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Tuesday, 25 June 2002
LUNG CANCER DEATHS IN THE UK ARE SET TO TUMBLE
Lung cancer deaths in the UK will tumble in the next five years, as health campaigners begin to win the war against tobacco, a detailed Europe-wide study of smoking trends predicts today. The study, published in the British Journal of Cancer, calculates that mortality will drop by 20 per cent in men and eight per cent in women over the time period.
Tuesday, 25 June 2002
ASPIRIN MAY REDUCE THE RISK OF LUNG CANCER IN WOMEN
The humble aspirin - the benefits of which already extend to arthritis and heart disease - may also reduce the risk of lung cancer, according to research published in the British Journal of Cancer today. US researchers found that women who took the drug regularly had less than half the usual risk of developing non-small cell lung cancer - the most common form of the disease.
Tuesday, 11 June 2002
ENERGY BOOST FOR FATIGUED CANCER PATIENTS
Swallowing a specially designed energy drink each day could boost cancer patients left exhausted by chemotherapy, according to research published in the British Journal of Cancer today. Fatigue is one of the most common side effects of treatment for cancer, robbing patients of the energy to perform everyday tasks and severely impairing their quality of life. But Italian scientists have found that giving people a substance called levocarnitine - which is taken in a pineapple flavoured drink - seems to help them recover from the effects of treatment. In their study, 90 per cent of those who received the supplement recovered from their fatigue within a week.
Tuesday, 11 June 2002
BAD PRACTICE MAY HAVE COST LIVES IN CANCER BATTLE
Failure to follow routine procedures recording the spread of cancer may have cost lives, a Scottish survey reveals today. Surgeons operating on women with endometrial cancer failed to follow the recognised guidelines in assessing how far the disease had progressed in two thirds of Scottish cases studied according to a report published in the British Journal of Cancer.
Friday, 7 June 2002
RESEARCHERS EASE FEARS OVER RADON
Children living in homes with high levels of radon gas or gamma radiation are not at detectably increased risk of developing cancer, according to a major new study published in this week's British Journal of Cancer.
Tuesday, 14 May 2002
RESEARCHERS PUT CANCER INTO DEEP FREEZE
Researchers have developed a new - and icily effective - technique for attacking cancer cells, the British Journal of Cancer reports today. Inserting icy cold metallic probes into a tumour can freeze it to the brink of death, the study suggests, allowing doctors to finish off the diseased cells with a potent anti-cancer drug.
Tuesday, 30 April 2002
NURSERY ATTENDANCE MAY REDUCE THE RISK OF CHILDHOOD LEUKAEMIA
Toddlers that attend nursery may have a reduced risk of developing childhood leukaemia, according to a new study published in the British Journal of Cancer today. US researchers believe that children who are exposed to infection early and often may have a reduced chance of developing acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) because their immune system is stimulated to tackle infection at an early age.
Tuesday, 16 April 2002
NEW RESEARCH HELPS SCIENTISTS PINPOINT CANCER'S RETURN
Predicting whether cancer is likely to return after surgery could improve the survival of patients, according to a study by a leading Cancer Research UK scientist. Research published in the British Journal of Cancer today examines a cancer of the digestive system, occurring in the join between the oesophagus and the stomach, and should help doctors predict how the disease recurs.
Tuesday, 2 April 2002
CHILDHOOD BRAIN CANCER MAY BE CAUSED BY INFECTION
Cancer Research UK scientists have found the first tentative evidence that children's brain cancers could be caused by infection with bacteria or a virus. A new study, published in the British Journal of Cancer today, found that cases of the disease appeared in clusters for short periods of time, as though caused by outbreaks of infection.
