• Boys With Undescended Testicles at Higher Risk for Testicular Cancer Study

    Updated: 2012-11-29 23:31:01
    : Health News Boys With Undescended Testicles at Higher Risk for Testicular Cancer : Study Print E-mail THURSDAY , Nov . 29 HealthDay News Boys whose testes have not descended at birth have an increased risk of developing testicular cancer later in life , a new study . says The findings raise the question of whether these boys should be regularly monitored to lower their potential risk for testicular cancer , the researchers . said When testes fail to descend into the scrotum and remain in the abdomen , the condition is called cryptorchidism . It's the most common birth defect in boys and affects about 6 percent of newborn . males Researchers analyzed 12 studies published between 1980 and 2010 that examined the link between cryptorchidism and testicular cancer . Based on the collective

  • Aspirin May Reduce Risk of Liver Cancer Death From Liver Disease

    Updated: 2012-11-28 22:03:55
    , Health News Aspirin May Reduce Risk of Liver Cancer , Death From Liver Disease Print E-mail WEDNESDAY , Nov . 28 HealthDay News Aspirin use seems to be associated with a decreased risk of liver cancer and death from chronic liver disease , according to a large new . study This new study included more than 300,000 people aged 50 to 71, who reported their aspirin and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug NSAID use and were followed for 10 to 12 years . During that time , more than 400 participants died from chronic liver disease and 250 were diagnosed with liver . cancer Compared to people who didn't take NSAIDs , people who took aspirin were 45 percent less likely to die from chronic liver disease and 41 percent less likely to be diagnosed with liver cancer . People who took non-aspirin

  • Most Women Who Choose Double Mastectomy Don't Need To Study Shows

    Updated: 2012-11-28 14:02:54
    , Health News Most Women Who Choose Double Mastectomy Don't Need To , Study Shows Print E-mail TUESDAY , Nov . 27 HealthDay News Almost 70 percent of women with breast cancer who choose to have both breasts removed as a precaution actually have a low risk of developing cancer in the healthy breast , a new study . finds Worry about recurrence which is understandable typically drives the decision to have the opposite breast removed , said study author Dr . Sarah Hawley , an associate professor of internal medicine at the University of Michigan Health System in Ann Arbor . The procedure is called a contralateral prophylactic mastectomy CPM However , that worry can be out of proportion to actual risk , she said . Our point is that worry about recurrence probably should not drive choice for CPM

  • Recognition in the 2012 Science Blog Prize

    Updated: 2012-11-26 15:37:32
    We’ve had some great news – last night this blog was recognised in the Good Thinking Society’s first ever Science Blog Prize. Set up by authors Simon Singh and Ben Goldacre, the prize aims to reflect the enormous growth in … Continue reading →

  • News digest – tobacco industry ‘nonsense’, progress in ovarian cancer, emergency cancer care, and more

    Updated: 2012-11-24 09:00:05
    The tobacco industry’s claims that plain packaging of cigarettes will increase smuggling are “nonsense”, according to an expert report we commissioned (here’s our press release). We outlined the report’s key points in this blog post. Sticking with tobacco smuggling, an … Continue reading →

  • Plain packs – exploding the smuggling myth

    Updated: 2012-11-23 13:14:18
    A quarter of all cancer deaths are caused by smoking. Our research tells us that plain packaging will make cigarettes less attractive to young people and help cut the number who are drawn into this deadly addiction. It would mean … Continue reading →

  • ‘Chemical jobs’ – should women be worried?

    Updated: 2012-11-22 17:30:36
    There’s been quite a bit of media coverage this week suggesting that women in so-called ‘chemical jobs’ may face a higher risk of breast cancer, including this story by the BBC. The headlines were based on a new study published … Continue reading →

  • News digest: Little Stars, health inequalities, exercise and cancer, and more

    Updated: 2012-11-17 09:00:05
    There will be an estimated 33,000 long-term survivors of childhood cancer in the UK by the end of 2012, according to new figures we released this week (press release here). The report marks the launch of our annual Little Star awards, … Continue reading →

  • The shape of the new NHS – two key documents published yesterday

    Updated: 2012-11-14 18:37:41
    Since coming to power in May 2010, the UK’s coalition government has begun to roll out some far-reaching reforms of the way the NHS works across England. Without getting too caught up in their finer details, a key feature of … Continue reading →

  • Communication and support at the end of life is so important

    Updated: 2012-11-14 11:42:48
    It was heartening to see Helen Jamison’s article in The Independent yesterday. If you missed it, Helen wrote a moving article about her mother’s death, and the recent controversy over the Liverpool Care Pathway. This was great to see, because here … Continue reading →

  • NCRI conference session: physical activity, obesity and survivorship

    Updated: 2012-11-13 15:23:42
    As regular readers will know, we were at the annual National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) conference in Liverpool last week. We blogged daily updates from the conference (here’s day one, day two, day three and day four), but a couple … Continue reading →

  • NCRI conference session: global inequalities in cancer

    Updated: 2012-11-12 11:59:14
    Despite common (mis)conception that cancer is a ‘modern’ disease of Western society (which we’ve discussed here), well over half of the world’s cancer deaths happen in developing countries. But it’s true that many cases of cancer are linked to our lifestyles. … Continue reading →

  • News digest – important cancer conference, blind mole rats, pregnancy tests, and more

    Updated: 2012-11-10 09:00:32
    President Obama’s re-election notwithstanding, and from our perspective at least, the main media event this week was the National Cancer Research Institute’s annual conference. Cancer doctors and researchers from around the world met in Liverpool to discuss progress and challenges … Continue reading →

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