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Found in green leafy vegetables, chick peas and lentils – folate – is already known to reduce the risk of neural tube defects (NTD) (most commonly spina bifida and anencephaly) in infants when taken in the first trimester of pregnancy.
This association has led to increased fortification of folic acid (the synthetic counterpart of folate) in […]
According to ongoing research, cells of the immune system can be trained to have the capacity to circulate throughout the body and attack cancerous cells.
This definitely sounds like the body’s natural mechanism to attack cancerous cells. How exactly can this be done?
…the new program will allow researchers to continue advancing methods by which […]
University of Cambridge scientists found an unexpected link between a key part of the immune system and the cells that produce milk in the breast during lactation.
Cytokines, which have a central role in immune response, are used in the breast to promote the production of milk producing cells. When cells respond incorrectly to cytokine signalling, […]
For the first time, doctors have shown that although endometriosis is associated with an increased risk of various cancers, this risk does not depend on the number of times women with the condition have given birth.
Dr Anna-Sofia Melin, a specialist doctor in the department of obstetrics and gynaecology at the Karolinska University Hospital (Stockholm, Sweden) […]
OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.’s Tarceva® (erlotinib) is indicated for the treatment of pancreatic cancer (first line) and non-small cell lung cancer (second line).
Tarceva (150 mg) is a pill you take once a day — every day — to help treat non-small cell lung cancer.
Tarceva (100 mg) is a pill you take once a day — every […]
Last Friday, the Emmy Award-winning longtime film critic and entertainment editor for ABC’s “Good Morning America” and WABC-TV in New York – Joel Siegel – died of colon cancer at age 63.
Siegel had a long battle with colon cancer. However, he continued to work until two weeks before his death. He is survived by […]
Women can now “suspend their ticking biological clock” by having their eggs frozen. But women undergoing cancer treatment are most likely to become sterile or undergo early menopause so that the process of having their eggs frozen are most beneficial – they can have a chance at motherhood later in life.
Now, even girls as young […]
Low intake of Vitamin B6 may increase a man’s risk of colorectal cancer by 31%, says the Japan Public Health Center-based Prospective Study, published in this month’s issue of Journal of Nutrition.
According to lead author Junko Ishihara from Japan’s National Cancer Center in collaboration with researchers from Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine:
Our results support […]
We are all probably “tired” of hearing that getting cancer is inherited – that something in our genes predisposes us to increased risk of having cancer.
Now, surviving cancer - breast cancer in particular - is being placed in that very same light: it runs in your family, it is in your genes.
Such were the findings […]
A web-based software program that can make more accurate predictions of long-term survival for head and neck cancer patients have been developed by researchers at the Oregon Health & Science University Cancer Institute.
According to Samuel J. Wang, M.D., Ph.D., principal investigator, Holman Pathway Resident in the Department of Radiation Medicine, OHSU School of Medicine:
“This new […]
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