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Another Way to Reduce Your Risk of Developing Breast Cancer

drpolcino wrote 3 weeks ago: …..Some women at a high risk for breast cancer may reduce their chance of developing invasive … more →

Tags: Dr. Michael H. Polcino, breast cancer, cancer, Health 2, Menopause, Dr polcino, Cancer, Breast, tamoxifen

Can Proton Pump Inhibitors Prevent Esophageal Cancer?2 comments

Kristine Novak, PhD, Science Editor wrote 1 month ago: Proton-pump inhibitor (PPI) therapy reduces risk of esophageal cancer in patients with Barrett’s eso … more →

Tags: Practice, Therapy, Proton Pump Inhibitor, PPI, cancer prevent, Esophageal cancer, barrett's esophagus, Throat, neoplastic progression

View Bladder Cancer CME Webcast

dfreemanosu293 wrote 3 months ago: View Bladder Cancer CME Webcast. Bladder cancer is not rare. In fact, it is the 4th most common caus … more →

Tags: CME Webcasts, CME, webcast, Screening, surgical management, long-term follow-up, Risk Factors, Genetic, Bladder cancer

Can Certain Nutrients Really Help Prevent Breast Cancer? Here's what the science of epigenetics says:

plantcentric wrote 6 months ago:   EPIGENETICS for Breast Cancer Prevention by Alexander Johnson Every year, nearly 250,000 wome … more →

Tags: diet, Cancer, Breast cancer, breast cancer, Epigenetics, double mastectomies

The Affordable Care Act and Women1 comment

bcconnections wrote 9 months ago: The Affordable Care Act covers 22 preventative-related health services for women with no-cost sharin … more →

Tags: Resources, Screening & Diagnostics, Prevention, prevention, Screening, Affordable Care Act., genetic counseling, breast cancer risk

How Does Aspirin Prevent Cancer?1 comment

Kristine Novak, PhD, Science Editor wrote 11 months ago: Aspirin blocks proliferation of colorectal cancer cells and causes them to self destruct by inhibiti … more →

Tags: Basic Science, cancer risk, Signal Transduction, nsaid, cancer cell signaling, colon cancer prevention, translation, phosphorylation

A Pill to Prevent Skin Cancer?

srxa wrote 11 months ago: Summer, it seems, has finally arrived.  And with it comes long lazy days at the beach, the pool … more →

Tags: SRxA, Environmental, skin cancer, Cancer, Word on Health, Aspirin, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, Malignant Melanoma, case-control study

American Association for Cancer Research Hosts 10th International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research

AACR Communications Staff wrote 1 year ago: Tweet CONFERENCE TO HIGHLIGHT ADVANCES IN PREVENTING CANCER BEFORE IT STRIKES BOSTON, MASS., OCT. 22 … more →

Tags: Media Alerts, media materials, AACR, American Association for Cancer Research, Cancer, Weight Gain, pancreatic cancer, Boston, Bladder cancer

Cancer Chemoprevention and Diet

paulos2012 wrote 1 year ago: Much of the increasing burden from cancer is preventable.  Unlike with cardiovascular disease where … more →

Tags: cancer prevention, Cancer prevention, Cruciferous Vegetables, Sulforaphane

Women Who Drink and Smoke Less Likely to Stick to Chemoprevention

AACR Communications Staff wrote 1 year ago: Tweet •    Heavy alcohol users had a harder time adhering in the short term. … more →

Tags: Press Releases, media materials, AACR, American Association for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Cancer, breast cancer, NCI, cancer prevention research

Targeting PTEN May Prevent Skin Cancer

AACR Communications Staff wrote 1 year ago: Tweet   •    The tumor suppressor PTEN played key role in radiation damage repair. •    Skin ca … more →

Tags: Press Releases, media materials, AACR, Cancer Research, American Association for Cancer Research, Cancer, Prevention, PTEN, skin cancer

Lee W. Wattenberg, M.D., Receives the 2011 AACR Award for Lifetime Achievement in Cancer Prevention Research

AACR Communications Staff wrote 1 year ago:   Tweet   PHILADELPHIA — Lee W. Wattenberg, M.D., will receive the 2011 AACR Award for Lifetime Achi … more →

Tags: Press Releases, media materials, AACR, American Association for Cancer Research, cancer prevention research, lung cancer, cancer prevention, award, Wattenberg

Screening + chemoprevention in the diagnosis of clinically significant prostate cancer1 comment

Sitemaster wrote 2 years ago: Monique Roobol and her colleagues continue to mine data from the ERSPC and other major trials in a s … more →

Tags: Diagnosis, Risk, biopsy, Screening, Risk, Dutasteride, Combination

Vitamin D: How Supplements Affect Serum 25(OH)D Levels5 comments

Kari Kenefick wrote 2 years ago: Some sun on unprotected skin, can be a good thing.A few years ago a dietician friend sent me an inte … more →

Tags: Science Education, News, In the Scientific Literature, Wellness and Nutrition, Vitamin D, Serum 25(OH)D, serum levels of vitD, serum vitamin D, Toxicity

Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Prevent Colorectal Cancer (for Some)2 comments

Kristine Novak, PhD, Science Editor wrote 2 years ago: Aspirin and other anti-inflammatory drugs prevent colorectal cancer (CRC) in some people but not oth … more →

Tags: Practice, Prevention, Colon Cancer, inflammation

Estrogen May Help Precancerous Cells Spread in Oral Cavity

AACR Communication Staff wrote 2 years ago: Head and neck cancer accounts for 650,000 new cancer cases each year Data provide insight into novel … more →

Tags: Press Releases, Cancer Research, American Association for Cancer Research, head and neck cancer, Women, Young, Fox Chase

Statin Might Reduce Colorectal Cancer

wngai wrote 2 years ago: Currently, the strategies to look for colon cancer are to detect it early using colonoscopy and feca … more →

Tags: Cancer, Colon Cancer, statin, crestor, Rosuvastatin, colorectal cancer, Colonoscopy, fecal occult blood testing, Crohn’s disease

The effect of transdermal estradiol or conjugated estrogen fenretinide oral and against placebo hemostasis and cardiovascular risk biomarkers in Breast Cancer Chemoprevention randomized trial

triyonohadi wrote 2 years ago: … more →

Tags: Cancer, Randomized, trial, breast, Biomarkers, Effect, Transdermal, Estradiol, Conjugated

AACR Hosts Cancer Prevention Meeting in Philadelphia

AACR Communications Staff wrote 2 years ago: AACR Hosts Cancer Prevention Meeting in Philadelphia PREMIER INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE WILL HIGHLIGHT … more →

Tags: Media Alerts, AACR, American Association for Cancer Research, Cancer, Meeting, Prevention, Diet, Research, Frontiers in Cancer Prevention


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