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Colorectal cancer prevention and risk factors
turn increases the risk of cancer. Furthermore, evidence shows that vegetables, fruits and other foods containing dietary fibre (such...
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Cancer prevention
without becoming underweight. Convincing evidence shows that weight gain and obesity increases the risk of a number of cancers,...
Vitamin D helps improve survival from bowel and skin cancer
out the optimum level of vitamin D. There's some evidence from other health studies that high levels of vitamin D are also harmful – so w...
No link between coffee, fizzy drinks and bowel cancer, says large US study
Research UK, said: “This study adds to the evidence that coffee is unlikely to have an effect on cancer risk, although the story...
Cancer deaths fall, but prevention still lags behind
the co-editors. "But we will always need sound evidence before prevention strategies can be implemented," he added. Professor...
IARC coordinates new EU guidelines on colorectal cancer screening and diagnosis
on the eve of the World Cancer Day. Scientific evidence shows that screening can help significantly to detect colorectal cancer early... 9 other countries across the globe reviewed the evidence and agreed recommendations and standards for quality assurance and best...
Exercise cuts risk of polyps that can develop into colon cancer
credit: depositphotos.com Good evidence exists for a causal, inverse association between physical activity and the...
Bowel cancer and diet: links with meat and fibre confirmed
risk of the disease and concluded that the evidence that foods containing fibre protect against bowel cancer has become... Perspective [2]. A systematic review of the evidence was carried out by WCRF/AICR-funded scientists at Imperial College London, who...
Aspirin 'should be recommended' to cut bowel cancer risk in people with inherited syndrome
cancer. "This adds to the growing body of evidence showing the importance of aspirin, and aspirin-like drugs, in the fight...
Colonoscopy prevents deaths from colon cancer
Europe will in ten to 15 years provide further evidence for this potentially powerful cancer prevention approach,” adds Dr. Winawer, w...
Physical activity linked to reduced mortality in breast and colon cancer patients
cancer mortality, but there is insufficient evidence on the association for other cancer types, according to a study published in...
Bowel cancer patients diagnosed through screening more likely to survive
in the British Journal of Cancer, also adds to evidence that the test used in bowel screening – which looks for blood in stool...
World’s largest cancer and lifestyle database revealed
of the world’s largest catalogues of scientific evidence relating to cancer and lifestyle factors that influence the disease will be... and the largest central resource for scientific evidence on diet, physical activity, body weight and cancer – its findings are shaping o...
Colorectal cancer gene database helpful in furthering research
published guidelines for assessing cumulative evidence on genetic association studies, and performed meta-analyses on all the data,...
Increased use of colonoscopy screening could explain decrease in colorectal cancer rates
screening method, there has been conflicting evidence as to its effectiveness compared with sigmoidoscopy, a method that examines...
The Lancet publishes largest ever study on global burden of disease
in global health knowledge and our capacity for evidence-based action. It will once again set the terms of health policy, planning, and...
Study finds no evidence to link work stress to cancer risk
finds no evidence to link work stress to cancer... 12-year follow-up. But the researchers found no evidence of a link between people's stress levels and overall cancer risk. They also...
New study strengthens processed meat dangers
from EPIC adds to the body of scientific evidence highlighting the health risks of eating processed meat. Our research,...
Obesity, physical inactivity linked with risk for certain molecular subtype of colorectal cancer
cancer. “Our results provide additional evidence for a causal role of obesity and a physically inactive lifestyle in a specific...
Colorectal cancer screening works; ‘irrefutable’ evidence that fall in death rates is attributable to screening programmes
cancer screening works; ‘irrefutable’ evidence that fall in death rates is attributable to screening... and prostate screening programmes, where the evidence of effectiveness is much less clear-cut, should be reallocated to the early... large bowel over the last ten years. “The evidence could not be clearer,” Prof Autier stated, “and it is therefore...
Launch of new European Code Against Cancer
Cancer Based on the best available scientific evidence, the new Code provides 12 ways to adopt healthier lifestyles and boost cancer...
Most types of cancer not due to “bad luck”, says IARC
with the extensive body of epidemiological evidence as well as a number of methodological limitations and biases in the analysis...
A healthy lifestyle before diagnosis may improve bowel cancer survival
and this initial finding is not sufficient evidence to show a protective effect of breast feeding on bowel cancer. But the s...
Processed and red meats are linked to cancer, says IARC
to humans” (Group 2A), based on limited evidence that the consumption of red meat causes cancer in humans and strong...
New review concludes evidence for alcohol causing cancer is strong
review concludes evidence for alcohol causing cancer is... Jennie Connor’s new review of epidemiological evidence supports a causal association between alcohol consumption and cancers at seven... variables. A causal association means there is evidence that alcohol consumption directly causes cancer. Professor Connor’s review is p...
Excess weight linked to 8 more cancer types
group of cancer researchers found sufficient evidence linking excess weight to higher risks of cancers of the colon, oesophagus,...
World Cancer Day: highlighting physical activity in the global fight against cancer
from prevention, a growing body of evidence [2] shows that physical activity significantly helps cancer patients, not only...
Preventing colorectal cancer: New report updates dietary and activity recommendations
cancer types plus breast cancer survivors. This evidence is analysed and interpreted by a panel of international experts and published...
Focus screening efforts to ‘save thousands of lives’ from digestive cancers, say experts
cancer are expensive and ineffective, with evidence from the United States showing that only about 7% of people with oesophageal...
Women who take the pill protected from some cancers for up to thirty years
later stages of their life. We did not find any evidence of new cancer risks appearing later in life as women get...
Evidence mounts of link between severe gum disease and various cancers
Evidence mounts of link between severe gum disease and various... a long-term health study provides additional evidence for a link between increased risk of cancer in individuals with advanced gum...
The IARC perspective on colorectal cancer screening
the experts evaluated the strength of the evidence for the preventive effects, the adverse effects, and the ratio of benefits to... (FIT), CT colonography, virtual colonoscopy, evidence,...
European colorectal cancer rates in young adults increasing by 6% per year
at an early and curable stage.” Strong evidence supports that screening for CRC reduces incidence and mortality rates,...