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New investigation results, 'Cancer therapies and bone health,' are detailed in a study published in Current Rheumatology Reports. According to recent research from the United States, Cancer patients are at risk for adverse events involving bone. Metastasis of cancer to bone and primary bone tumors can compromise the integrity of bone.
A team of University of California, San Diego School of Medicine researchers has discovered that common intestinal bacteria appear to promote tumor growths in genetically susceptible mice, but that tumorigenesis can be suppressed if the mice are exposed to an inhibiting protein enzyme.
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University of Miami doctors have developed a new method of catching and killing tumor cells floating through the human bloodstream they say could be a potent new weapon against most kinds of cancer within a decade.
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High doses of antioxidant nutritional supplements, such as vitamins C and E, can increase genetic abnormalities in cells, which may predispose supplement-takers to developing cancer, according to a new study from the Cedars- Sinai Heart Institute.
Researchers have confirmed a suspected link between pancreatic cancer and inflammatory bowel disease, while other science shows that intra- abdominal fat serves as a predictor of survival in pancreatic cancer patients, and new technology shows promising results for improvements in complicated surgery for pancreatic pseudocysts.
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The cost of treating cancer has doubled over the past 20 years, but those costs are in line with overall trends in health spending. And while more people are getting cancer as the U.S. population ages, treatment has shifted away from hospitals to outpatient settings, finds a study in today's edition of the journal Cancer.
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A report, 'Pancreatic adenocarcinoma tumor grade determination using contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging,' is newly published data in Pancreas.
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I learned something this week, perhaps a hint at why I like asparagus other than its crispy taste and convincing sign it's truly spring. Asparagus, allrecipes.com informed me, can be purple!
Scientists at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit today presented data at the American Association for Cancer Research's 101st Annual Meeting 2010 that shows when genistein, a component of soy, is paired with the FDA-approved drug oxaliplatin, pancreatic cancer cells become more sensitive to chemotherapy.
Researchers have detected a link between alcohol consumption, cancer and aging that starts at the cellular level with telomere shortening.
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