Archive for the ‘Cancer’ Category
Colon cancer: screening too often neglected
A study in Britain showed that colonoscopies control after removal of intestinal polyps are frequently inadequate and untimely made.
According to a study published in Oncology in on the 581 patients who underwent colonoscopy with removal of polyps, the authors believe that the recommendations of the HAS are not respected, as a result of patients and physicians.
Yet they had a high risk of cancer with a protruding polyp with a diameter greater than 10 mm and this polyp had already passed the stage of adenoma. Read the rest of this entry »
Focal therapy: new treatment against prostate cancer
While the debate among health professionals on screening for prostate cancer is still not settled, several new strategies against prostate cancer are currently being tested in particular to avoid the effects of conventional treatments.
Currently, patients have two options:
1. They can be actively monitored, not always lived psychologically
2. Or active treatment to cure, with a significant risk of urinary squeal and or sexual.
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A screening service that makes you really
Colorectal cancer is responsible each year in France for 17,000 deaths per 37 000 new cases. This is the third most common cancer in terms of frequency, the second for mortality.
If the treatments have greatly increased, their effectiveness depends largely on early diagnosis of these tumors. But still 40% of these diagnoses are made when there are already metastases.
I insist a little on the subject at this time because the Inca and the Ministry of Health jointly launched a campaign to encourage people aged 50-74 to get tested.
Some reminders about this cancer:
* Tobacco, alcohol, obesity, physical inactivity and high-calorie diet rich in meat promote the occurrence of this cancer. Read the rest of this entry »
Dr. Karas was not only responsible to clarify that the cause is still unknown point in the relationship between “good” cholesterol or HDL and oncological diseases, but also the concerns about drugs should not be taken as specific recommendations .
“HDL is supposed to affect the likelihood of developing cancer or not more so because it does work for assistance with the immune system, helping to find and destroy abnormal cells,” concluded Dr. Richard Karas.
For his part, Dr. Eduardo Esteban, cardiologist, executive committee member of the Heart Foundation Argentina, accessed locally by Pro-Health News said that “beyond that is important to keep your HDL levels raised by scientists Americans, the main work of one person must be kept under your LDL or bad cholesterol, a condition that is achieved by implementing many of the measures mentioned above and habits. ”
“This means that of course have the higher good cholesterol is very good, but most of all have to work on reducing the bad which is what brings more complications,” added Dr. Stephen.
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After having shown that people with high levels of LDL or ‘bad’ had a greater chance of developing cancer, a group of researchers concluded that having high cholesterol “good”, ie the HDL (high density lipoprotein) helps to reduce the risk of development of oncological diseases.
The team of Dr. Richard Karas of the Molecular Cardiology Research Institute at Tufts University in Boston, United States, analyzed 24 studies involving a total of 76 000 people under treatment with statins and 70 000 who were taking placebo.
“The higher the HDL the better the quality of life of the person,” said Dr. Karas in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
From experience, the team led by Karas was found that with increasing the level of HDL is a risk of developing any cancer decreased. In this regard, they noted that “physicians should try to ensure that their patients have a good cholesterol 40mg/dL above for men and above 50 mg / dL for women.”
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Colorectal cancer (colon)
This is the third most common cancer in women. It affects men and women of all racial and ethnic groups, being more common in people 50 and older. In 2006, 68.857 women were diagnosed with colorectal cancer and 26.395 died from this disease in the United States. Also in 2006, colorectal cancer was diagnosed in 49.2 of every 100,000 black women, white women 39.9, 33.2 † Hispanic, 31.7 Asian or Pacific Islander and 26.7 American Indian or Alaska Native.
>> Colorectal cancer deaths could be reduced by up to 60% if all people 50 and older were screened regularly.
The 10 most frequently diagnosed cancers in women in the United States in 2006 (latest year for which statistics are available) were breast, lung, colon and rectum, uterus and thyroid non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma; cutaneous melanoma and cancers of the ovary, kidney and pancreas.
Fortunately, screening and HPV vaccine can help prevent some of these cancers. It is therefore important to be aware of any change in your body, and you cling to the habit of regular medical check-fulfillment that all women need.
Through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the following information and statistics on cancer in women:
Breast cancer
Breast cancer is by far the most frequently diagnosed cancer in women. In 2006, 191.410 women were diagnosed with breast cancer and 40.820 died from this disease in the United States. Also in 2006, breast cancer was diagnosed in 120.4 of every 100,000 white women, followed by 113.2 African American, Hispanic † 89.0, 80.3 Asian or Pacific Islander and 61.0 American Indian or Alaska Native.
Taking aspirin regularly after a cancer may reduce the chance of dying or having a relapse of the disease, said Dr. Michelle Holmes of Harvard Medical School, who led the study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
This conclusion was reached after a study of more than 4000 women, those taking aspirin-which is often prescribed to prevent heart attack, had a 50 percent lower risk of dying from breast cancer and the tumor expanding.
“This is the first study found that aspirin can significantly reduce the risk of spread of cancer and death in women who were treated at an early stage breast cancer (…) If these results are confirmed in other clinical trials , taking aspirin could be another tool simple, inexpensive and relatively safe for women with breast cancer live longer and have healthier lives, “Holmes said in a statement.
Other drugs in the same class that aspirin may help reduce the risks. These drugs, called NSAIDs, or NSAIDs include ibuprofen, naproxen, but not acetaminophen, also known as paracetamol. However, there were insufficient data on these drugs to get a clear answer.
If you want to reduce your risk of breast cancer, it is time to change your eating habits. And is that a new study shows that a diet rich in vegetables and fruits, reduced by 30% chance of getting the disease.
Researchers at the University of Colorado published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, the results of a study involving a total of 34 000 Chinese women, aged between 35 and 74. Most of them, exercised and kept thin.
After interviewing and analyzing their responses, the researchers found that higher consumption of vegetables, fruit and soy, the lower their risk of developing the disease in menopause.
The team of Dr. Lesley M. Butler conducted a questionnaire which asked participants about their diet, weight and physical activity they perform. Furthermore, none of these women had a history of breast cancer.
Thus, the researchers were able to identify two dietary patterns: the unhealthy, which ate meat, starch and saturated fat, and healthy, which consumed a large quantity of vegetables such as broccoli, cauliflower, squash and cabbage.
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A program called ‘Canine Hereditary Cancer Consortium’ has the objective of studying the natural occurrence of cancer in dogs, to find any indication of why this disease develops in pets and people.
The researchers analyzed DNA obtained from saliva of dogs to find the root of some of the rarer cancers.
“Rare diseases in humans also occur in dogs,” said Mark Neff, director of the program. “By studying the DNA of dogs, hopefully we can get faster to the discovery of the causes of this evil and soon we will find the best way to treat dogs and humans.”
The project, developed by the Translational Genomics Research Institutes (TGen) and Van Andel Research (VARI), will have the cooperation of owners of various breeds of dogs, they will donate samples of saliva from your pets, and even tumors blood, to be examined. And is that about half of all dogs over 10 years, die from some form of cancer.
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