Treating the brain with a preventative course of radiation may help Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC) patients - whose tumors often spread to their brain—live longer, according to a new study from researchers in the Abramson Cancer Center and Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsyl...
“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” At The Truth About Cancer we talk a lot about what causes cancer, and the foods that fight cancer and lower your cancer risk. Now I’m going to talk to you about known, scientifically proven, cancer causing foods that actively increa...
Hepatitis B is a significant public health concern and a leading cause of liver cancer across the world. In Australia, hepatitis B is largely endemic in migrant communities, particularly amongst the Chinese and Vietnamese communities. Negative attitudes towards hepatitis B can be a major barrier to...
Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is now the most prevalent chronic liver disease in children in industrialized countries mainly due to the rise in obesity and overweight. Besides risk of progressive liver damage, MASLD also carries an increased risk of extra-hepatic mor...
What Is a Colorectal Cancer? Of the cancers that can impact both men and women, colorectal cancer is the second-greatest killer in the United States. What Is a Liver Cancer? Liver cancer develops in about 20,000 men and 8,000 women each year. Hepatitis B and C and heavy drinking increa...
What Is a Colorectal Cancer? Of the cancers that can impact both men and women, colorectal cancer is the second-greatest killer in the United States. What Is a Liver Cancer? Liver cancer develops in about 20,000 men and 8,000 women each year. Hepatitis B and C and heavy drinking increa...
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NaB has been investigated in case of several diseases, such as inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs), non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), and obesity. During the last several years, an increasing interest in the effect of NaB usage in the context of colorectal cancer has been observed....
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While some types of inflammation can promote cancer formation, allogeneic inflammation can also be therapeutically used to treat certain cancer types (Ritter and Greten, 2019), which could explain the protective effect of microchimerism on breast cancer documented by several studies (Kamper-Jørgensen...