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Cancer Kills More Europeans Than Heart Disease: Study

August 18, 2016 SrijitaCancer, Disease, Europeans, Heart, Kills, More, Study, Than

With 17.3 million deaths globally, cancer has now overtaken heart diseases as the main cause of death in 12 European countries, revealed a study. The findings showed that in France, Belgium, Denmark, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain and Britain more men die of cancer than of diseases of heart and blood vessels (cardiovascular or CVD). This was also the case in Norway and Israel (which are not members of the EU). In Denmark and Israel more women die from cancer than heart diseases. France was the first country…

Algorithm developed to find precise cancer treatments

August 12, 2016 SrijitaAlgorithm, Cancer, developed, Find, precise:, to, treatments

Algorithm developed to find precise cancer treatments (Getty Images) To understand and treat Cancer better, University of Hawai’i Cancer Center researchers have developed a computational algorithm obtained from tumor samples. “A growing problem in cancer research is figuring out how to analyze the many kinds of big genomic data for different cancers. The overwhelming quantity and complexity of the data has created an analysis bottleneck that has slowed the translation of the knowledge within the data to the clinic,” said researcher Gordon Okimoto. “We have figured out a way to…

Air Pollution Tied to Shorter Survival With Lung Cancer

August 11, 2016 SrijitaAir, Cancer, Lung, Pollution, Shorter, Survival, tied, to, With

Exposure to air pollution has long been associated with an increased risk of lung cancer, and a new study suggests it might also be tied to a faster death from the disease. Researchers examined cancer registry data on more than 350,000 people diagnosed with lung cancer in California and found patients who lived in communities with higher than average levels of air pollution typically died sooner than their peers who lived in places with cleaner air. Patients with lung cancer may be a new subgroup of people susceptible to the…

One in Every Eight Men May Develop Cancer

August 11, 2016 SrijitaCancer, Develop, eight, Every, In, May, Men, One

It’s not an unknown fact that the world is battling cancer and in India an estimated number of people living with the disease are around 2.5 million. In India, it has been found that cancers of oral cavity and lungs in males and cervix and breast cancer in females account for over 50% of all cancer deaths. One of the major causes of cancer are gene mutations that occur after birth. Besides this, there are other lifestyle factors that may cause changes (mutations) to the DNA of our body cells leading…

Obesity on a Rise Among Cancer Survivors

August 11, 2016 Srijitaa, Among, Cancer, Obesity, On, Rise, Survivors

According to a study, obesity is more prevalent in patients who are diagnosed with cancer, particularly among survivors of colorectal and breast cancers. The study, published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology suggested that obesity is a growing public health burden for cancer survivors, which requires targeted interventions, including weight management efforts. The results of the research were based on data from a nationally representative sample of 5,38,969 non-institutionalised adults aged 18 to 85 years with or without a history of cancer. Among 32,447 cancer survivors, the most common diagnoses were…

Air pollution reduces life span of lung cancer patients

August 8, 2016 SrijitaAir, Cancer, Life, Lung, of, Patients:, Pollution, reduces, span

Air pollution reduces life span of lung cancer patients (Getty Images) A population-based study has suggested air pollution is deadly for the patients with lung cancer, as it shortens their survival span. The finding shows that the trends were most noticeable for early stage disease, particularly adenocarcinoma, the most common type of non-small cell lung cancer, which accounts for 80 percent of lung cancer cases. Air pollution has been linked to a higher incidence of lung cancer and death, but little is known about its potential impact on an individual’s…