Research Updates: cancer

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  1. Issue 38

    CROCETTI and colleagues, U.O. di Epidemiologia, CSPO, Azienda Ospedaliera Careggi, Firenze, Italy evaluated the proportion and characteristics of complementary therapy (CT) users among female patients with breast cancer who were receiv1

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  2. Issue 38

    LIU and colleagues, Department of Immunology, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya Japan studied the anti-tumour effect and its mechanism of action of the herbal medicine sho-saiko-to upon a murine

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  3. Issue 38

    ZHENG and colleagues, Cancer Institute, Zhejian Medical University, Hangzhou, China write that various naturally occurring substances from vegetables and herbs exert chemopreventive properties against cancer. The authors revie1

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  4. Issue 38

    RUI, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China writes that a comprehensive search for cancer chemopreventive agents was established at their Institute since the late 1

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  5. Issue 37

    RISBERG and colleagues, Institute of Community Medicine, and Department of Oncology, University Hospital of Tromso, Norway. studied the pattern of use of alternative medicine, called nonproven therapy (NPT) used by cancer pati1

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  6. Issue 37

    LE-VU and colleagues, Departement de biostatistique et d'epidemiologie, Institut Gustave-Roussy, Villejuif, France compared different modes of rehabilitation following breast cancer surgery .

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  7. Issue 37

    KAPPAUF and colleagues, Medical Clinic 5/Oncology and Hematology, Nuremberg City Hospital, Germany describe a case of spontaneous remission (SR) of lung cancer of a 61-year-old man with extensive metatastic disease 5 months fo1

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  8. Issue 37

    DE STEFANI and colleagues, Registro Nacional de Cancer, Instituto Nacional de Oncologia, Montevideo, Uruguay studied the relationship between dietary sucrose intake and colorectal cancer .

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  9. Issue 37

    RISBERG and colleagues, Institute of Community Medicine, and Department of Oncology, University Hospital of Tromso, Norway. studied the pattern of use of alternative medicine, called nonproven therapy (NPT) used by cancer pati1

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  10. Issue 37

    LE-VU and colleagues, Departement de biostatistique et d'epidemiologie, Institut Gustave-Roussy, Villejuif, France compared different modes of rehabilitation following breast cancer surgery .

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  11. Issue 37

    KAPPAUF and colleagues, Medical Clinic 5/Oncology and Hematology, Nuremberg City Hospital, Germany describe a case of spontaneous remission (SR) of lung cancer of a 61-year-old man with extensive metatastic disease 5 months fo1

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  12. Issue 37

    DE STEFANI and colleagues, Registro Nacional de Cancer, Instituto Nacional de Oncologia, Montevideo, Uruguay studied the relationship between dietary sucrose intake and colorectal cancer .

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  13. Issue 36

    ARAKAWA, Fukushima Medical College, Japan studied the effectiveness of progressive muscle relaxation (PMR) to reduce nausea, vomiting and anxiety associated with chemotherapy.

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  14. Issue 36

    FINSTAD and colleagues, Institute for Nutrition Research, University of Oslo, and The Norwegian Radium Hospital write that polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) may reduce cell multiplication in normal and transformed white blood1

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  15. Issue 36

    GORINGE and colleagues, Department of Haematology, University Hospital of Wales, College of Medicine, Cardiff, UK write that hepatic (liver) veno-occlusive disease (VOD) of the liver is a common complication following administ1

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  16. Issue 35

    HARDELL and colleagues, Onkologiska Kliniken, Regionsjukhuset, Orebro, Sweden conducted a questionnaire study to determine the use and prevalence of alternative medicine treatment among cancer patients .

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  17. Issue 35

    GRAY and colleagues, Ontario Breast Cancer Information Exchange Project, Toronto-Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre, Canada conducted a survey questionnaire with purchasers of A Guide to Unconventional Cancer Therapies, produced by the Ontario 1

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  18. Issue 35

    CHAU and colleagues, Institute of Anatomy, School of Life Sciences, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan report that beta-lapachone, a new topoisomerase inhibitor (enzymes which regulate DNA supercoiling and which can introduce transient brea1

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  19. Issue 35

    ZHAO and colleagues, Division of Nutrition and Endocrinology, American Health Foundation, Valhalla, New York 10595 USA write that epidemiological and clinical research data suggest that tomato consumption may reduce the risk of cancer.1

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  20. Issue 34

    DE STEFANI and colleagues, Registro Nacional de Cancer, Montevideo, Uruguay conducted a case-control study between 1994-96 to investigate the relationship between the frequency of intake of different types of fat and breast cancer

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