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Research Updates: cancer
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Issue 126
MASALA and others, Molecular and Nutritional Epidemiology Unit, CSPO, Scientific Institute of Tuscany, Florence, Italy, have explored the connections between diet and the risk of breast cancer.
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Issue 126
MONTI and YANG, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA, have reviewed (74 references) complementary medicine in chronic cancer care. Abstract: People coping with the long-term sequelae of 1
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Issue 126
PUD and co-workers, Department of Nursing, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Studies, University of Haifa, Haifa 31905, Israel, doritpud@research.haifa.ac.il, have surveyed the use of complementary and alternative m1
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Issue 125
RAVASCO and co-authors, Unit of Nutrition and Metabolism, Institute of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Avenida Prof. Egas Moniz 1649-028 Lisboa, Portugal, have correlated nutrition and colon cancer in a Portuguese population.
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Issue 125
ROOMI and others, Matthias Rath Research Institute, Cancer Division, 1260 Memorex Drive, Santa Clara, CA 95050, USA, have created a new formulation to inhibit the growth and invasiveness of some cancer cells.
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Issue 123
KING and co-authors, Cancer Prevention Program, Division of Public Health Sciences, Public Health Sciences Laboratories, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Avenue North, Suite M-5A864, Seattle WA 98109-1024, USA, ikin1
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Issue 123
MAHABIR and others, Cancer Prevention Studies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, 6116 Executive Boulevard, Suite 705, MSC 8314, Bethesda, MD 20892-7058, USA mahabirs@mail.nih.gov, have studied the c1
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Issue 123
MOONEY and co-authors, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA, have shown that antioxidant vitamin supplements reduce the damage that tobacco smoke does to the DNA of woma1
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Issue 123
TRUMBO, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration, College Park, MD 20740, USA, PaulaTrumbo@fda.gov, has reported on the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA)'s review of the evidence for selenium 1
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Issue 123
STEINSBEKK and LAUNSO, Department of Public Health and General Practice, NTNU, Norway, aslak.steinsbekk@ntnu.no, have studied the experiences of cancer patients with complementary and alternative therapists and conventional1
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Issue 120
XIA and co-workers, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA, have found that more n-3 and less n-6 fatty acids reduce the potential of lung cancer cells to invade other tissues.
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Issue 119
MACGREGOR and co-authors, Beatson Oncology Centre, Western Infirmary, Dumbarton Road, Glasgow G11 5NT, Scotland, UK, have tested soy supplements for the treatment of menopausal symptoms in women with early breast cancer.
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Issue 119
STALPERS and co-workers, Department of Radiotherapy, Academic Medical Centrum, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1105 AZ, The Netherlands, l.stalpers@amc.uva.nl, have conducted a trial of hypnotherapy in radiotherapy patients.
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Issue 118
CHONG and RASHID, Department of Surgery, Port Macquarie Base Hospital, New South Wales, have reviewed (69 references) the role of chemoprovention agents for the prevention of prostate cancer. Abstract: Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of 1
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Issue 118
FRENKEL and colleagues, Complementary and Alternative Medicine Education Project, Department of Family Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555-1123, USA, mafrenke@utmb.edu, have reviewed (32 references) c1
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Issue 118
KING and others, Cancer Prevention Program, Division of Public Health Sciences, Public Health Sciences Laboratories, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Avenue North, Suite M-5A864, Seattle WA 98109-1024, USA, iking@fh1
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Issue 117
GONZALEZ and colleagues, University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus, Graduate School of Public Health, Department Human Development, Nutrition Program, PO Box 365067, San Juan, PR, mgonzalez@rcm.upr.edu, have reviewed 1
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Issue 117
MONTI and YANG, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA, monti1@pol.net, have reviewed (74 references) complementary medicine in chronic cancer care. Abstract:
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Issue 117
SATIA and others, Department of Global Epidemiology, Amgen, Inc., One Amgen Center Drive, 24-1-C, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320, USA, jessie.satia@amgen.com, have studied the connections between diet, lifestyle, and genomic instabi1
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Issue 117
HARRISON and ABHYANKAR, Noble's Hospital, Isle of Man, UK, have reviewed (59 references) the mechanism of action of n-3 fatty acids in the prevention of myocardial infarction.