Cancer
Three simple health habits will protect against breast cancer
The prevention of breast cancer is in your hands. No matter if you have a history of this cancer in your family. If you follow three simple tips, you can prevent breast cancer from developing in your body. Read on and find out the results of an investigation.
If your mother, your grandmother, your aunt or your sister with breast cancer, your alarms should be on. There is a hereditary component that can make you more likely to develop it. But what if I told you only follow 3 simple habits you can give the battle to genetics?
That’s it! A new study by the University of Rochester in New York, found that there are three things that can help protect you from developing breast cancer even if you have family history of cancer, especially if you already went through menopause:
- Exercising regularly
- Maintaining a healthy weight
- Drink alcohol in moderation, or stop it. Read the rest of this entry »
Breast Cancer | Lifestyle factors to reduce the recurrence
As a breast cancer survivor, you can take steps to help reduce the risk of recurrence. These measures are to maintain a healthy weight, exercising regularly and restrict the amount of alcohol you consume. These changes in lifestyle not only decrease the possibility of recurrence of breast cancer, but also reduce the risk of you getting other diseases.
Among the most important steps is to maintain an ideal weight, especially in the years after menopause. The investigations suggest that the fat (or fat) is a source of estrogen. Many breast cancers are sensitive to hormones and may grow more rapidly in the presence of estrogen. Thus, having more fat tissue may increase the chance of developing breast cancer, especially among women who already have a history.
Maintaining a healthy weight or, if necessary, lose fat, and reduces the amount of estrogen decreases in the body, which in turn reduces the risk of estrogen-sensitive cancer. Research estimates that when someone has a healthy weight, the risk for breast cancer can be reduced by about 26 percent. While there are no specific dietary guidelines for breast cancer survivors, a well-balanced diet rich with fruits, grains and vegetables and low in fat and sugars, may help maintain a healthy weight. Read the rest of this entry »
Breast Cancer | Prevention
Also, remember that there are many habits you can adopt to prevent the occurrence of breast cancer, especially if you know your mother, your grandmother or some woman in your family have had.
The three main factors you should take to prevent breast cancer are:
Eat a healthy diet: the American Cancer Association recommends a diet low in fat. Moreover, not only helps you maintain your weight but also to prevent other diseases such as diabetes, high cholesterol and hypertension.
Try to maintain a healthy weight and exercise: obesity is a risk factor for breast cancer, especially when you gain weight after menopause. If you exercise regularly, it’s easier to have a healthy weight. Try to make at least 30 minutes daily. Read the rest of this entry »
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Breast cancer and how it affects Hispanic women
Is there any relationship between the rate of breast cancer mortality and ethnicity of the patient? Here we have a study that was presented at a conference, in which Hispanic women may be more likely to die from breast cancer compared with non-Hispanic white women. Discover more about this issue and how you can prevent breast cancer.
Breast cancer is not only more common among women around the world but also, including the most common cause of cancer death. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in the so-called developed and those in developing countries, reported about 690 thousand new cases per year.
In particular, it is estimated that in 2008, 1.38 million women were diagnosed with breast cancer, which is also the fifth leading cause of cancer death worldwide. At one year, about 458 thousand people die of breast cancer.
In the Americas region, it affects women and causes 320 000 deaths of the other 82 000, while in the United States these figures reach the 182 000 and 40 000 women, respectively. Read the rest of this entry »
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Golden Rules to Prevent Breast Cancer
Breast cancer is a disease that affects society. Currently doctors are working on new methods to treat it with less invasive and more effective, but there are many women daily responsibility for the disease does not appear.
So say many experts, who point out that following daily parameters reduces the chance of breast cancer or relapse into the disease if they already have had. A balanced diet with plenty of fruits and vegetables, plenty of exercise and alcohol in small quantities are essential to prevent the occurrence of this disease.
Dr. Antonio Gonzalez of the MD Anderson International Spain indicated that heavy drinking, for example, is particularly harmful to those women who suffered breast cancer recurrence because it would help. And do not forget the stress, as their constant appearance also paves the way for the development of breast cancer.
Savor Tomato for Prevention Cancer
Tomatoes Anyone would know, but them know you when tomatoes were a variety of forms. First tomato fruit, red, thick fleshed, with juicy seeds and easily obtained in traditional Indonesian markets once.
While smaller and usually orange-green and green when immature, known as tomato vegetable often used in cooking. In addition there are also small size of a marble called cherry tomatoes. This type of tomato is also used to make the sauce mixture in dish or salad.
Lower Cancer Risk
Tomatoes are not only delicious for cooking, but also nutritious for health. The study, published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute confirm that consumption of tomatoes in sufficient quantities can lower cancer risk, although not all types of cancer. From 72 studies conducted, 57 states have relevance tomato consumption with a reduced risk of cancer, according to Dr. Edward Giovannucci of Harvard Medical School. Read the rest of this entry »
Types of Food For Breast Health
There are several types of food that can enhance breast health, and these foods can prevent you avoid breast cancer.
1. Reduce fatty foods
High-fat diet increases the risk of breast cancer.
2. Boost Fiber Intake
Fiber content in foods such as beans, all types of wheat, fruits and vegetables affects the metabolism of estrogen in the body and decreases estrogen in the blood.
3. Many eat vegetables
Broccoli, green leafy vegetables like kale and spinach and turnip chinese good for breast health because they contain sulfur components.
4. Fish
Omega 3 oils contained in fish strengthens the immune system and prevented the effect of cancer-causing tumors.
5. Soya bean
Like tempeh, tofu, this dish contains estrogen, type of food is good for preventing the growth of breast cancer.
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The clues that reveal lung cancer
Chest pain, weight loss and shortness of breath, sometimes accompanied by coughing up blood, are often some of the clues that reveal lung cancer. This disease is usually abnormal growth of cells in the lung tissue infiltration may lead to other body tissues or metastasis.
Endogenous factors such as genetics and sex influence. They are more likely to get children or siblings of people with lung cancer. So, too, who had once may again be affected. Lung cells of women, meanwhile, are more sensitive to exposure to smoke snuff. They also have their role in the increase in cases of lung cancer and urban air pollution and diet. To date, almost no one hesitates to say that snuff, backed by clinical research and statistics, is more even than a causal risk factor.
In the United States, cases of lung cancer rub snuff motivated by 90 percent, a negligible number for. While the risk depends partly on how much you smoke per day and the time it takes to do so, there are no methods to determine who can circumvent the disease and who does not. Even those who quit long ago can get from one point to another. Read the rest of this entry »
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The fight against breast cancer
The fight against breast cancer, the second most common in the world after lung and first in women, continues to progress but with some setbacks, according to research presented last weekend at the most important congress on the evil that takes place in Chicago.
The most interesting progress was reported in advanced forms of breast cancer, against which the patients are not treated with another option when standard therapy is exhausted.
A derivative of a sea sponge can prolong the life of these patients.
This synthetic component, called Eribulin masylate, mimics what is found naturally in the sponge and prevents cell division.
This international clinical trial, called Embras, first compare the effects of Eribulin with classical treatments to combat a localized breast cancer, but who has suffered recurrent or metastatic carcinoma.
Clinical Trial
The 762 participants in the trial had undergone four chemotherapies.
“These results are promising because until now there was no treatment for the sick type of advanced breast cancer or those in which they had already failed the known therapies,” said Dr. Christopher Twelves, lead author and professor of clinical pharmacology cancer at the University of Leeds in Britain.
Twelves presented this work on Sunday, during the 46th annual conference Estadunidensede Clinical Cancer Society, meeting in Chicago. Read the rest of this entry »
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The various aspects related to ovarian cancer
In any type of cancer early diagnosis is critical to the success of treatment.
It will depend on the results obtained, especially in cases of malignant tumors. Ovarian cancer, one of the worst prognosis, evolve in a certain way depending on the stage where it is detected.
Dr. Jose Angel Arranz, head of the unit of urological and gynecological tumors and section chief of oncology at Hospital Gregorio Marañón in Madrid, we expose in detail the various aspects related to ovarian cancer. Risk factors for developing ovarian cancer different factors are known to influence the development of ovarian cancer.
The genetic factor may be key. Some genetic disorders can cause mutation and make us more willing to suffer this type of tumor. It is therefore very important to know the family history and make a very close medical supervision. Anyway, this risk only occurs in 10% of cases. Elsewhere, the occurrence of ovarian cancer is accidental and has no factor directly related, although the use of contraceptives ovarian or obesity can exert a minimal influence. Can we prevent ovarian cancer? The truth is that there is a specific way to prevent ovarian cancer. Thus it is necessary to sensitize the female population from age 40, or the onset of menopause, undergo vaginal controls the periodicity recommended by the gynecologist. This is the way to detect abnormal cells and reach the most time possible to treat the tumor. Read the rest of this entry »
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