Research Summaries

smoking
smoking
09/03/2015
A recent study is the first to estimate the overall burden of smokeless tobacco disease around the world.
09/03/2015
Colorectal cancer
Colorectal cancer
08/28/2015
A new study finds a connection between long-term continuous use of low-dose aspirin and NSAIDs and a lower risk of colorectal cancer.
08/28/2015
Cancer
Cancer
08/18/2015
Overweight individuals at increased cancer risk could benefit from a regular dose of aspirin, according to a new study.
08/18/2015
Research Summary
Research Summary
07/15/2015
Kate Young
A pilot randomized trial found that digital health coaching led to numerical, though not statistically significant, improvements in self-efficacy among patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia....
07/15/2015
Oncology
Oncology
06/16/2015
Results of a new study estimate the proportion of deaths from 12 major cancers that can be attributed to cigarette smoking.
06/16/2015
Prostate cancer
Prostate cancer
06/04/2015
Recent research examined the effects of post-diagnostic diet on disease-specific and overall mortality in men with nonmetastatic prostate cancer.
06/04/2015
Ovarian cancer
Ovarian cancer
05/07/2015
Researchers have created a new screening technique that uses blood samples to identify ovarian cancer.
05/07/2015
pancreatic carcinoma
pancreatic carcinoma
04/16/2015
A team of physicians have developed a profile they say will allow clinicians to separate patients who are either at high risk or low risk of pancreatic cancer.
04/16/2015
Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy
04/07/2015
Consuming certain fish oils, as well as herring and mackerel, could increase the risk of chemotherapy-resistance in cancer patients, according to a recent study.
04/07/2015
Cancer
Cancer
04/06/2015
New research finds that men in better physical shape in middle age are at less risk for developing, and dying from, certain cancers.
04/06/2015