News tagged with womb cancer
Womb cancer genome scan reveals prostate cancer link
The first genome scan for womb cancer has revealed a genetic region that is associated with a reduced risk of the disease. The same region, called HNF1B, has been linked previously to lower prostate cancer risk in men.
Apr 18, 2011 |
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Signs of womb cancer can be seen with early screening
In a paper published today in Lancet Oncology, scientists in the Gynaecological Cancer Research Centre at UCL have demonstrated that an ultrasound scan being used in screening trials for ovarian cancer can also pick up si ...
Dec 13, 2010 |
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Exercise could cut womb cancer risk by 30 percent
(AP) -- Women who regularly work up a sweat exercising have a 30 percent lower risk of developing endometrial cancer, a new study says.
Sep 29, 2010 |
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Test-tube kids and cancer? Method unlikely a cause
(AP) -- For the first time, a large study suggests a higher rate of childhood cancer among test-tube babies, but researchers say the reason probably has nothing to do with how the infants were conceived.
Jul 19, 2010 |
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Prenatal exposure to BPA and DES may increase breast cancer risk
Exposure in the womb to chemicals like Bisphenol-A (BPA) and Diethylstilbestrol (DES) can increase an offspring's risk of breast cancer, researchers at Yale School of Medicine report in a study published in current issue ...
May 28, 2010 |
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Pregnant women can receive breast cancer chemotherapy without endangering health of their babies
Barcelona, Spain: Women who discover they have breast cancer while they are pregnant can be treated with chemotherapy without endangering the health of their unborn baby, according to research to be presented at the seventh ...
Mar 25, 2010 |
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Obesity causes 100,000 US cancers every year: study
Obesity causes more than 100,000 incidents of cancer in the US every year, the American Institute for Cancer Research said in estimates published Friday.
Nov 06, 2009 |
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Genes behind increasingly common form of cancer identified
Researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have identified two genes believed to play a role in the development of endometrial cancer. These results may eventually lead to better diagnosis and treatment of this ...
Oct 13, 2009 |
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Researchers: Aspirin cuts colon cancer risk
(AP) -- People with a genetic susceptibility to colon cancer could cut their chances of developing the disease in half by taking a daily dose of aspirin, researchers said Monday.
Sep 21, 2009 |
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The Medical Minute: Cervical cancer awareness
(PhysOrg.com) -- Science has sought the “cause” of cancer for decades, and in the case of cervical cancer, the cause has been found. The cervix is the opening to the womb that is situated at the upper end of the vagina. Until ...
Sep 16, 2009 |
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