Category: Oncology

Fish oil prevents weight loss and muscle wasting in chemotherapy patients

March 2, 2011 by srrpenna

Supplementation with fish oil might help prevent muscle wasting and weight loss in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.

In a small study of 40 patients newly diagnosed with nonsmall-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), those who received fish oil supplements maintained weight, muscle mass, and muscle quality.

Stress could be a trigger for some cancers, new research suggests

January 14, 2010 by srrpenna

The findings, published in Nature, seemed to show for the first time that the conditions for developing the disease can be affected by your emotional environment including every day work and family stress.

Professor Tian Xu, a geneticist at Yale University who led the study, said: "A lot of different conditions can trigger stress signaling - physical stress, emotional stress, infections, inflammation – all these things.

U.S. Cancer Rates Continue Their Decline: Report

December 7, 2009 by srrpenna

Fewer people are getting cancer and death rates continue to fall, according to the latest report on cancer in the United States, released on Monday.

New diagnoses for all types of cancer fell by almost 1 percent per year on average from 1999 to 2006 and deaths fell 1.6 percent per year from 2001 to 2006, the National Cancer Institute, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, American Cancer Society and the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries reported.

Smokers who enjoy cigarette first thing more likely to get lung cancer

December 6, 2009 by srrpenna

SMOKERS who light up first thing in the morning have a much greater chance of suffering lung cancer than those who wait till later in the day.

Scientists have found increased levels of harmful nicotine in the lungs of smokers who have their first cigarette minutes after waking.

The researchers said the amount of cotinine - a byproduct of nicotine - among people who smoke first thing in the morning was higher regardless of the number of cigarettes smoked.