Cancer :: Sunburn, smoking, alcohol and obesity fuelling rising cancer rates
New statistics from Cancer Research UK reveal steep rises in cancers linked to excessive sun exposure, alcohol, smoking and obesity.
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Breast Cancer :: Misdiagnosis of breast cancer
The Minister for Health and Children, Mary Harney, TD, was made aware in recent days by the HSE about the misdiagnosis of breast cancer in a woman who resides in the Mid-Western region. She is aware that the woman presented to Barrington?s Hospital, Limerick, initially in 2005, and again in 2007, and that there is specific concern surrounding two pathology tests performed in University College Hospital, Galway during that time.
Cancer :: Health Canada approves Sativex for cancer pain
GW Pharmaceuticals plc (AIM: GWP) and Bayer Inc., a subsidiary of Bayer AG, announce that Health Canada has approved Sativex?, a cannabis derived pharmaceutical treatment, as adjunctive analgesic treatment in adult patients with advanced cancer who experience moderate to severe pain during the highest tolerated dose of strong opioid therapy for persistent background pain.
Lung Cancer :: Defects in critical gene lead to accelerated lung tumor growth
Cancer causing mutations occur in our bodies every day ? but luckily, we have specific genes that recognize these malignant events and keep cells from growing out of control. Only a few of these genes ? called tumor suppressors ? are currently known.
Breast Cancer :: Shutting down ovaries may help reduce breast cancer recurrence
Artificially inducing menopause may reduce breast cancer recurrence in premenopausal women with early-stage breast cancers.
Cancer :: Biologists at Tufts University discover 1 reason why chromosomes break, often leading to cancer
In the past ten years, researchers in genome stability have observed that many kinds of cancer are associated with areas where human chromosomes break. They have hypothesized ? but never proven ? that slow or altered replication led to the chromosomes breaking.
Breast Cancer :: Robin Roberts of Good Morning America detected lump during a breast self exam
Robin Roberts of Good Morning America detected a lump in her breasts during a breast self-exam, and she revealed this in her writing on the ABC Television Web site, and later oncology doctors confirmed the breast cancer diagnosis. Roberts also urged everyone to pay attention to their health. ?I can’t stress enough how important it is to get screened and checked for all cancers ? and to do self breast exams,? Roberts wrote.
Cancer :: Enzyme may be culprit that signals some cells to become cancer
Working with human colorectal cancer cells, a University of Minnesota team, led by cancer biologists Zigang Dong and Ann Bode, has found the potential culprit among a network of enzymes that relay signals inside cells to regulate such functions as cell growth, cancer development and programmed cell death.
Cancer :: Electric fields have potential as a cancer treatment
Low-intensity electric fields can disrupt the division of cancer cells and slow the growth of brain tumors, suggest laboratory experiments and a small human trial, raising hopes that electric fields will become a new weapon for stalling the progression of cancer.
Cancer :: Cancer risk from two glasses of wine
A glass of wine a day is good for your heart but if you go for the second goblet, you may end up getting bowel cancer, revealed by medical experts in a recent british study.