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... dietary intake of red meat or processed meat has no positive association with the occurrence of prostate cancer, according to a new meta-analysis of 26 studies ... the review, published in nutrition journal, looked at data from 15 large scale prospective studies on red meat and 11 studies investigating processed meats and cancer risk – finding that consumption of red or processed meats overall have no association with prostate cancer ... “the results of this meta-analysis are not supportive of an independent positive association between red or processed meat intake and prostate cancer,” stated the researchers, led by dr dominik alexander of exponent health sciences practice ... diet link prostate cancer is the second most common cancer among men, with only lung cancer accounting for more cancer diagnoses annually ... “as a result, diet has been the focus of numerous epidemiologic studies of prostate cancer, although findings have not been consistent,” stated the authors ... over the last decade, several large cohort studies of meat intake and prostate cancer have been published ... in a recent systematic review of dietary factors, it was suggested that high meat consumption may increase the risk of prostate cancer (journal of human nutrition and dietetics, doi: 10 ... x ); however the authors note that findings across the collective body of prospective cohort studies have not produced results to suggest a positive association in their 2007 report on diet and cancer, the world cancer research fund/american institute for cancer research concluded that there was “limited evidence from sparse and inconsistent studies suggesting that processed meat is a cause of prostate cancer,” however the current authors noted that the assessment was based on only four cohort studies

... a new study just published in the journal of the american medical association (jama) has found convincing evidence that is good news for lung cancer prevention ... it has found that the combination of vitamin b6, methionine and folate reduces the chances of lung cancer by a whopping two-thirds ... world wide, lung cancer kills more people than any other form of cancer ... according to the national cancer institute (nci), 222,250 americans will be diagnosed with lung cancer this year and 157,300 will die this year from lung cancer ... in the new study, phd paul brennan, of the international agency for research on cancer in lyon france, and colleagues investigated 385,747 research subjects from 10 european countries ... the researchers documented b vitamins and methionine levels based on serum samples from the european prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition (epic) cohort study conducted from 1992 to 2000 ... then they compared the levels of 899 individuals who had been diagnosed with cancer by 2006 with those of 1,770 control participants ... the results revealed a dramatically lower risk for lung cancer among participants with the highest blood levels of b6 and methionine ... the researchers also found a moderately lower risk for lung cancer in former and current smokers who had higher serum levels of folate and they stated in their jama article that "similar and consistent decreases in risk were observed in never, former, and current smokers" ... the scientists wrote, "our results suggest that above-median serum measures of both b6 and methionine, assessed on average five years prior to disease onset, are associated with a reduction of at least 50 percent on the risk of developing lung cancer ... an additional association for serum levels of folate was present, that when combined with b6 and methionine, was associated with a two-thirds lower risk of lung cancer ... "the researchers believe that the key to such dramatic lung cancer risk reduction may be found in previous research which linked b vitamin deficiencies to dna damage and subsequent gene mutations

... those colors indicate the highest content of lycopene, an antioxidant lauded for its ability to greatly minimize cancer risks ... these cancers now include prostate cancer, breast cancer, endometrial cancer, lung cancer and colorectal cancers

... higher blood levels of vitamin b6 may reduce the risk of lung cancer by about 50 per cent, says a new analysis of almost 400,000 people, including current and former smokers ... researchers also report that the amino acid methionine, which is found in most protein, may also reduce the risk of lung cancer ... “given their involvement in maintaining dna integrity and gene ex­pression, these nutrients have a potentially important role in inhibiting cancer devel­opment, and offer the possibility of modi­fying cancer risk through dietary changes,” wrote the authors in the journal of the american medical association ... furthermore, the new study indicated that folate may also be beneficial, and that high folate levels combined with methionine and b6 were associated with a 66 per cent reduction in lung cancer risk ... study details led by paul brennan from the international agency for research on cancer in lyon, france, the researchers used data from 385,747 people who donated blood while participating in the european prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition (epic) ... out of this, 899 people with lung cancer were identified and matched with 1,770 cancer-free people ... the researchers noted that increasing blood levels of vitamin b6 were associated with lower risks of lung cancer ... “our results suggest that above-median serum measures of both b6 and methionine, assessed on average 5 years prior to disease onset, are associated with a reduction of at least 50 percent on the risk of developing lung cancer,” wrote the researchers ... “an additional association for se­rum levels of folate was present, that when combined with b6 and methionine, was associated with a two-thirds lower risk of lung cancer,” they added ... more research needed correlation does not prove causation, however, and more research is needed to clarify the role of b vitamins and methionine in lung cancer, said the researchers

... men who drink coffee regularly may reduce their risk of the most dangerous form of prostate cancer, according to a study conducted by researchers from harvard medical school and presented at a houston conference of the american association for cancer research ... prostate cancer kills more than 27,000 men in the united states each year, making it the second deadliest cancer in men, surpassed only by lung cancer ... "few studies have looked prospectively at this association, and none have looked at coffee and specific prostate cancer outcomes," said lead researcher kathryn wilson ... "we specifically looked at different types of prostate cancer, such as advanced vs ... localized cancer or high-grade vs ... they found that the rate of advanced prostate cancer was 60 percent lower in those who drank six or more cups of coffee per day than in those who never consumed the beverage ... no relationship was seen between coffee consumption and the risk of developing prostate cancer, only the risk of developing cancer that eventually progressed into an advanced stage ... this might explain why prior studies have found no connection between coffee drinking and prostate cancer risk ... the researchers are unsure exactly how coffee affects cancer risk, although it may have something to do with levels of the sugar-regulating hormone insulin ... high insulin levels have previously been correlated with prostate cancer risk, and coffee has been shown to increase the body's use of the hormone

... chicago (ap) — use of high-tech imaging scans in older cancer patients has climbed substantially in recent years, a study found, raising concerns about costs and radiation exposure ... for example, lung cancer patients diagnosed in 2006 had on average almost six ct scans in the next two years, versus four scans for those diagnosed in 1999 ... they are increasingly being used for other illnesses besides cancer and to detect injuries ... whether they are being overused in cancer patients is uncertain ... while these sophisticated scans typically provide more detailed images than conventional x-rays, the study didn't look at whether their increasing use has improved cancer patients' survival ... eric hoffman, a spokesman for the access to medical imaging coalition, a group representing scan makers, argued that high-tech scanning has improved longevity in cancer patients ... he cited industry-sponsored research suggesting that the scans have contributed to a decline in the nation's cancer death rate ... the new study involved 1999-2006 medicare claims for about 100,000 newly diagnosed cancer patients aged 76 on average ... patients diagnosed with lung cancer or lymphoma in 2006 had the largest imaging costs, exceeding an average of $3,000 per patient within two years ... jane weeks, a health outcomes researcher at dana-farber cancer institute ... costs of using these tests in cancer patients has increased at a rate outpacing total cancer care costs in medicare patients ... radiation from imaging scans can cause cancer many years later, so any excessive amount is worrisome, although perhaps less so in older people because these secondary cancers take so long to develop, schulman said ... overall, the use of pet scans climbed most dramatically, a 6-fold to 14-fold increase depending on specific cancer type ... medicare began covering these exams for cancer patients during the study period; they involve injecting a radioactive material to detect location and activity of cancer cells

... a federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed last july against several hotdog makers by vegan advocacy group cancer project that claimed hotdogs should carry a cancer warning label ... the cancer project, an affiliate of the physicians committee for responsible medicine, said it was acting on behalf of three new jersey residents and filed a class-action consumer fraud lawsuit, arguing that hotdogs should carry the following label: “warning: consuming hot dogs and other processed meats increases the risk of cancer", after several studies linked the consumption of processed meat with higher cancer risk ... ”when the lawsuit was filed in july, president of the cancer project neal barnard said: "just as tobacco causes lung cancer, processed meats are linked to colon cancer ... " conflicting science studies that have linked processed meat with cancer risk have often focused on nitrates and nitrites which are used as preservatives ... however, the cancer project cited a report from the american institute for cancer research which claimed that a daily 50-gram serving of processed meat – about the amount in one hot dog – consumed daily increases the risk of colorectal cancer by an average of 21 percent ... the bottom line is that science has tied processed meat consumption to increased cancer risk

... the potential of fruit and vegetables to reduce the risk of cancer is only “very weak”, say the results of a study with half a million europeans ... related news efsa’s antioxidant rejections could be blessing in disguise berries antioxidants pass bioavailability test carotenoids may reduce breast cancer risk in women: study multivitamins may cut lung cancer risk in smokers data from the european prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition (epic) showed that for every 200 grams (about two servings) of total fruits and vegetables eaten per day, the incidence of cancer was reduced by 4 per cent

... many people believe that eating well, particularly eating more fruit and vegetables can reduce their risk of cancer, or even help to cure it ... a new study in the journal of the national cancer institute has looked at whether or not fruit and vegetables really are protective against cancers ... according to the cancer council australia, fruit and vegetables are high in nutrients that are potentially protective against cancer ... because obesity is a convincing risk factor for cancer of the colorectum, kidney, pancreas, oesophagus, endometrium and breast (in post-menopausal women), the cancer council advises that fruit and vegetables may also protect against cancer indirectly by helping to maintain a healthy body weight ... fruit and vegetables appear to protect against cancers of the digestive tract, such as cancer of the mouth, pharynx, larynx, oesophagus, stomach and colorectum ... fruit may also protect against lung cancer ... the recent study in the journal of the national cancer institute found that eating more fruit and vegetables had a similar association with reduced cancer risk, as eating more vegetables only ... increased intake of fruit only, showed a weaker association with reduced cancer risk ... results also suggested a stronger reduction in cancer risk in heavy drinkers who increased their fruit and/or vegetable intake, than in non-heavy drinkers, and was confined to cancers caused by smoking and alcohol

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