:: November 2009

Welcome to our Monthly Online Newsletter!

View all Treatment articles in our Treatment Report . The most recent articles are listed on top (not in alphabetical order). Click on the Topic on our home page and then the subtopic - Treatment Report. Stay updated on drugs and their side effects, and various other treatments, including exercise, nutrition, and supplements.

Meat intake, meat mutagens and risk of lung cancer in Uruguayan men. (Cancer Causes Control. 2009) “CONCLUSIONS: This study suggests that red and processed meat and meat mutagens may play a role in the etiology of lung cancer.”

ESMO Minimum Clinical Recommendations for prophylaxis of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (NV) (2005)

ESMO Minimum Clinical Recommendations for the management of cancer pain (2005)

NGC - Adult preventive health care: cancer screening. (2004)

NGC - Genetic cancer risk assessment and counseling: recommendations of the National Society of Genetic Counselors. (2004)

NGC - Pain management guidelines. (2005)

NGC - Preventing cancer, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes. A common agenda for the American Cancer Society, the American Diabetes Association, and the American Heart Association. (2004)

NGC - Routine vitamin supplementation to prevent cancer and cardiovascular disease: recommendations and rationale. (2003)

NGC - Symptom management in cancer: pain, depression and fatigue. (2002)

NICE - Children and young people with cancer (2005)

Featured sites

Cancer Research UK

National Cancer Institute

NCI - General Cancer Prevention Information (includes specific cancers)

American Cancer Society

American Institute for Cancer Research - Nutrition Hotline Online

Cancer

Cancer and the Environment

CancerBACUP

Cancer Care Ontario

Cancer Information Sources

Cancer Maps / Charts

Cancer Statistics

CDC - United States Cancer Statistics

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

ESMO - Useful Links (Oncology)

National Cancer Institute

NCI - Chemotherapy Side Effects Fact Sheets

The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Complementary/Integrative Medicine

Antioxidants and Oxidative Stress

Environmental Health

Antioxidants and Oxidative Stress

Antioxidants May Not Help Fight Cancer "Studies examining large populations have also found a link between a diet rich in antioxidant-loaded fruits and vegetables and lower rates of cancer and heart disease. Ä Some researchers believe that antioxidants might work only when they are in food, or that people who eat vitamin-rich food are healthier simply because they take better care of themselves. Ä[however] Ä '"The conclusions are consistent with other reviews that, in general, there's not convincing evidence that the use of antioxidant supplements, at least for short periods of time, provides any health benefit with respect to cancer," said Eric Jacobs, senior epidemiologist at the American Cancer Society.' "

Environmental Health

The epidemiology of pesticide exposure and cancer: A review. (Rev Environ Health. 2005) "Agricultural and industrial workers are high-risk groups for developing cancer following pesticide exposure. Children of farm workers can be exposed to pesticides through their parents. Maternal exposure to pesticides can pose a health risk to the fetus and the newborn. The organophosphates are most the commonly used compounds, but the organochlorines are still permitted for limited use in developing countries. Pesticide exposure, independently or in synergism with modifiable risk factors, is associated with several types of cancer."