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Oncology

Lymphoma

Overview Lymphomas are a group of malignancies of lymphoid tissue. They are classified as either non–Hodgkin’s or Hodgkin’s lymphoma. While lymphomas generally affect lymph nodes or lymphoid tissue, such as the spleen, they can also affect extranodal tissue, such as the lung, liver, or...
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What Does Research Indicate About Animal Protein and "Reproductive" Cancers?

Answer to a Reader's Question: "In ecologic data, correlations exist between per capita meat...consumption and prostate cancer mortality rate [1 study cited]. In case control and prospective studies, the major contributors of animal protein, meat, dairy products and eggs have frequently...
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Oncology, Oncology

Genetic Seeds of Disease: How to Beat the Odds

How often these days do you read that genes cause cancer? Probably nothing in biomedical science deserves more attention. In my view, it even needs attention in nutrition newsletters. Why? Because there's a peculiar line of reasoning going around that goes something like this: If genes are...
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Oncology

Endometrial Cancer

Overview and Risk Factors Cancer of the endometrium, the mucous membrane lining the uterus, makes up about 90% of uterine cancers. With approximately 40,000 cases annually, it is the most common gynecologic cancer in the United States. Epithelial and muscle cells of the uterus have potential for...
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Letter to the Editor: Journal of the American Medical Association

Re: Holmes DH, Hunter DJ, Colditz GA, et al. Association of dietary intake of fat and fatty acids with risk of breast cancer. JAMA 1999; 281:914-920.

Holmes et al1, using data from the Nurses' Health Study, report no significant association between breast cancer risk and type of dietary...
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Oncology

Diet during Cancer Treatment

There are no current evidence-based recommendations for diet therapy during cancer treatment, due in part to the heterogeneous nature of this disease. Because of the frequency of loss of appetite and severe weight loss (cachexia) in many cancer patients, clinical efforts often focus on increasing...
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Oncology

Pancreatic Cancer

Overview and Risk Factors Pancreatic cancer is the fourth most common cancer and the fifth most common cause of cancer–related mortality. Little is known about etiologic agents, but tobacco use is probably the most important modifiable risk factor. More than 90% of pancreatic cancers are...
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Oncology, Oncology

Stomach Cancer in China

While all cancer rates are generally very low in China, stomach cancer leaps out as a glaring exception. Figured at a population base of 100,000, the incidence in the U.S. is just 6.5, contrasted with a 90.9 incidence for China. What's going on here?

Three main factors appear to be...
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by T. Colin Campbell, PhD

For almost 50 years, I have designed and directed large research projects in the areas of nutrition and health.  As a result of this experience, I have come to realize that most nutrition and health information is very misleading. It is no coincidence that we now have a health care crisis which is very expensive and which compromises the quality of life for millions of Americans and others living on a Western-style diet. . . READ FULL STATEMENT >>

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