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Excessive alcohol consumption has been linked to diseases such as breast and gastric cancer, however a new study opens up other possibilities and it relates to prostate cancer.

It is believed that alcohol accelerates the metabolism of cancer cells and this causes it to develop a more aggressive cancer, experts say.

The new study was conducted by doctors in Holland Center and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research recently published in the journal Cancer. It pointed out that excessive consumption of alcohol, especially beer, cause it to quickly develop a highly aggressive prostate cancer, whose chances of survival are less than 50%. (more…)

SRC protein attack has proved effective in slowing the process of metastasis in breast cancer and other tumor cells lodge in vital organs like the lungs or brain, and can spread the disease, said researcher Joan Massagué, Deputy Director of the Institute of Biomedical Research.

Massagué said the SRC protein is a key power in the deadly cancer cells for years can stay dormant in other parts of the body. (more…)

Protects a vegetarian diet to avoid getting cancer? It now has a team of researchers at the University of Oxford examined.

52 700 British women and men aged 20-89 years participated in the study and were followed up through the 90s. They were divided into four groups:

- Carnivores
- Fisketere
- Vegetarians
- Vegans

“Vegetarian” is a broad concept. Some vegetarians eat fish and birds, while others stay away from any kind of meat, also from the fish kingdom. (more…)

There are several types of treatment for use in breast cancer. The therapy is applied depends on many factors, which include the stage or stage where the tumor is, whether or not metastasis, the size of the cancer and how cancer cells are. With the classification made by doctors are set to tumor size, lymph node involvement and the degree of metastasis or spread to other organs, if any. The most used is the TNM system created by the American Joint Committee on Cancer. Each letter refers to a characteristic, which is defined by a number:

* T (size), followed by a number from 0 to 4 indicates the size of the tumor, the larger the cancer, the higher the number. (more…)

A mammogram is an x-ray of the breast which is placed between two plates, gently pressing to get a better picture.

It can detect when cancer is still very small, even two years before the patient, not even the most experienced doctor can feel a lump or hardening.

Almost 90% of women who were cancer detected early, when it still has not spread to other body parts, and given immediate treatment, survive. (more…)

Breast cancer is abnormal and disordered growth of cells in this tissue. The breast consists of a series of mammary glands that produce milk after birth, and which are called lobes and lobules.

The lobes are connected by pipes, ducts, which are the leading milk to the nipple during lactation, to feed the baby.
The glands (or lobes) and the ducts are embedded in adipose tissue and connective tissue, which, together with the lymphoid tissue, forming the breast.

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Benefits of green coffee extract.

Like green tea, extracts of green coffee bean (GCBE, by its initials in English) contains strong antioxidants in the polyphenol family. The primary polyphenol antioxidants in the extract of green coffee bean are in the family known as chlorogenic acids (CGA, by its initials in English).

The green coffe, prized in Asia, is one of the healthiest beverages you can drink. With representative for health effects due to its numerous proteins, minerals and vitamins.

Green coffee contains polyphenols, some antioxidants that help combat the degenerative processes of the human body. These antioxidants attack free radicals, molecules that damage cells and hinder their reproduction (though not all free radicals do). Free radicals accelerate the aging of the skin and contribute to the development of diseases such as Alzheimer’s, hypertension, hepatitis and even cancer. So it is so important to consume antioxidants that wage war against free radicals.

Benefits:
Green coffee are associated many health benefits:
“It helps you lose weight: the burning process accelerates the body’s energy (increases thermogenesis). Also, if you drink according to directions, making some of the fat is not incorporated.

-Reduces the risk of developing cancer: contains much polyphenol antioxidants, one of the -, which we know can prevent the emergence of cancer cells and act as inhibitors of the same. Several studies have shown that people who regularly drink this type of infusion have a lower risk of breast cancer, stomach, esophagus, colon and prostate.
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Adolescence is a period of psychological fragility. This is especially true for young cancer victims. The fact of the care with children or adults may hinder their recovery. For this reason, special care units have emerged in some hospitals. Reportage from the pediatric oncology department of the Institut Gustave Roussy (IGR) in Villejuif (Val de Marne).

Yellow Door Radio, large sofa, books and comics, video games, computer: Welcome to “squat”! Thus the young pediatric oncology department of the Institut Gustave Roussy (IGR) in Villejuif (Val de Marne), call their lounge. This piece, like the rest of the wing where it is located, is reserved.

“This is where those who wish can meet them and build relationships, both to break with their loneliness and to realize that they are not the only ones suffering from cancer,” Catherine explains Vergely, CEO of Isis Association, which supports parents and relatives of children treated at the IGR. Catherine Vergely is also president of the National Union of parents of children with cancer and leukemia.

A developing being
These young people “are not like other patients,” said Professor Marcel Rufo, Chief of Child Psychiatry of the University Hospital Sainte-Marguerite (Marseille). “The teenager is a teenager with cancer, a developing being, with his vulnerability, his questionings, his problem of self-image.” However, the announcement of cancer profoundly shaken his life project. (more…)