Posts Tagged ‘Journal Cancer’

Black Liver Cancer Patients Face Worst Odds

27th January 2010 by admin No Comments

Even though they receive equal treatment, black patients with liver cancer have lower survival rates than patients of other races, a new U.S. study finds.
Researchers analyzed data from 20,920 patients in the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) registry who were diagnosed with liver cancer between 1973 and 2004. The researchers [...]

More Women Choose Prophylactic Mastectomy

29th September 2009 by admin No Comments

The choice to remove a healthy breast in order to avoid breast cancer is a deeply personal decision that appears to be on the upswing in one group of women, according to a study published today in the journal
Cancer.

Among women who had cancer in one breast, the number who opted to have  the other breast removed, [...]

Green Tea Could Delay Prostate Cancer: U.S. Study

20th June 2009 by admin 1 Comment

Active compounds in green tea may slow down the progression of prostate cancer, researchers reported on Friday.
Capsules made using green tea extracts called polyphenols lowered levels of proteins that tumors use to grow, the researchers found.
Made by Polyphenon Pharma, the capsules called Polyphenon E contain epigallocatechin gallate or EGCG, a green tea extract that has [...]

Antioxidants May Interfere with Breast Cancer Treatment

13th June 2009 by admin No Comments

Think that vitamins can only help–but never hurt–a condition? Although that’s true in many cases, some vitamins can be harmful to certain people or under special circumstances.

Doctors are not sure exactly how antioxidants affect people with breast cancer, shown here.

Now a new study shows that many breast cancer patients take powerful antioxidant vitamins during [...]