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A New Approach in Understanding the Metastatic Process

Written on 19 Jun, 2009 at 21:34 in Brain Tumor, Cancer, Colon Cancer, Lung Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, Prostate Cancer | viewed 33,894 times | 0 Comments

In an effort of understanding the mechanisms of the metastasis, researchers at the Institute Curie in Paris came up with a theory that suggests that every biological tissue regulates to a preferred pressure called homeostatic pressure and that an increased... (Continue reading)

A More Effective Tumour Inhibiting Protein

Written on 25 Apr, 2009 at 0:54 in Brain Tumor, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Colon Cancer, Lung Cancer, Ovarian Cancer | viewed 23,220 times | 0 Comments

Associated with aggressiveness in some of the most common types of cancer, HIF (the hypoxia-inducible factor) is produced by cells in tumors, in their regions that have low levels of oxygen and are said to be hypoxic due to poor... (Continue reading)

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Breast Cancer Prevention trough Healthy Food Habits

Written on 25 Apr, 2009 at 0:45 in Breast Cancer, Cancer, Colon Cancer, Leukemia, Lung Cancer | viewed 60,948 times | 0 Comments

Statistics showing that women in the US have higher risks of developing breast cancer than women in China or Japan and that breast cancer risks for Asian women that migrate in the US increases over generations, becoming similar to that... (Continue reading)

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Breast Cancer Metastasis Could be Predicted

Written on 12 Apr, 2009 at 21:03 in Brain Tumor, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Colon Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer | viewed 68,030 times | 2 Comments

In the US alone, 12,5% of women are diagnosed with breast cancer at some time in their life and this is the most common malignant disease of women living in the developed world, 10 to 15 percent of them having... (Continue reading)

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Genetic Study Could Prevent Colon Cancer

Written on 8 Apr, 2009 at 22:26 in Breast Cancer, Cancer, Colon Cancer | viewed 39,991 times | 1 Comment

AFAP (attenuated familial adenomatous polyposis) is a condition caused by a genetic mutation which causes the growth of colorectal polyps that have the potential to become cancerous. Since the risk of developing colon cancer is higher for two out of... (Continue reading)

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Results of Follow-Up Study Regarding Prostate Cancer Treatments

Written on 8 Apr, 2009 at 22:23 in Colon Cancer, Prostate Cancer | viewed 10,315 times | 0 Comments

A follow-up study regarding the two ways of treatment for prostate cancer, radical prostatectomy or watchful waiting was carried on by the Scandinavian Prostate Cancer Group Study 4 (SPCG-4) and concluded that radical prostatectomy reduces prostate cancer mortality and risk... (Continue reading)

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Alcohol Flushing, a Tell Sign for Risk of Esophageal Cancers

Written on 7 Apr, 2009 at 21:25 in Breast Cancer, Cancer, Colon Cancer, Lung Cancer | viewed 45,462 times | 1 Comment

Alcohol-induced flushing is caused by an inherited deficiency in an enzyme called aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) and recent studies show that people with this deficiency are more exposed to the risk of developing esophageal cancer (specifically squamous cell carcinoma) from... (Continue reading)

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Licorice Could Help Prevent Colorectal Cancer

Written on 1 Apr, 2009 at 14:19 in Breast Cancer, Colon Cancer, Lung Cancer | viewed 3,259 times | 0 Comments

A chemical compound found in licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra root) could be used in the preventive therapies of colorectal cancer (the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the US), as a study conducted by The Vanderbilt University Medical Center and... (Continue reading)

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