CancerInfo Center
Strawberry Fields Forever
"Not only is it good for you, it taste good too!" This familiar statement now applies to strawberries and their potential to fight cancer.
Weighting Out Your Option
After a breast cancer diagnosis, survivors should increase their recovery chances by keeping their weight in check.
While most women do not gain a great deal of weight after a breast cancer diagnosis, the ones that do are increasing their risk for a reoccurence.
Breast Milk May Identify Breast Cancer Risks
On the horizon is a non-invasive study that could predict a woman's risk of developing breast cancer by examining cells naturally found in her breast milk.
The Good Guys Vs. The Bad Cancer Guys
It is known that the good guy, high-density lipoprotein (HDL), disposes of excess cholesterol in the liver.
New research shows no one knew just how good that guy is.
Diagnosing Smoke-Less Lung Cancer
While smokers are the largest group of people diagnosed with lung cancer, surpirsingly individuals who have never smoked tobacco make up one quarter of all victims.
No Need to Take a Drag?
Patients who get lung cancer as a result of years of cigarette smoking have often tried (and failed) to quit on multiple occasions.
Those who are able to suddenly and successfully quit after decades of smoking may be able to do so from a sinister cause.
Beans Beans the Magic Fruit
Isoflavones from soybeans have an amplifying effect on radiation treatment for lung cancer. In a recent study, radiologists made a concoction out of natural soybean isoflavones, a type of plant estrogen found mainly in soybeans, and injected the lung cancer cells with the concoction before applying radiation.
Closing in on the Leukemia Cure
The majority of patients with chronic myeloid leukemia recover using various cancer drug treatments. However, they are not cured, as a type of cancerous stem cell is resistant to the drugs.
Shock and Awe On Breast Cancer
To add strength to the war on breast cancer, invasive radiologists have developed an innovative technique that both stuns a breast tumor’s growth by blocking an enzyme needed to encourage cancer cells’ growth and injecting a powerful cancer drug directly into the tumor.
Think of it as a Shock (laser used to block the enzyme) and Awe (injecting drugs directly into the tumor) approach to delay the growth and spread of breast cancer.
Healing Powers of Thunder God Vine
A traditional Chinese medicinal plant called thunder god vine, or lei gong ten, has been used for centuries to treat a variety of health problems. Now, new research shows there is strong scientific evidence of the plant's healing power.