Benefits and Risks of Mammography

Women who were a mammogram are less likely to die of breast cancer, but also more chances of being found and treated a cancer that threatens their health, according to a new review of six trials involving ofWomen half a million means that for every 2,000 women who underwent mammography in a live 10 years longer with diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer, but 10 will receive unnecessary treatment, the doctors explained Peter C. Gotzsche and M. Nielsen, Nordic Cochrane Centre in Copenhagen.

"It is unclear whether the control studies help more than harm For women who were recommended such controls, they should report the risks and benefits," he wrote.

Non-invasive Alternative for Diagnosing Colon Cancer

Treated in its early stages, injuries over the years can turn into colon cancer can be cured in 100% of cases. Even so, it is estimated that in Argentina each year are diagnosed 10,000 cases of this disease that kills 5700 Argentina during the same period.

Over 60% of cases, people are diagnosed with colon cancer when they are already in advanced stages of disease and the chances of cure are lower. The discomfort is conventional colonoscopy is one of the factors that alienates patients from early diagnosis. "Many people do not do the routine check, which should be done once every 10 years, after serving 50 years of age, or age 40 if family history, for fear of conventional colonoscopy, which require anesthesia and sedation ", La Nacion said Dr. Patricia Carrascosa, professor seconded from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) and head of the Department of Diagnostic Computed Tomography Maipú.

Vitamins such as anticancer shield

Unlike carbohydrates, fats and proteins, vitamins are not an energy source, but also serve as chemical models for enzymes related to metabolic function, cell production, tissue repair and other vital processes.

Vitamin C, and precursor of vitamin A as beta-carotene, are antioxidants, and hence are considered as protectors of the oxidation of cells, and thus of degenerative diseases such as cancer.

Protein HLJ1 slowing the progression lung cancer

An investigation identified a protein that may curb lung cancer. HLJ1 protein is involved in slowing the progression of lung cancer, the researchers said.
Scientists at the National Taiwan University (China) have concluded that a protein called HLJ1 could function as tumor suppressor in non-small cell lung cancer.

The study, published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute was based on increasing or blocking HLJ1 expression in lung carcinoma cells, and gene expression observed in tumors and adjacent tissue cells in 71 patients with cancer NSCLC.

Stanford bans gifts from drug companies, including pens

Medical Center Stanford University banned their doctors accept gifts (including children) from representatives of pharmaceutical companies, under a new policy that seeks to limit industry influence on patient care and medical education.

The new rules, to be announced today, are part of a growing trend among academic medical centers. Yale and the University of Pennsylvania, for example, have announced similar policies.