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Archive for October, 2010

Diet to prevent cancer. We are what we eat that can be traced, so the health is closely linked to our food. A balanced diet and healthy habits are key to cancer prevention, and any other condition.

Dietary recommendations for cancer prevention:
“Having a healthy weight and avoid sharp ups and downs.
-Eat a day at least 400 grams of vegetables and fruits, this is achieved by eating vegetables at lunch and dinner, alone or as an accompaniment to food, plus fruit snacks or dessert. Read the rest of this entry »

People with cancer are at risk for nutritional deficiencies that may be the result of the cancer itself or side effects of common cancer treatments such as surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy.

Cancer directly affects the nutritional status by altering metabolism and body causing you to lose your appetite. The body increases energy use, which means you need more calories to maintain your current weight and lean body mass. Loss of appetite associated with cancer is probably the result of physical changes but also due to a psychological response to disease. Read the rest of this entry »

Recent studies suggest there may be two ways in which exposure to ultraviolet (UV) causes melanoma. The first form is associated with excessive exposure and sunburn during childhood or adolescence. This early exposure to the sun initiates a change in skin cells that could turn into melanoma over time. Some doctors believe that this is responsible for the melanomas that occur in the legs and torso areas that are not often exposed to sunlight during adulthood.

The second form is associated with the melanomas that begin in the arms, neck and face. These areas are very exposed to sun, particularly in the case of men. Tanning booths may also contribute to the formation of any of these melanomas. Read the rest of this entry »

A California jury on Wednesday awarded $1.5 million to the family of an 85-year-old man whose doctor was found liable for reckless neglect in under treating the dying man’s pain.

The Alameda County Superior Court case is the first in which a jury has awarded damages under a California law that prohibits elder abuse. It is also the first in the country where failure to treat pain adequately was brought forward as an elder abuse claim, rather than a medical negligence case. Read the rest of this entry »

Researchers are finding new treatments for kidney cancer, and patients now have more hope for survival than ever before. In this section we will cover the details of different treatments, and how each one might work.

Factors that Influence Treatment Options
Treatment choices for kidney cancer patients depend on the type, size, and location of the tumor, and the stage or extent of the disease. The doctor will also consider the person’s age and general health when deciding on a treatment plan. The patient considers these recommendations based on a range of personal factors as well. Read the rest of this entry »

Wealth of information on kidney cancer statistics. To access kidney cancer statistics and other general and specific information on kidney cancer. Also available on CancerSource.com are live chats, news, events, and more.

Some people may use kidney cancer statistics to try:

• To figure out their chances of getting kidney cancer
• To figure out their chances of being cured of kidney cancer
• To help them understand why they got kidney cancer Read the rest of this entry »

A group of scientists from the Cancer Research Center, University of Salamanca, led by Atanasio Pandiella, has developed a new treatment for breast tumors based on the combination of two drugs.

This new process developed by the Cancer Research Center (CIC) manages not only the tumors disappear, but also did not return to regenerate despite discontinuation of drug delivery. Read the rest of this entry »

The investigation arose from a clinical need, explained Amanas Padilla, director of research, told Dicey. “There is a subgroup of patients with breast cancer with high expression of a protein called HER2. These patients are treated with a drug called Perception. However, this treatment is effective only in a certain percentage of patients who have over expression of HER2, so not all patients respond well, “he says. In addition, relapses occur frequently, ie, the disease recurs, so that the effectiveness of the drug is very low.

Therefore, the research group Padilla decided to try a combination of Perception with new-generation drugs to find a more satisfying. “We tested a list of more than 20 drugs and all of them, gave a good result Destiny, which is approved for leukemia and chronic amyloidal. When combined with Perception makes the ant tumor effect is much stronger than the individual effect of each of the drugs, “he says. Read the rest of this entry »

Magnetic Nan particles are able to do both diagnosis and therapy, identifying the individual tumor cells: is the perspective ‘theranostics’ disclosed by a joint research of the University of Milan, Pavia and Saragossa presented today in Rome at the tenth International Conference on Nanostructure Materials (Nano 2010) of which he is chairman Dino Fiorani, director of the Institute of Physics and Astronomy of the National Research Council (CNR-ISM), along with Elizabeth Agostinelli, a researcher at CNR-ISM, and Enrico Traversa, University of Tor Vergata. Read the rest of this entry »

Developing ideas of genetic engineering that won him four years ago, the Nobel for their creators, researchers at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, for the first time tested technique of inhibition of protein production that promises to revolutionize medicine therapy. Starting from cancer, an objective in the work of Mark Davis and colleagues (published in Nature) has been successfully attacked by Nan particles no larger than 70 nanometers. Read the rest of this entry »