Nuts May Lower Cancer Risk

Statins May Lower Lung Cancer Risk

Cancer chemoprevention with nuts.

It is well established that increased nut consumption is associated with a reduced risk of major chronic diseases, such as cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus. On the other hand, the association between nut consumption and cancer mortality is less clear. Recent studies have suggested that nut consumption is associated with reduced cancer mortality. This evidence reinforces the i...

Aromatase inhibitors may reduce endometrial cancer risk.

Use of aromatase inhibitors, which are known to reduce endogenous oestrogen levels, as adjuvant therapy had a lower risk of endometrial cancer, compared with that of patients who were treated with tamoxifen, results of a new study show. In this study, Rowan Chleblowski and colleagues (Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA) examined the rec...

Lower nicotine cigarettes may not lower harm.

In 2005, nearly 21% of American adults smoked cigarettes, and 81% of them smoked every day. For smokers unable or unwilling to quit, tobacco products that reduce the adverse health effects of smoking may be an attractive option. Potentially reduced exposure products (PREPs) were developed by the tobacco industry in response to smokers' health concerns. PREPs purportedly lower the tar and/or nic...

Transforming Growth Factor β Signaling Pathway Associated Gene Polymorphisms May Explain Lower Breast Cancer Risk in Western Indian Women

Transforming growth factor β1 (TGFB1) T29C and TGF β receptor type 1 (TGFBR1) 6A/9A polymorphisms have been implicated in the modulation of risk for breast cancer in Caucasian women. We analyzed these polymorphisms and combinations of their genotypes, in pre menopausal breast cancer patients (N = 182) and healthy women (N = 236) from western India as well as in breast cancer patients and health...