Prostate Cancer

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The new medical reports suggest that hormonal drugs can cool the symptoms of hot flashes along with prostate cancer therapy. There are hot flashes that can be brought to suppression through therapies for prostate cancer. These are hormonal treatments that can be brought through the effects of cyproterone acelate and medroxyprogesterone acetate.

Androgen suppression can be considered to be a great treatment through advanced prostrate treatment works. There has been a study concluded through 311 prostate cancer patients. This suppression theory has been conducted with effective modes and can work as seen through the reports show remarkable improvements in these scenarios.

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A new research has found that long term use of marijuana can increase the probability of an individual of developing the most aggressive Testicular cancer in his body. The intake of Marijuana can increase 70 percent risk of cancer.

The risk is basically to those individuals who are in a regular habit of using this Marijuana or to those who starts using this at early ages or in adolescence. Most of the individuals have this risk at the ages of 20s or 30s.

Some studies reveal that cancer is caused when Marijuana is correlated with the use of alcohol and habit of smoking. But till now it has been proved that Marijuana can independently cause cancer.

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Scientists claim that they have found an absent link in the way cells shield themselves against cancer.

The researchers discovered how these cells lever a gene that is known as p53 and works against blocking the development of tumors sometimes.

According to the researchers, their findings have some important implications for diagnosis and treatment of cancer.

The study has been published in the Journal Genes and Development February issue and it was conducted by the researchers from the University of Dundee.

It was nearly 30 years back when the p53 gene was first discovered and it plays an important role to keep body in good health as it orders the damaged cells to kill themselves or hampered their further division.

In almost half of cancers, the p53 gene either becomes inactive or gets damaged and this damage of p53 allows damaged cells to divide freely and develop cancer.

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A group of researchers at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Tennessee U.S stated on Tuesday said that a child’s response towards cancer treatment is affected by genetic variations. These small variations are more than 100.

The researchers aimed to find genetic variations in inheritance that affect the cell functions in children. 476,796 inherited variations known as SNPs; single-nucleotide polymorphisms were examined. The SNPs influence the cancer cell number that is left after the first administration of chemotherapy, also known as the ‘minimal residual disease’.

To undergo the research, samples from two groups of children who were recently detected cancer patients, were taken. Around 102 inherited genetic variations were found in the results.

Mary Relling of St. Jude, whose study appears in the Journal of the American Medical Association, said, “We took those 102 and we tested whether they were involved in other related characteristics,”. It was found that 21 of these were related to active and early response to the treatments, and 21 amongst the rest were linked with relapse.

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Hormonal therapy may reduce the risk of colorectal cancer especially in those women, who are not taking hormone anymore.

The results published in journal of Cancer Epidemiology have created more doubts to already existing risks and benefits of hormone replacement therapy (HRT).

Previous studies have proven higher risk of breast cancer and heart problems, but a reduced risk of colon cancer. Recent studies have said that the age of woman can effect HRT. Such kinds of drug are specially given to those women presenting menopause symptoms.

The most recent studies have also proven that,  the patients taking HTR therapy have lower  risk of colon cancer.

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Radiation therapy or radiotherapy now can be used, safely to treat prostrate cancer in men suffering from AIDS, without any long-term adverse effect on CD4+ cell count or in the severity of viral infection. A small study suggested.

While treating patient of prostrate cancer with radiotherapy, it’s out of question to put HIV-infected patients on different machine than their HIV-negative counterpart, lead researcher Dr. Anthony M. Berson, from St. Vincent’s Hospital in New York, and colleagues said.

The study was published in the November issue of Urology. In the study 14 HIV-infected patients with prostate cancer were included which have undergone the treatment with external beam radiotherapy or brachytherapy or both. PSA level, CD4+ cell count, and intensity of viral infection were evaluated at baseline and again at latest follow-up, which ranged from 8 to 73 months.

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Breast cancer is one of the biggest women killers not only in the US, but in other parts of the world. To avoid breast cancer women are often advised to examine their breasts regularly and immediately contact their physician if they find any change or some other problem. But you must keep one thing in mind that a self-exam can never prove an alternative of a physician’s check or a mammogram.

However, self-exam is a good practice and you need to know about how to do it. Usually some days after period, breasts are not swollen or tender and it is the best time for self-exam. If you notice any of these following signs, you must consult your doctor: Read the rest of this entry »

People who have fair skin or otherwise more susceptible to sunburn are at higher risk for skin cancer. There are some other common risk factors for skin cancer, as listed by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

1. To have a lot of moles or freckles on the skin.
2. To have gray, blue or green eyes.
3. To have red or blond hair
4. To suffer from severe sunburns early in life.
5. To have a family history of skin cancer
6. To go out in the sun frequently for long hours

So, if you have any of these common risk factors, you need proper care and guidance to avoid the disease.

US researchers say that women who suffer regular migraines may find some comfort to know that they have a considerable lower risk of developing breast cancer.

The researchers found a 30 percent lower risk for breast cancer in their study that included 3,412 women.

However, the researchers warned that more work was needed to confirm the link.

According an estimate, almost 30% women have to suffer at least one migraine in their lifetime.

Scientists have linked the condition (includes nausea and visual disturbance besides severe headaches) with fluctuating hormones levels.

Pregnancy and the use of the contraceptive pill that affect hormone levels can also cause noticeable changes in the frequency and severity of migraines.

The study is the first to look at whether these changes have an effect on the chances of developing breast cancer.

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NEW YORK – Scientists have isolated 26 genes that increase the risk of lung cancer, when mutated.

The study was the ever largest to screen genes for mutations for the most widespread form of lung cancer, called “adenocarcinoma”. The results were shocking, almost more than double the list of genes implicated in type of lung cancer. It’s a next step towards the development of new treatments that can be adapted to adenocarcinomic patients.

The conclusion, from scientists at a dozen institutions in the U.S. and Germany, appear in Thursday’s issue of the journal Nature. Lung cancer is the leading cancer, killing most of the people, in the U.S. and worldwide.

The researchers concentrated on tumors that formed in the lung and were surgically removed. But researchers also hope to study whether the same mutations appear in lung tumors that spread elsewhere.

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