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Reviewing Ways To Balance The Benefits Of Oxaliplatin With Its Side Effects When Treating Colon Cancer

February 7, 2012
The drug oxaliplatin is a major reason the prognosis for metastatic colon cancer has gone from an expected survival of several months to a couple years. Unfortunately, the drug can also carry with it debilitating neurological side effects, which generally start as the sensation of pins and needles in fingers ...

The Risk Of Colon Cancer Could Be Reduced By Regular Use Of Vitamin And Mineral Supplements

February 6, 2012
Could the use of vitamin and mineral supplements in a regular diet help to reduce the risk of colon cancer and protect against carcinogens? A study published in the Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology (CJPP) found that rats given regular multivitamin and mineral supplements showed a significantly lower risk ...

Mineral and multivitamin supplements can lower risk of colon cancer

February 4, 2012
Could the use of vitamin and mineral supplements in a regular diet help to reduce the risk of colon cancer and protect against carcinogens? A study published in the Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology (CJPP) found that rats given regular multivitamin and mineral supplements showed a significantly lower risk ...

Regular use of vitamin and mineral supplements could reduce the risk of colon cancer: study

February 3, 2012
Could the use of vitamin and mineral supplements in a regular diet help to reduce the risk of colon cancer and protect against carcinogens? A study published in the Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology (CJPP) found that rats given regular multivitamin and mineral supplements showed a significantly lower risk ...

Regular use of vitamin and mineral supplements could reduce the risk of colon cancer

February 3, 2012
(Canadian Science Publishing (NRC Research Press)) Could the use of vitamin and mineral supplements in a regular diet help to reduce the risk of colon cancer and protect against carcinogens? A study published in the Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology found that rats given regular multivitamin and mineral supplements ...

Balancing oxaliplatin dose with neurological side effects in metastatic colon cancer

February 2, 2012
The drug oxaliplatin is a major reason the prognosis for metastatic colon cancer has gone from an expected survival of several months to a couple years. Unfortunately, the drug can also carry with it debilitating neurological side effects, which generally start as the sensation of pins and needles in fingers ...

Balancing oxaliplatin dose with neurological side effects in metastatic colon cancer

February 2, 2012
The drug oxaliplatin is a major reason the prognosis for metastatic colon cancer has gone from an expected survival of several months to a couple years. Unfortunately, the drug can also carry with it debilitating neurological side effects, which generally start as the sensation of pins and needles in fingers ...

Balancing oxaliplatin dose with neurological side effects in metastatic colon cancer

February 2, 2012
(University of Colorado Denver) "Stop-and-go" dosing along with calcium and magnesium supplements reduce neurological side effects of oxaliplatin use with metastatic colon cancer patients.

Alcohol Consumption And Risk Of Colon Cancer In People With A Family History Of Such Cancer

February 1, 2012
A study based on more than 87,000 women and 47,000 men in the Nurses' Health Study and the Health Professionals Follow-up Study, looks at whether there is a link between colon cancer and alcohol, and if so at what level of consumption, and the importance of a family history of ...

Alcohol consumption and risk of colon cancer in people with a family history of such cancer

January 30, 2012
A study based on more than 87,000 women and 47,000 men in the Nurses' Health Study and the Health Professionals Follow-up Study, looks at whether there is a link between colon cancer and alcohol, and if so at what level of consumption, and the importance of a family history of ...

Alcohol consumption and risk of colon cancer in people with a family history of such cancer

January 30, 2012
(Boston University Medical Center) A study based on more than 87,000 women and 47,000 men in the Nurses' Health Study and the Health Professionals Follow-up Study, looks at whether there is a link between colon cancer and alcohol, and if so at what level of consumption, and the importance of ...

Cocoa Could Prevent Intestinal Pathologies Such As Colon Cancer

January 26, 2012
A new study on living animals has shown for the first time that eating cocoa (the raw material in chocolate) can help to prevent intestinal complaints linked to oxidative stress, including colon carcinogenesis onset caused by chemical substances. The growing interest amongst the scientific community to identify those foods capable ...