Saturday, November 5th, 2011
It has long been known that cancer cells use nutrients differently than normal cells. In recent years, the rapidly reemerging field of cancer metabolism has shed new light on the ways that cancers use glucose to grow and thrive, demonstrating that manipulation of an enzyme called PKM2 is important to ...
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Friday, November 4th, 2011
Researchers have linked nearly fifty thousand cases of breast cancer per year and over forty thousand cases of colon cancer to a simple lack of activity. Just by getting away from our desks and TVs and getting off our butt we can do a large part towards avoiding cancer scientists ...
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Thursday, October 27th, 2011
British experts on plant biology, nutrition and health have developed a super brocolli called Beneforté that contains higher levels of glucoraphanin, a natural nutrient that has been linked to lower rates of heart disease and some cancers and also boosts the body's supply of antioxidant enzymes. ...
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Wednesday, October 26th, 2011
After controversies regarding which are the best surgical excision margins for skin melanomas thicker than 2 mm, a study published Online First by The Lancet indicates that a 2 cm excision margin is safe and sufficient, as results in similar levels of recurrence and death compare with that of 4 ...
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Sunday, October 23rd, 2011
Eventually, colon cancers bleed and so tests for blood in stool seem an inexpensive and noninvasive alternative to traditional colonoscopies. In fact, a recent article in the journal Cancer Prevention Research showed that fecal immunochemical testing (FIT) is an accurate predictor of colorectal cancer and can provide a low-cost screening ...
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