Cancer Risk From Barrett’s Esophagus Lower Than Thought – NYTimes.com
Cancer
DM Increases Cancer Risk
Diabetes Increases Risk of Cancer Death – NYTimes.com
“Researchers from the National Cancer Institute collected diet, lifestyle and health data from 500,000 people ages 50 to 71 and followed the patients for 11 years. They found that having diabetes was associated with an 11 percent increased risk of dying from cancer among women and a 17 percent increased risk of cancer death among men.”
Breast Implants and Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (ALCL)
FDA announced a possible association between saline and silicone gel-filled breast implants and anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL), a very rare type of cancer. Data reviewed by the FDA suggest that patients with breast implants may have a very small but significant risk of ALCL in the scar capsule adjacent to the implant.
Prostate Cancer Biomarker
The results, published in the Public Library of Science (PLoS) ONE journal, showed that MSMB is found at significantly lower levels in the urine of men diagnosed with prostate cancer than those without the disease. They also showed men with aggressive tumors were also likely to have lower levels of the protein in their urine.
GoLytely No More…(maybe)
Medical News: CT Colonography Boosts High-Risk Yield – in Oncology, Colon Cancer from MedPage Today
CT colonography identified almost 80% more high-risk lesions compared with optical screening by adding extracolonic findings, a review of more than 2,000 cases showed.
Chronic HBV and Lymphoma Risk
Medical News: Chronic HBV Raises Lymphoma Risk – in Infectious Disease, Hepatitis from MedPage Today
Among individuals who were positive for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), the adjusted hazard ratio for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma was 1.74 (95% CI 1.45 to 2.09, P<0.0001), compared with those who tested negative, according to Eric A. Engels, MD, of the National Cancer Institute in Rockville, Md., and colleagues.
Childhood Cancer = Excess Mortality 25 Years Post DX
Conclusion Among a cohort of British survivors of childhood cancer, excess mortality from second primary cancers and circulatory diseases continued to occur beyond 25 years from diagnosis.
Fish Oil = Reduced Risk of Breast Cancer
Women taking fish oil had a 32% reduced risk of breast cancer (95% confidence interval 8% to 50%) in a large cohort study led by Theodore M. Brasky, PhD, of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle.
PSA – Still a “Blunt Instrument”
Cancer Mortality Rates – Europe
Persistent Favorable Trends in Cancer Mortality Rates in Europe
Overall cancer mortality rates in the European Union decreased by 9% in men and 8% in women from 1990 to 1994 and from 2000 to 2004.
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