NIH/NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES Scientists at the National Institutes of Health found that women who use permanent hair dye and chemical hair straighteners have a higher risk of developing breast cancer than women who don’t use these products. The study published online Dec. 4 in the International Journal of Cancer and suggests that...
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Thousands of women with incurable breast cancer have at least three GP visits before being diagnosed, new report reveals
Breast Cancer Now study found some waited years to be told disease had spread Some women said they were made to feel like ‘hypochondriacs’ when visiting GP The study found four in ten felt symptoms were not taken seriously on a first visit By ELEANOR HAYWARD FOR THE DAILY MAIL PUBLISHED: 19:32 EDT, 10 October 2019 | UPDATED: 04:04 EDT, 11 October...
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Eating Chicken Linked To Higher Cancer Risk, Oxford Study Finds
By Allan Adamson Tech Times Findings of a new study have shown that people who eat chicken may have increased risk of getting cancer. In the new study published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, researchers from Oxford University in the UK, tracked 475,000 middle-aged Britons between the years 2016 and 2014. The...
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Two-in-one drug combining Herceptin with chemotherapy keeps women’s breast cancers at bay
by Institute of Cancer Research Guiding chemotherapy to a tumour by attaching it to the antibody-based target drug Herceptin (trastuzumab) is effective at treating women with breast cancer who have no other treatment options, a new clinical trial shows. The two-in-one treatment kept breast cancer at bay in women with a type of the disease called HER2-positive breast cancer who had stopped responding to existing drugs. As well as being effective in women with high HER2...
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New research shows birth control pills may help prevent this fatal disease
By: James Groh A new study shows that women who take birth control pills are less likely to develop the most aggressive types of ovarian cancer. “Among those who used the birth control pills, there were 46 percent lower odds of being diagnosed with ovarian cancer that resulted in death within 12 months of the diagnosis,” Jennifer Mongiovi, a PhD student at the University at Buffalo and...
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UVA developing ‘two-headed arrow’ to kill ovarian cancer
Innovative approach may also destroy breast, prostate and other solid cancers UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM A University of Virginia School of Medicine researcher is developing a two-fisted, antibody-based approach to destroy deadly ovarian cancer — an approach he believes could also be modified to kill breast, prostate and other solid tumors. IMAGE: THIS IS AN ARTISTIC INTERPRETATION OF THE ‘TWO–HEADED‘ ARROW UVA IS DEVELOPING TO DESTROY OVARIAN CANCER. The dual-pronged...
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Strong sensitivity to bitter tastes tied to higher cancer risk
New research suggests that a raised sensitivity to bitter tastes might be a good predictor of cancer risk in women. Researchers are investigating the mysterious link between sensitivity to bitter tastes and the risk of cancer in women. A recent study has started to investigate the link between sensitivity to better tastes and the risk of cancer. It...