The National Cancer Institute estimates that nearly 44,000 people will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2012, and that more than 37,000 people will die of the disease. Researchers continue to look for ways to prevent and treat this deadly disease, and eating more fiber may be one such way to reduce the risk of pancreatic cancer.
Time: Tuesday February 14, 11:00AM
Location: Woman to Woman Comprehensive Services
109 Moore Street
Brooklyn NY
Information: Carol DeLillo at 347-945-8066.
Please join Dr. Mary Fatehi, Director Gynecology & Oncology, SUNY Downstate at Long Island College Hospital, Yvonne Greenfield, RP AC, Woman to Woman Gynecology Services, and Dr. Christopher Gade, Interventional Cardiologist, New York- Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell Medical Center and Greenpoint Diagnostic Imaging for an informative workshop on signs, symptoms and risk prevention for Woman’s Cancer Prevention and Heart Disease. Greenpoint Diagnostic Imaging will provide uninsured residents access to free cancer screenings (cervical, clinical breast exams, mammograms and colonoscopies). Long Island College Hospital’s asthma educator will be on hand to provide information on prevention and will be offering free pulmonary function evaluations. Refreshments will be served.
Red Meat
Research has found that limiting the amount of red meat and avoiding processed meat reduces the risk of certain types of cancer.
What are red and processed meats?
In general, red meat is dark in color when raw. Examples include:
Beef
Lamb
Pork
Processed meats are meats that have been preserved by smoking, salting, curing or adding other preservatives. Examples include:
Processed Meat
What’s the link to cancer?
Red Meat:
According to AICR, eating more than 18 ounces of red meat per week increases the risk of colorectal cancer.
Researchers do not yet know exactly how red meat affects the development of colorectal cancer. Red meat contains compounds that have been shown to damage the lining of the gut and possibly promote cancer. Cooking red meat at high temperatures can also produce other cancer-causing compounds.
Processed Meat:
Research shows that any amount of processed meat is linked to increased risk of colorectal cancer.
There are many possible ways that processed meat may affect colorectal cancer. For example, compounds used as preservatives may change into cancer-causing compounds in the body.
New findings from a Dutch case-control study show getting a mammogram doesn’t keep you from developing breast cancer, but it can certainly save your life.
Women who attended at least three breast screenings prior to diagnosis cut their risk for death from breast cancer by nearly half (49 percent).
Source: American Association for Cancer Research
Researchers at the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida surveyed more than 1,100 African-American, White and Puerto Rican Hispanics and found that 41% of the men had never had a cancer screening while only 5% of women had never been screened.
This year 1.5 million Americans will be diagnosed with cancer. And the lifetime probability of an invasive cancer is 44 percent for men and 38 percent for women. Thanks to significant advances and as well as a greater emphasis on preventive measures and healthier lifestyles, cancer diagnoses and deaths are declining.
Source: Cancer Institute at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
According to previous studies, women with high levels of recreational activity had a 25 to 30 per cent reduction in their breast cancer risk when compared with inactive women.
Source: Southern Alberta Cancer Research Institute
According to the Canadian Cancer Society, about half of all cancers can be prevented by factors such as diet and exercise, avoiding tobacco, reducing long-term sun exposure and lessening alcohol consumption.
For more than 20 years, CDC’s National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program has provided free or low-cost mammograms and Pap tests to low-income women with little or no health insurance.
Qualifications for Program Services
To receive NBCCEDP screenings and other services, Federal guidelines require a woman to be underinsured or uninsured, and at or below 250 percent of the federal poverty level. They also must be between the ages of 40 and 64 for breast cancer screening, and 18 and 64 for cervical cancer screening services. An estimated 8 to 11 percent of women throughout the U.S. are eligible to receive services. To find out if you qualify for free or low-cost mammograms and Pap tests, contact your local program.
04 January 2012 TORONTO -
The Canadian Cancer Society is proud to announce its top 10 breakthroughs of 2011. This list of accomplishments showcases how researchers funded by the Society continue to lead the way in advances that will reduce the number of Canadians diagnosed with and dying from cancer, and improve the quality of life for people living with and beyond cancer. Due to progress in cancer research, over 60% of Canadians diagnosed with cancer will survive, compared with only 25%when the Society began funding research in the 1940s.
Story highlights include:
A landmark clinical trial of a new way to prevent breast cancer.
A Toronto protocol that gives 100% survival for families with a specific hereditary cancer.
The discovery of a human blood stem cell that could end the search for bone marrow.
A new imaging method that could detect lung cancer with more accuracy.
A clinical trial that has found that men with prostate cancer can take a drug ‘holiday’.
The development of tumor-killing nano particles.
The top 10 breakthroughs are available at http://files.newswire.ca/1012/top10breakthroughs.pdf
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