Some recent scientific research has produced findings that smoking can cause the risk of advanced kidney cancer.
Researchers from Duke University Medical Center reviewed all the data from 845 patients with kidney cancer between 2000 and 2009.
The results showed that those who smoke or even those who previously smoked, is between 1.5 and 1.6 more likely to get fatal cancer. (more…)
Most people certainly knows that smoking can cause various diseases. Some of them are heart attacks, impotence and lung cancer. Although it can cause lung cancer, a new study suggests that menthol cigarettes smokers appeared to have lower risk of lung cancer than non-menthol smokers. (more…)
Lung cancer is one of the most deadly cancer because it is difficult to cure. Scientists around the world keeps on doing researches to improve treatment of the cancer. Now a simple new technique could help improve diagnosis and treatment options for patients with lung cancer.
This technique involves the calculation of the number of tumor cells in blood samples taken before and after patients underwent chemotherapy. (more…)
Lung cancer takes time to produce chronic and severe symptoms. Therefore, it is important that one knows the different early symptoms of lung cancer in order to recognize the disease early and prompt treatment can be given. All of these signs and symptoms which appear on the early stages of cancer should be noticed in no time so that treatment can be given at once. Once these signs and symptoms are experienced, it is best to consult with a medical specialist or your physician. (more…)
Vitamin B has been more famous for its benefits to maintaining brain health. But the latest study showed that vitamin B also lowers the risk of lung cancer, even in smokers.
A research on 400,000 people showed, enough vitamin B6 and methionine amino acids level in the body will reduce the risk of lung cancer by half. Nevertheless, the experts emphasized that quitting smoking is far more effective to prevent lung cancer. (more…)
