Cancer Prevention

Vegetables for smokers

Zenfix — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:28:24 +0000

Cruciferous vegetable consumption and lung cancer risk: a systematic review. Cruciferous vegetables are rich in isothiocyanates and this review states that they can reduce the risk of lung cancer by 22%. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2009 Jan;18(1):184-95. Related Posts:Alcohol and breast cancer riskBroccoli and cancer riskRed meat and lung cancer riskFruit, vegetables, and colorectal cancer riskVegetables May Prevent [...]

Breast cancer and exercise

Zenfix — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 05:38:05 +0000

Breast cancer and the role of exercise in women. This review states that exercise reduces the risk of breast cancer. Methods Mol Biol. 2009;472:169-89. Related Posts:Exercise reduces cigarette cravingsExercise prevents cancerImpact of Nutrition and Exercise on Cancer SurvivalColorectal cancer preventionEnergy intake, physical activity and cancer

Exercise prevents cancer

Zenfix — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:57:56 +0000

Exercise in prevention and management of cancer. OPINION STATEMENT: Regular and vigorous physical exercise has been scientifically established as providing strong preventative medicine against cancer with the potential to reduce incidence by 40%. The effect is strongest for breast and colorectal cancer; however, evidence is accumulating for the protective influence on prostate cancer, although predominantly for [...]

Green tea and cancer

Zenfix — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 04:46:25 +0000

Green tea: nature’s defense against malignancies. The review is intended to highlight the chemistry of green tea, its antioxidant potential, its immunopotentiating properties and mode of action against various cancer cell lines that showed its potential as a chemopreventive agent against colon, skin, lung, prostate, and breast cancer. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr. 2009 May;49(5):463-73. Related Posts:Green tomatoes [...]

New Cancers in Cancer Survivors

Zenfix — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 04:37:30 +0000

Subsequent malignant neoplasms in cancer survivors. Although cancer survivors now comprise about 3.5% of the population, subsequent malignancies among this high-risk group account for about 16% (or 1 in 6) of all cancer incidence. Cancer J. 2008 Nov-Dec;14(6):429-34. Related Posts:Inactivity and Survivors of Childhood CancerDiet and cancer chemopreventionSoyExercise prevents cancerMediterranean diet and cancer

Garlic and cancer prevention

Zenfix — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:16:15 +0000

Garlic intake and cancer risk: an analysis using the Food and Drug Administration’s evidence-based review system for the scientific evaluation of health claims. A literature search found 19 human studies that were reviewed. Garlic in the diet did not reduce the risk of gastric, breast, lung, or endometrial cancer. There is very limited evidence for a reduced [...]