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Cancer Kills 7,500 Daily in China: Study

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Chronic infections, smoking and pollution have contributed to skyrocketing cases of cancer in China, with an estimated 4.3 million new diagnoses last year and 2.8 million deaths, claim researchers. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in China, said the report published in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians and led by Wanqing Chen of the National Cancer Center in Beijing. The report described cancer as a major public health problem in China, where the population is about 1.37 billion. In the past, the burden of cancer has…

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A Diet Full of Fruits in Adolescence Can Fight Breast Cancer Risk

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Experts from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health have found that girls who eat more high-fibre foods during adolescence – especially lots of fruits and vegetables – may have significantly lower breast cancer risk than those who eat less dietary fibre when young, According to their research, for each additional 10 grams of fibre intake daily – for example, about one apple and two slices of whole wheat bread, or about half a cup each of cooked kidney beans and cooked cauliflower or squash – during early adulthood, breast…

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Five Things You Need to Know About Ovarian Cancer

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Of all the “women’s cancers,” ovarian is among the most diabolical. A new, congressionally mandated report by the Institute of Medicine spells out, sometimes in unnerving detail, the challenges confronting researchers in understanding the disease and patients in getting good care. About 21,000 women will be diagnosed with the illness this year, and 14,000 women will die from it. Partly because it sneaks up on women without announcing itself, the disease has a five-year survival rate of just under 46 percent, compared to nearly 90 percent for breast cancer, more…

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White Bread, Corn Flakes Intake Push Up Lung Cancer Risk

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Consuming foods and beverages with a high glycemic index, such as white bread or bagels, corn flakes and puffed rice, is linked with an increased risk of developing lung cancer, says a study. Glycemic index (GI) is a measure of the quality of dietary carbohydrates, defined by how quickly blood sugar levels are raised following a meal. The link between GI and lung cancer is particularly prominent in particular subgroups, such as never-smokers and those diagnosed with the squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) sub-type of lung cancer, showed the study published…

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