http://cancer-centre.com Cancer Information : cancer survivors story and how to recover Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:25:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en British scientists discovered the key to spicy foods to kill cancer cells. Capsaicin, a component of chilli peppers, can kill cancer cells by attacking their mitochondria, the parts of cells that are responsible for generating energy. The research raises the possibility that other cancer drugs can be developed to target mitochondria. The study ... http://cancer-centre.com/hotspot-cancer.html Men who have had gonorrhea are twice as likely to develop bladder cancer, a study has found. The researchers analyzed medical records of 286 patients with bladder cancer. In this way confirmed a link between sexually transmitted infections and cancer. The School of Public Health at Harvard examined in detail the information ... http://cancer-centre.com/high-risk-gonorrhea-and-cancer.html A large-scale clinical trial to verify the effectiveness of a vaccine against the most common form of lung cancer has been launched. More than 1,300 patients worldwide will help test the drug Stimuvax, which in preliminary trials was shown to increase the chance of survival in many patients. The vaccine works by ... http://cancer-centre.com/cancer-vaccine-test.html A team of British scientists developed through genetic modified chickens that can lay eggs with proteins needed to make anticancer drugs. The breakthrough was announced by the same research center that created a little over ten years, the first mammal cloned from an adult cell, Dolly the sheep. The Roslin Institute, near ... http://cancer-centre.com/eggs-transgenic-cancer.html A team of U.S. scientists developed a Vitamin D pill to treat prostate cancer in advanced stage. It is known that vitamin D processed after exposure to sunlight improves the prognosis of certain forms of cancer. The drug company Novacea produced a pill which delivers a concentrated dose of the vitamin, which ... http://cancer-centre.com/vitamin-d-for-prostate-cancer.html U.S. scientists have developed a strategy that achieves cancerous tumors in mice shrink or self-destruct. The tumor in the mouse (left) shrugged (right) when the gene was reactivated. Treatment requires "reactivate" a gene that becomes defective and causes cancer tumor growth. In two separate studies published in the journal Nature, showed that reactivating ... http://cancer-centre.com/powerful-cancer-treatment.html People who spend much time behind the wheel are more at risk for skin cancer, suggests a study conducted in the United States. According to experts, this is due to constant exposure to sunlight that filters through the window of the car. And those who roll down the window are at ... http://cancer-centre.com/higher-risk-of-skin-cancer-at-the-wheel.html The growing number of cancer diagnoses will put enormous pressure on health systems in the world. The biggest murderer is lung cancer. That is the warning of a group of experts from the International Agency for Research on Cancer. The study, published in the Annals of Oncology, was conducted in Europe, and indicates ... http://cancer-centre.com/cancer-the-biggest-health-problem.html A group of U.S. scientists have developed a clinical trial with colors showing chemical changes in the breath of people suffering from lung cancer. Inks, arranged in a series of 36 points, detect lung cancer accurately in nearly three of every four people with the disease; experts said the scientific journal ... http://cancer-centre.com/test-detects-lung-cancer.html Women with high levels of blood sugar are at increased risk of cancer according to a study published in Europe. The research, conducted by a team from the University of Umea in Sweden, found links between high level of sugar in the blood of women and cancer of the pancreas, skin, ... http://cancer-centre.com/sugar-raises-blood-cancer-risk.html