
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Submitted by jennifer on Tue, 2008-08-05 10:13.
An injection of a high dose of vitamin C may be able to hold back the advance of cancers, US scientists claim.
The vitamin may start a destructive chain reaction within the cancer cell, they add.
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Submitted by dmitry on Wed, 2008-07-16 06:12.
Obese women, who carry most of their excess weight around the stomach, are 70% more likely to develop pancreatic cancer, research suggests.
Obesity was thought to increase the risk - but more in men than women.
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Submitted by jennifer on Wed, 2008-07-16 06:10.
Women remain confused about the right way to check their breasts for early signs of cancer, says a charity.
Experts say there is no evidence that rigorous monthly "self-examination" reduces breast cancer deaths and it can lead to unnecessary biopsies.
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