Archive for 'Fighting Cancer'

By Shane Starling
02-Jul-2009

Vegetarians will develop less blood, bladder and stomach cancer than meat eaters, according to new research published in the British Journal of Cancer.

The grouping of two studies featured more than 61,000 people over a timespan of 12 years and found they contracted less cancer, independent of factors such as smoking, alcohol use and obesity than those who consumed meat or fish or both.

Differences in stomach and bowel cancer rates were not as pronounced as may have been ...

Endocrine laboratory, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, and Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Ireland.

Smyth PP.
ppa.smyth@ucd.ie

A renewal of the search for a link between breast cancer and thyroid disease has once again demonstrated an increased prevalence of autoimmune thyroid disease in patients with breast cancer. This is the most recent of many studies showing an association between a variety of thyroid disorders and breast cancer. Such an association is not surprising as both diseases are ...

Delthia Ricks
Newsday
Sept. 28, 2005

Bolstering the diet with fruits, vegetables and legumes rich in plant-based estrogens tends to protect against lung cancer, according to a study to be released today.

Conducted by a team of cancer-prevention researchers at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, the analysis marks the largest study to date to examine dietary effects on the development of lung tumors. Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer-related deaths in men and women in the United States.

Plant-based ...

Med Hypotheses. 1981 May;7(5):601-13.
Teas J.

A review of the biological properties of seaweed is presented and the role of seaweed as a breast cancer anticarcinogen is suggested. Proposed mechanisms of action are: reduction of plasma cholesterol, binding of biliary steroids, inhibition of carcinogenic fecal flora, binding of pollutants, stimulation of the immune system, and the protective effects of beta-sitosterols. In an experiment using sarcoma-180 in mice, seaweed extract appeared to have an antitumor effect. Thus it is suggested that breast ...