Cancer

US National Cancer Institute report finds that diets high in red meat and processed meats may increase prostate cancer risk.

The American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) publishes sobering statistics on the number of cancers that are linked to excess body fat.

Large-scale study shows that a person’s risk of cancer may be significantly lower when cholesterol levels are kept low.

Rush University Medical Center (USA) embarks on a research study to ascertain how microbial imbalances may impact diseases such as breast cancer.

Irish researchers find that curcumin, an extract found in the curry
spice turmeric, promotes death of cancer cells.

American Cancer Society identifies hazardous toxic pollutants and urges new thinking on cancer prevention.

US National Cancer Institute researchers find that regular moderate-to-vigorous exercise in the ten-year period preceding menopause may help reduce the risk of breast cancer later in life.

In that previous studies have suggested potential associations between exercise and prostate cancer risk reduction, Jodi A. Antonelli, from Duke University Medical Center (North Carolina, USA), and colleagues enrolled 190 men who underwent prostate needle biopsy and found that those who were moderately active (engaging in 9 or more hours of metabolically active exercise a week) were significantly less likely to be diagnosed with prostate cancer.

Quicker identification of patients with bowel and stomach cancers, as well as rapid, population-wide screening for these types of tumors.

Since the mid-20th century, the risk of dying from cancer has been on a steady decline.  Eric Kort, from the Van Andel Research Institute (Grand Rapids, Michigan USA), and colleagues used mortality data from 1955 to 2004 from the World Health Organization's Statistical Information System, tracking the burden of cancer death in individuals born as early as 1875.