Issue 128 BOEKHOUT and co-authors, Netherlands Cancer Institute/Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands, have studied the treatment of cancer therapy-induced early menopause.
Abstract: Young women with breast cancer of... more STYCZYNSKI and WYSOCKI, Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Collegium Medicum of Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University of Torun, Bydgoszcz, Poland, have proposed that alternative medicines might enhance the viability of white blood cells w... more VICKERS and co-authors, Integrative Medicine Service and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA, have reviewed (15 references) trials of unconventional anticancer medicines.... more Issue 127 MILAZZO and c-workers, Department of Complementary Medicine, Peninsula Medical School, Universities of Exeter and Plymouth, Institute of Health and Social Care, 25 Victoria Park Road, Exeter EX2 4NT, United Kingdom, have reviewed (26 references) homeopathi... more Issue 126 MASALA and others, Molecular and Nutritional Epidemiology Unit, CSPO, Scientific Institute of Tuscany, Florence, Italy, have explored the connections between diet and the risk of breast cancer.... more MONTI and YANG, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA, have reviewed (74 references) complementary medicine in chronic cancer care.
Abstract: People coping with the long-term sequelae of a ca... more PUD and co-workers, Department of Nursing, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Studies, University of Haifa, Haifa 31905, Israel, doritpud@research.haifa.ac.il, have surveyed the use of complementary and alternative medicine amongst cancer patients in Isr... more REID and co-workers, Department of Epidemiology, Division of Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA, have studied selenium as a preventive agent of colon cancer.... more Issue 125 RAVASCO and co-authors, Unit of Nutrition and Metabolism, Institute of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Avenida Prof. Egas Moniz 1649-028 Lisboa, Portugal, have correlated nutrition and colon cancer in a Portuguese population.... more ROOMI and others, Matthias Rath Research Institute, Cancer Division, 1260 Memorex Drive, Santa Clara, CA 95050, USA, have created a new formulation to inhibit the growth and invasiveness of some cancer cells.... more Issue 123 KING and co-authors, Cancer Prevention Program, Division of Public Health Sciences, Public Health Sciences Laboratories, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Avenue North, Suite M-5A864, Seattle WA 98109-1024, USA, iking@fhcrc.org, have li... more MAHABIR and others, Cancer Prevention Studies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, 6116 Executive Boulevard, Suite 705, MSC 8314, Bethesda, MD 20892-7058, USA mahabirs@mail.nih.gov, have studied the connection between alcohol cons... more MOONEY and co-authors, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA, have shown that antioxidant vitamin supplements reduce the damage that tobacco smoke does to th... more STEINSBEKK and LAUNSO, Department of Public Health and General Practice, NTNU, Norway, aslak.steinsbekk@ntnu.no, have studied the experiences of cancer patients with complementary and alternative therapists and conventional physicians.... more TRUMBO, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration, College Park, MD 20740, USA, PaulaTrumbo@fda.gov, has reported on the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA)'s review of the evidence for selenium and vitamin E as cancer prev... more Issue 120 XIA and co-workers, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA, have found that more n-3 and less n-6 fatty acids reduce the potential of lung cancer cells to invade other tissues.... more Issue 119 MACGREGOR and co-authors, Beatson Oncology Centre, Western Infirmary, Dumbarton Road, Glasgow G11 5NT, Scotland, UK, have tested soy supplements for the treatment of menopausal symptoms in women with early breast cancer.... more STALPERS and co-workers, Department of Radiotherapy, Academic Medical Centrum, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1105 AZ, The Netherlands, l.stalpers@amc.uva.nl, have conducted a trial of hypnotherapy in radiotherapy patients.... more Issue 118 CHONG and RASHID, Department of Surgery, Port Macquarie Base Hospital, New South Wales, have reviewed (69 references) the role of chemoprovention agents for the prevention of prostate cancer.
Abstract: Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of canc... more FRENKEL and colleagues, Complementary and Alternative Medicine Education Project, Department of Family Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555-1123, USA, mafrenke@utmb.edu, have reviewed (32 references) communication with cancer p... more KING and others, Cancer Prevention Program, Division of Public Health Sciences, Public Health Sciences Laboratories, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Avenue North, Suite M-5A864, Seattle WA 98109-1024, USA, iking@fhcrc.org, have found... more Issue 117 GONZALEZ and colleagues, University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus, Graduate School of Public Health, Department Human Development, Nutrition Program, PO Box 365067, San Juan, PR, mgonzalez@rcm.upr.edu, have reviewed (173 references) vitamin C and... more HARRISON and ABHYANKAR, Noble's Hospital, Isle of Man, UK, have reviewed (59 references) the mechanism of action of n-3 fatty acids in the prevention of myocardial infarction.... more MONTI and YANG, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA, monti1@pol.net, have reviewed (74 references) complementary medicine in chronic cancer care.
Abstract: Although advances in cancer care... more SATIA and others, Department of Global Epidemiology, Amgen, Inc., One Amgen Center Drive, 24-1-C, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320, USA, jessie.satia@amgen.com, have studied the connections between diet, lifestyle, and genomic instability in a large cancer study.... more Issue 116 HANA and co-authors, Quality Improvement Unit, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel, have surveyed the use of complementary and alternative medicine for cancer in Northern Israel.... more HYODO and co-workers, Medical Oncology Division, National Shikoku Cancer Center, Horinouchi 13, Matsuyama, 790-0007 Ehime, Japan, ihyodo@shikoku-cc.go.jp, have surveyed the use of complementary and alternative medicine for cancer in Japan.... more LAFFERTY and colleagues, Department of Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA, billlaf@u.washington.edu, have surveyed the use of complementary and alternative medicine by cancer patients who have health insurance in Wash... more Issue 114 JIAN and colleagues, School of Public Health, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia, have investigated whether lycopene and other carotenoids afford protection against prostate cancer.... more KIM and KIM, St Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University, Seoul 137-701, Korea, have described the effects of a relaxation breathing exercise on fatigue in patients undergoing bone marrow transplantation.... more VAN WEERT and others, Department of Rehabilitation, University Hospital Groningen, The Netherlands, Evw@IKN.nl, have investigated physical functioning and quality of life after cancer rehabilitation.... more Issue 113 JAMISON and colleagues, Department of Urology, College of Medicine, Northeastern Ohio Universities, Summa Health System/NEOUCOM, Akron, OH 44304, USA, jmj@neoucom.edu, have treated a human bladder carcinoma cell line with vitamins C and K3.... more MOYAD, University of Michigan Medical Center-Dept. of Urology, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, has reviewed (33 references) regarding zinc for prostate disease and other conditions.
Abstract:/b Dietary and supplemental zinc has received much attention in numerous a... more POMMIER and co-workers, Department of Radiation Oncology, Centre Leon Berard, 28 rue Laennec, 69373 Lyon Cedex 08, France, have tested Calendula for the prevention of dermatitis during irradiation for breast cancer.... more THELEN and colleagues, Department of Urology, Institute of Human Genetics, Georg-August-University, Gottingen, Germany, have researched the inhibition of telomerase activity and secretion of prostate specific antigen by silibinin in prostate cancer cells.... more Issue 112 CUI and others, Department of Medicine, Center for Health Services Research and Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN37232-8300, USA, have investigated the use of complementary and alternative medicine by Chinese women with... more GOODMAN and co-workers, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Avene North, Building M, M1-B514, Seattle, WA 98109, USA, gary.goodman@swedish.org, have reported on the 6-year follow-up of the beta-carotene and retinol trial.... more LI and colleagues, Department of Hematology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China, have studied the prevention of stomach cancer by selenium and garlic.... more VICKERS and co-workers, Integrative Medicine Service and Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY10021, USA, vickers.a@mskcc.org, have studied acupuncture for post-chemotherapy fatigue.... more Issue 110 GENKINGER and co-workers, Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA, have studied the link between fruit, vegetables, and antioxidant consumption and death from cancer and... more KOLSTAD and co-workers, Department of Oncology, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, 0310, Oslo, Norway, arnkolst@online.no, have investigated the use of complementary and alternative medicine amongst oncology health professionals in Norway.... more ROSENBAUM, SPIEGEL and colleagues, Stanford Cancer Supportive Care Program, Stanford Hospital and Clinics, 1101 Welch Road, Bldg. A, Ste. 6, Stanford, CA 94305, USA, ernie@lmi.net, have evaluated a programme of supportive cancer care to improve the quality... more Issue 109 MARTARELLI and others, Department of Pharmacological Sciences and Experimental Medicine, University of Camerino, ViaMarcello Scalzino 3, Camerino (MC) 62032, Italy, daniele.martarelli@unicam.it, have found that St John's Wort extracts inhibit the growth of... more SINGH and AGARWAL, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Colorado Cancer Center, 4200 East Ninth Avenue, Denver, CO 80262, USA, have reviewed (118 references) the prevention of prostate cancer by silibinin.
Abstract: O... more WRIGHT and co-workers, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA, wrighmar@mail.nih.gov, have developed a comprehensive dietary antioxidant index and applied it to evaluate the lung cancer risk in... more Issue 108 ANDERSON and colleagues, School of Biological Sciences/C0900, University of Texas at Austin, 78712, USA, have observed a differential response of human ovarian cancer cells to induction of programmed cell death (apoptosis) by vitamin E succinate and the vi... more RAJENDRAN, Vinayaka Mission's Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital, Salem 636 308, India. rajendranes@eth.net, has written a case study on homeopathy as supportive therapy in cancer.
Abstract: Three cases are described:
1. A 64-year-old man with m... more Issue 107 FELLOWES and colleagues, Marie Curie Palliative Care Research and Development Unit, Marie Curie Cancer Care, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Royal Free and University College Medical School, Royal Free Campus, Rowland Hill Street, London... more FRAZIER and others, Division of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, USA. lindsay.frazier@channing.harvard.edu, have related adolescent diet to risk of breast cancer.... more HECKMAYR, Zentrum fur Pneumologie und Thoraxchirurgie Krankenhaus Grosshansdorf, m.heckmayr@gmx.net, has reviewed (68 references) studies on the chemoprevention of lung cancer.
Abstract: Despite improvements in the early detection of lung tumours, death... more Issue 106 CLERICI and co-workers, Clinic of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Perugia, Italy, clerici@unipg.it, have tested the treatment of liver cancer with all-trans-retinoic acid plus tamoxifen and vitamin E.... more DUDEK and colleagues, Department of Neurosurgery, Medical University of Bialystok have investigated the activity of antioxidant enzymes in human brain tumours.... more ROSSMAN, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, USA, mrmd555@aol.com, reports on an interactive Guided Imagery technique which accesses the strengths of patients during cancer treatment.... more ZEEGERS and co-workers, Department of Epidemiology, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands, mpa.zeegers@epid.unimaas.nl, have reviewed (102 references) the association between smoking, drinking, diet and bladder cancer.... more Issue 105 VAN WEERT and colleagues, Department of Rehabilitation, University Hospital Groningen, The Netherlands, Evw@IKN.nl, have studied physical functioning and quality of life after cancer rehabilitation.... more WALTON and SULLIVAN, Carroll College, USA, have studied the spirituality of men with prostate cancer.... more Issue 104 COHEN and others, Department of Behavioral Science, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA, lcohen@mdanderson.org, have explored the effects of Tibetan yoga on psychological adjustment and sleep quality of patients with l... more KARUNASINGHE and colleagues, Discipline of Nutrition, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, have studied DNA stability and serum selenium levels in men at high risk of prostate cancer.... more KORNITZER and co-workers, School of Public Health, Brussels Free University, Belgium, cververi@ulb.ac.be, have conducted a nested case-control study of selenium and cancer mortality.... more SENTHIL and others, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Annamalai University, Annamalainagar-608 002, Tamil Nadu, India, have found evidence of oxidative stress in the bloodstream of patients with ovarian cancer.... more SIEJA and TALERCZYK, Department of Pharmacology, Pomeranian Academy of Medicine, Szczecin, Poland, ldoroz@uoo.univ.szczecin.pl, have investigated the influence of selenium on women undergoing treatment for ovarian cancer.... more VICKERS and co-workers, Integrative Medicine Service, and Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA, vickersa@mskcc.org, report on a phase II study of acupuncture for post-chemotherapy fatigue.... more Issue 103 ADZERSEN and colleagues, Department of Gynecological Endocrinology and Reproductive Medicine, Women's Hospital, University of Heidelberg, Germany, karlheinrich_adzersen@med.uni-heldelberg.de, have carried out a case-control study on nutrition and the risk... more GUNAWARDENA and co-workers, Department of Internal Medicine and Pathology, ARUP Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108, USA, report that a combination of vitamins C and E inhibits the protein survivin, and thus the growth of human prosta... more LI and colleagues, Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA, haojie.li@channing.harvard.edu, have studied selenium levels in blood plasma and the risk of prostate cancer.... more NKONDJOCK and GHADIRIAN, Epidemiology Research Unit, Research Centre, Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal-Hotel-Dieu, Pavillon Masson, 3850 Saint Urbain Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H2W 1T7, have investigated the intake of specific carotenoi... more SENTHIL and others, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Annamalai University, Annamalainagar-608 002, Tamil Nadu, India, have found evidence of oxidative stress in the bloodstream of patients with ovarian cancer.... more WU and colleagues, Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150001, Heilongjiang Province, China, wukun@ems.edu.cn, have described the effects of vitamin E on human stomach cancer cells.... more Issue 102 BLOCK and MEAD, Block Center for Integrative Cancer Care, Evanston, Illinois 60201, USA, have reviewed (38 references) the historical background of vitamin C in alternative cancer treatment.
Abstract: Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) is the supplement most com... more DAS and KAPLAN, Joint Center for Radiation Therapy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA, have reviewed (11 references) the roles of the herbal medicine, PC-SPES, of selenium, and of vitamin E in prostate cancer.
Abstract: Many prostate cancer... more MEUILLET and colleagues, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Arizona Cancer Center, The University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, Arizona 85724, USA, mnelson@zacc.arizona.edu, have reviewed (111 references) the chemoprevention of prostat... more POMMIER and co-workers, Department of Radiation Oncology, Centre Leon Berard, 28 rue Laennec, 69373 Lyon Cedex, 08, France, have conducted a randomized controlled trial of Calendula officinalis in the prevention of skin inflammation during radiotherapy for... more THELEN and colleagues, Department of Urology, Institute of Human Genetics, Georg-August-University, Goettingen, Germany, have studied the inhibition of both telomerase activity and secretion of prostate specific antigen by silibinin (the pure form of the f... more WEI and co-workers, School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei City, Anhui 230027, People's Republic of China, have shown that the traditional Chinese medicine Astragalus reverses the predominance of Th2 cytokines and the... more Issue 101 BLOCK and MEAD, Institute for Integrative Cancer Care and Block Center for Integrative Cancer Care, Evanston, Illinois 60201, USA, research@blockmedical.com, have reviewed (243 references) the effects of echinacea, ginseng, and astragalus on the immune sys... more CALCABRINI and co-workers, Laboratorio di Ultrastrutture, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome, Italy, have found that the main component of tea tree oil inhibits the growth of human skin cancer (melanoma) cells.... more CARLSON and co-workers, Department of Psychosocial Resources, Tom Baker Cancer Centre, Alberta Cancer Board, 1331 29 Street NW, Calgary, Alta, Canada T2N 4N2, lcarlso@ucalgary.ca, describe mindfulness-based stress reduction in patients with breast and pros... more Issue 100 GHOSH, Department of Urology, Vattikuti Urology Institute, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI 48202, USA, jghosh1@fhs.org, has found that the induction of cell death by selenium in prostate cancer can be reversed by metabolites of the enzyme lipoxygenas... more PIEKUTOWSKI and others, Katedry I Kliniki Ginekologii Onkologicznej I Pielegniarstwa Ginekologicznego AM w Bydgoszczy, have described reactive oxygen species as an inducing factor of cancer of the female reproductive organs.... more SUZUKI and colleagues, Psycho-Oncology Division, National Cancer Center Research Institute East, 6-5-1 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8577, Japan, have investigated the connection between daily n-3 fatty acid intake and depression in patients with lung ca... more ZHANG and co-workers, School of Public Health, Cutrin University of Technology, Perth WA 6845, Australia, have described reproductive and dietary risk factors for ovarian cancer in China.... more Issue 99 RANCOUR and BRAUER, Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute, Columbus, OH, USA, rancour.l@osu.edu, have written a case study on the use of letter writing as a means of integrating an altered body image.... more ROCK and DEMICHELE, Division of Hematology Oncology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA, have reviewed (114 references) nutritional approaches to late toxicities of chemotherapy in breast cancer survivors.... more WHANGER, Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA, phil.whanger@orst.edu, has reviewed (174 references) and updated the relationship between Selenium and cancer.
Abstract: Selenium occurs in... more Issue 98 GAGO-DOMINGUEZ and co-workers, USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, 141 Eastlake Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90089-9181, USA, mgago@usc.edu, have found opposing effects of dietary n-3 and n-6... more KLEIN, Section of Urologic Oncology, Urologic Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Desk A100, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH44195, USA, has reviewed (42 references) clinical models for testing chemoprevention in prostate cancer, with special referenc... more OLSON and colleagues, Faculty of Nursing and International Institute for Qualitative Methodology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, report on a phase II trial of Reiki for the management of pain in advanced cancer.... more ZU and IP, Department of Cancer Chemoprevention, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York 14263, USA, have researched the synergistic effects of vitamin E and selenium in the prevention of prostate cancer.... more Issue 97 BOON and colleagues, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, have assessed the use of complementary and alternative medicine by men with prostate cancer.... more KWEKKEBOOM and co-workers, The University of Iowa College of Nursing, 314 Nursing Building, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA, kristine-kwekkeboom@uiowa.edu, report on a pilot study to predict success with guided imagery for cancer pain..... more MIYOSHI and others, Laboratory of Food and Biodynamics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan, have found that the ginger constituents, galanals A and B, are powerful cell death inducers in human T lymphoma c... more Issue 96 LI and colleagues, Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, PR China, zhli@njmu.edu.cn, have studied the effect of beta-carotene on gene expression in breast cancer cells.... more ROSCOE and co-workers, University of Rochester Cancer Center, Rochester, New York 14642, USA, have carried out a trial on the efficacy of acupressure and acustimulation wrist bands for the relief of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting.... more SHUKLA and colleagues, Department of Surgery, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, vshuklabhu@satyam.net.in, have studied micronutrients, antioxidants, and cancer of the gallbladder.... more TAYLOR and others, Cancer Prevention Studies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892-8314, USA, ptaylor@mail.nih.gov, have investigated the link between serum vitamin E levels and cancer of the oesophagus and stoma... more VON GRUENIGEN and co-workers, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, SUMMA Health System, 525 E. Market Street, Akron, OH 44309, USA, vivian.vongruenigen@uhhs.com, have tested the in vitro activity of vitamins C and K3 against ovarian cancer.... more WESTCOMBE and colleagues, Marie Curie Palliative Care Research and Development Unit, Department of Psychiatry Behavioural Sciences, Royal Free University College Medical School, Hampstead, London, UK, have learned the hard way how to set up a clinical tria... more Issue 95 CHEUNG and co-workers, Department of Surgery, Tseung Kwan O Hospital, Hong Kong, have studied the effect of progressive muscle relaxation on anxiety and quality of life in colorectal cancer patients after surgery.... more KRISHNAN and co-workers, James H. Quillen Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Johnson City, TN 37614, USA, krishnak@etsu.edu, have reviewed (145 references) cancer chemoprevention drug targets.
Abstract: Chemoprevention can be defined as the use of non-cyto... more LIOSSI and HATIRA, Department of Psychology, University of Wales, Swansea, UK, C.Liossi@swansea.ac.uk, have explored clinical hypnosis in the alleviation of pain from lumbar puncture in children with cancer.... more PAOLINI and colleagues, Department of Pharmacology, Biochemical Toxicology Unit, University of Bologna, Italy, ask the question whether beta-carotene prevents cancer or causes it.
Abstract: There is considerable evidence that a diet high in fruit and ve... more WEINZWEIG and others, Department of Plastic Surgery, Brown University School of Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence 02905, USA, scalpels@aol.com, have investigated the role of vitamin A supplements in the growth and metastasis of malignant melanoma... more Issue 94 GRAHAM et al., Cancer Care Centre, St George Hospital, Gray Stt, Kogarah, Australia, 2217, grahamp@nsw.gov.au, have conducted a trial of inhalation aromatherapy during radiotherapy.... more LAST and co-workers, Cancer Research UK Medical Oncology Unit, Department of Medical Oncology, St Bertholomew's Hospital, London EC1M 6BQ, UK, kim.last@cancer.org.uk, have found that serum selenium status on presentation predicts for overall survival, dose... more VIRTAMO and colleagues, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland, have investigated the incidence of cancer after vitamin E and pro-vitamin A supplementation.... more Issue 93 CAI and colleagues, Oncology Center, Nanfang Hospital, First Military Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China, have conducted a clinical trial of traditional Chinese medicine in patients with lung cancer undergoing radiotherapy.... more GOODSTINE and colleagues, Yale University School of Medicine and Yale Cancer Center, New Haven, CT, USA, have found a possible relationship between the ratio of n-3 and n-6 fatty acids in the diet and the risk of breast cancer in premenopausal women.... more LEACH and colleagues, Department of Cellular and Structural Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA, review (71 references) the chemoprevention of prostate cancer with a focus on key opportuniti... more PRADEEP and KUTTAN, Amala Cancer Research Centre, Thrissur-Kerala, India, report on the effect of beta-carotene on lung cancer metastasis in mice.... more WEIGER and co-workers, Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, wendy_weiger@hms.harvard.edu, analyze the problem of advising patients who seek complementary and alternative medical therapies for cancer.... more Issue 92 Department of Oncology, University of Leicester, Leicester LE2 7LX, UK, have reviewed (95 references) the chemoprevention of prostate cancer by antioxidant agents in the diet and hormonal manipulation.
Abstract: Prostate cancer is the most commonly diag... more MALIN et al., Department of Medicine and Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA, have studied the relationship between fruit and vegetable intake and the risk of breast cancer.... more SHAPIRO and co-workers, Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA, shaunashapiro@aol.com, have studied the efficacy of mindfulness-based stress reduction in the treatment of sleep disturbance in women with breast cancer.... more WILKINSON and CHODAK, Midwest Prostate and Urology Health Center, Weiss Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL 60640, USA, simonwilkinson@hotmail.com, have compiled a critical review (153 references) of complementary therapies for prostate cancer.
Abstract: Rel... more Issue 91 BEN-ELiYAHU, Biopsychologu Research Unit, Department of Psychology, Tel Aviv University, Israel, shamgar@post.tau.ac.il, has reviewed (100 references) the promotion of tumour metastases by surgery and stress, with a focus on the immunological basis and imp... more HARTMAN and colleagues, Nutrition Department, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA, tjh@psu.edu, have connected toenail selenium content and lung cancer in male smokers.... more ITO and colleagues, Department of Public Health, Fujita Health University School of Health Sciences, 1-98 Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake-cho, Toyoake, Aichi 470-1192, yoshiito@fujita-hu.ac.jp, have investigated serum carotenoids and mortality from lung cancer.... more LOPEZ-SAEZ and co-workers, Department of Medicien, University of Cadiz School of Medicine, c/Dr. Maranon 6, E-11002 Cadiz, Spain, juanbosco.lopez@uca.es, have studied selenium and breast cancer.... more Issue 90 DEVINE, School of Nursing, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USA, ecd@uwm.edu, has meta-analyzed the effect of psycho-educational interventions on cancer pain.... more FUJIKI and colleagues, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima Bunri University, Yamashiro-Cho, Tokushima 770-8514, Japan, hfujiki@ph.bunri-u.ac.jp, reported on new cancer preventive agents from traditional herbal medicine... more MOTOHASHI and co-workers, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, 2-522-1 Noshio, Kiyose-shi, Tokyo 204-8588, Japan, motohashi@my-pharm.ac.jp, have studied kiwi fruit extracts in the prevention and treatment of cancer.... more VOGT and co-workers, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892-7246, USA, review (53 references) serum selenium and the risk of prostate cancer in black and white Americans.... more WARTENBERG and colleagues, Department of Neurophysiology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, have shown that in cultured cells tumour-induced angiogenesis is inhibited by plant ingredients used in Traditional Chinese Medicine.... more YANG and colleagues, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Chung-Shan Medical College, Taiwan, Republic of China, have described a holistic outcome measurement for terminally ill cancer patients.... more ZHU and co-workers, Department of Gastroenterology, The Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Second Medical University, Shanghai 200011, China, report on the effect of folic acid on the development of stomach and other gastrointestinal cancers.... more Issue 89 BAGGA and colleagues, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA, have described polyunsaturated essential fatty acids in breast adipose tissue from women wi... more NI and colleagues, Department of Urology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14642, USA, have found that vitamin E succinate inhibits human prostate cancer cell growth by modulating cell cycle regulating machinery.... more SAMPSON, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA, reviews (46 references) controversies in cancer and the mind, particularly the effects of psychosocial support.... more SHANNON and colleagues, Portland VA Research Foundation, Oregon 97201, USA, shannoja@ohsu.edu, have investigated the dietary risk factors for cervical carcinoma in Bangkok, Thailand.... more TOKUDOME and co-workers, Department of Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Japan, tokudome@med.nagoya-cu.ac.jp, present the rationale and study design of dietary intervention in patients ope... more Issue 88 COHEN and colleagues, American Acupuncture Center, Berkeley, CA, USA, review (69 references) traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of breast cancer. Current recommendations for the treatment of breast cancer are based on the tenets of biology and p... more LIVINY and co-workers, Institute of Biochemistry, Food science and Nutrition, Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Quality Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot 76100, Israel, have found that lycopene inhibits proliferation and e... more OH and SMALL, Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology, Department of Adult Oncology, Dana Faber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA, review (34 references) complementary and alternative (CAM) therapies for prostate cancer.... more SLOMAN, The Hebrew University, School of Nursing, Jerusalem, Israel, sloman@netvision.net.il, reports a trial of relaxation and imagery for anxiety and depression control in cancer patients.... more Issue 87 DUNWOODY and co-workers, University of Ulster, Jordanstown, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, reported on cancer patients’ experiences and evaluations of aromatherapy massage in palliative care.... more LOUIS and KOWALSKI, Department of Nursing, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA, describe the use of aromatherapy with hospice patients to decrease pain, anxiety, and depression, and to promote an increased sense of wellbeing.... more Issue 86 ANGEN and colleagues, Department of Psychosocial Resources, Tom Baker Cancer Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, introduce Tapestry, a retreat programme of support for persons living with cancer . This article describes the provision and preliminary evaluati... more WANG and co-workers, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong Medical College, Nantong 226001, China, found an alteration of vitamin E levels in patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma .... more Issue 85 JEDRYCHOWSKI and co-workers, Epidemiology and Proventive Medicine, Coll. Med. Jagellonian University, Cracow, Poland, describe the relationship between alcohol intake and the risk of colorectal cancer at low levels of micronutrient intake.... more NAKAJI and colleagues, Department of Hygiene, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, Hirosaki 036-8562, Japan, nakaji@cc.hirosaki-u.ac.jp, investigate the relationship between mineral and trace element concentrations in drinking water and stomach cancer... more SALAZAR-MARTINEZ and colleagues, Center for Research in Population Health, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Mexica, esalazar@correo.insp.mx, investigate nutritional determinants of ovarian cancer risk .... more LIU et al., Food Engineering Research Center of State Education Ministry, Zhongshan University, Guangzhou 510275, People's Republic of China, found antitumour activity of germinating spores of Ganoderma luicidum .... more MALILA and colleagues, National Public Health Institute, Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, Helsinki, Finland, nea.malila@cancer.fi, investigate dietary and serum alpha-tocopherol, beta-carotene, retinol, and the risk of colorectal cancer in... more STANDISH and co-workers, University Research Institute, Kenmore, Washington, USA, describe naturopathic treatment for breast cancer in North America.... more VENKATESWARAN and colleagues, Division of Urology, Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Science Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, describe the modulation of cell proliferation and cell cycle regulators by vitamin E in human prostate carcinoma cells.... more Issue 84 BARNETT and co-workers, Department of Surgery, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield 62794, USA, find that vitamin E succinate inhibits liver metastases of colon cancer .... more KIM and MILNER, Nutritional Science Research Group, Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD 20892, USA, reviewed (66 references) the molecular targets for Selenium in cancer prevention .... more CURRIER and MILLER, Department of Anatomy and Cell biology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, studied the effect of immunization with killed tumour cells, with and without feeding of Echinacea purpurea, on erythroleukaemic mice .... more FERNANDES-BANARES et al., Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias I Pujol, Badalona, Spain, assessed serum selenium levels and the risk of colorectal adenomas in a geographical region with low selenium status.... more FLEISCHAUER and colleagues, Department of Epidemiology, CB7435, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA, have studied dietary antioxidants, supplements, and risk of epithelial ovarian cancer .... more LODI et al., Dipartimento di Medicina Chirurgia e Odontaria, Universita degli Studi di Milano, Italia, E: giovanni.lodi@unimi.it, reviewed (38 references ) randomized trials for the treatment of oral leukoplakia .... more SMITH and colleagues, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, School of Nursing, Box C-288, 4200 East Ninth Avenue, Denver, CO 80262, USA. marlaine.smith@uchsc.edu, assessed the outcomes of therapeutic massage for cancer in-patients .... more Issue 82 HOSTANSKA and colleagues, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Zürich, Switzerland, analysed the anticarcinogenic activities of total extracts of fresh versus dried Hypericum perforatum (St. John's wort) on human tumour cells in vitro, and... more MURRAY and coworkers, Sealy Center for Cancer Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555-1048, USA, further evaluated the role of the enzyme protein kinase C beta-II in colon carcinogenesis .... more BRIVIBA and colleagues, Institute of Nutritional Physiology, Federal Research Centre for Nutrition, Karlsruhe, Germany, analysed the mechanism by which beta-carotene (Vitamin A) inhibits growth of cancer cells .... more COHEN, of the American Heart Foundation, Valhalla, New York 10595, USA, Lcohen@AHF.org, reviewed (75 references) the literature regarding the influence of nutrition on prostate cancer . A combination of epidemiological studies, animal model and in vitro ex... more JAMISON and colleagues, Department of Urology, Summa Health System/Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, 2209 State Route 44, P. O. Box 95, Rootstown, Ohio 44272-0095, USA, jmj@neoucom.edu, reviewed (68 references) the antitumour activity of... more MA and coworkers, Department of Biochemistry, Center for Biopharmaceutical Research and State Key Laboratory for Biocontrol, College of Life Science, Zhongshan University, Guangzhou, Peoples Republic of China, tested the possible cytotoxic effects of a con... more Issue 81 BIDOLI and coworkers, of the Servizio di Epidemiologia, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico, Aviano, Italy, epidemiology@cro.it, carried out a study of the possible role of various dietary micronutrients, vitamins and minerals in the cause or prevention of e... more ZHENG and ZHENG, Institute of Biophysics, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Peoples Republic of China, zhengr@lzu.edu.cn, explored the anticarcinogenic potential of ascorbic acid (AA ; vitamin C ) and sodium selenite (SS ) on human live... more Issue 80 NOVAK and CHAPMAN, Food, Nutrition and Health, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, explored the comparative attitudes of complementary/alternative therapists (in this instance, naturopaths ) versus conventi... more STOLZENBERG-SOLOMON and colleagues, Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892-7232, USA, E: rs221z@nih.gov, examined dietary factors possibly associated with pancreatic canc... more Issue 79 EARLY and colleagues, University of Missouri, Columbia, USA, investigated whether patients who develop colorectal polyps or cancer are selenium deficient .... more JOHNSTONE and colleagues, Radiation Oncology Service, Naval Medical Center, San Diego, California 92134-1014, USA, pajohnstone@nmsd.navy.mil, investigated an acupuncture programme for pain relief in patients with xerostomia [dry mouth] following radiothera... more MOLASSIOTIS and colleagues, University of Nottingham, School of Nursing, A Floor, Medical School, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, UK, Alexander.Molassiotis@nottingham.ac.uk, assessed the effectiveness of progressive muscle relaxation training... more MOYAD, Department of Urology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, moya@umich.edu, reviewed (148 references) literature on complementary/alternative medical therapies for relieving hot flushes in women and considered their possi... more STRAM and colleagues, Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA, stram@rcf.usc.edu, investigated whether biases in (self-reported) assessment of smoking may account for the observed... more Issue 78 CAMPBELL and colleagues, Peter McCallum Cancer Institute, St Andrews Place, East Melbourne, Victoria 3002, Australia, reviewed (37 references) literature on the therapeutic benefits, safety and nurses' use of aromatherapy in cancer patient care .... more GECSEDI, Albany Memorial and Samaritan Hospitals, Members of Northeast Health, in Albany, New York, USA, reviewed (19 references) the role of oncology nurses, as presently pertains to the United States, in providing an important link between oncology physi... more HUNCHAREK and colleagues, Department of Clinical Oncology, Marshfield Clinic Cancer Center, Marshfield, WI, USA, metaresearch@hotmail.com, evaluated relevant literature, using meta-analysis, to determine whether there was convincing evidence for a link bet... more MOLASSIOTIS, Department of Nursing, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, alexmo@cuhk.edu.hk, assessed the effectiveness of progressive muscle relaxation training (PMRT) for controlling chemotherapy-related nausea and vomiting in women with br... more Issue 77 MAILLARD and colleagues, Laboratoire de Biologie des Tumeurs, Clinique d'Oncologie-Radiotherapie, Service de Gynecologie-Obstetrique, E.A. 2103, Unite de Recherche Associee Universite-INRA, CHU, Tours, France, investigated the question of whether n-3 fatty... more SCHEMPP and colleagues, Department of Dermatology, University of Freiburg, Hauptstrasse 7, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany, schempp@haut.ukl.uni-freiburg.de, uncovered a hitherto unreported activity – inhibition of tumour cell growth – by hyperforin, a natural a... more Issue 76 MONTGOMERY and colleagues, Ruttenberg Cancer Center, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029-6574, USA, guy.montgomery@mssm.edu, assessed the effects of brief hypnosis in the period prior to surgery on women undergoing breast biopsies to confir... more GWYN and SINICROPE, Department of Gastrointestinal Medicine and Nutrition, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA, reviewed (91 references) literature on the effectiveness of chemoprevention (using natural or synthetic age... more VOLKOTRUB and ANDROPOVA [ no affiliation provided] reviewed (57 references) international literature, including Russian, on the biological effects of selenium .... more Issue 75 ZHU and colleagues, Tianjin Institute Hospital, Tianjin 300060, China studied the effects of beta-carotene (BC) on the growth of mammary tumour cells (MA737) in mice.... more LAGIOU and colleagues, Department of Nutrition and Biochemistry, National School of Public Health, Athens, Greece, investigated possible age-dependent effects of diet on the risks of development and progression of prostate cancer .... more MAGILL, Integrative Medicine Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York University, New York, USA, examined the benefits of music therapy techniques for helping to relieve the suffering and experience of pain in patients with advanced cancer... more PRAKASH and colleagues, Department of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881, USA, pprakash-mail@yahoo.com, examined, in vitro, the effect of beta-carotene (BC) on the morphology of small cell lung cancer cells (NCI-H69)... more Issue 74 ATALAH and colleagues, Departamento de Nutricion, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 13.898, Correo 21, Santiago, Chile, eatalah@machi.med.uchile.cl, investigated possible associations between cervical cancer risk and diet, smoking and sex... more BROWN and colleagues, University of Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA, provide guidelines, based on available evidence, on optimal nutritional choices for cancer patients and survivors.... more GALLAGHER and colleagues, The Harry R. Horvitz Center for Palliative Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Taussig Cancer Center, Ohio 44195, USA, described a music therapy programme that has recently become established as a standard part of care in palliative medic... more JACOBSON and CHETTY, Department of Epidemiology, PH18-105, Mailman School of Public Health and Herbert Irving Cancer Center, Columbia University, 600 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA, aja4@columbia.edu, reviewed (37 references) the use and possib... more NEWCOMER and colleagues, Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington 98109-1024, USA, examined the possible relationship between omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids and prostate cancer .... more Issue 73 COMBS and colleagues, Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA, gfc2@cornell.edu, reviewed (35 references) literature pertaining to the mechanism(s) by which selenium (Se) supplementation may prevent cancer, in order to... more FINLEY and DAVIS, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center, ND 58202, USA, jfinley@gfhnrc.ars.usda.gov, investigated the ability of foods high in selenium (Se) to reduce the incide... more ZAGRODZKI and colleagues, Department of Food Chemistry and Nutrition, Collegium Medicum Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, zagrodzk@alf.ifj.edu.pl, undertook a study to clarify whether the activities of selenoenzymes can serve as markers for differe... more Comment: The above research regarding the bioavailability of various forms of selenium and their ability to reduce cancer incidence is extremely timely and important. This type of nutritional research is vital in humans for a wide variety of illnesses, as... more CRAMER and colleagues, Obstetrics and Gynecology Epidemiology Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 221 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA, dcramer@partners.org, estimated the consumption of antioxidant vitamins and carotenoids in women with ovarian ca... more GHOSE and colleagues, CRC Beatson Laboratories, The Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, Garscube Estate, Switchback Road, Bearsden, Glasgow, G61 1BD, UK, reviewed (35 references) research on the possible mechanism(s) of selenium's chemopreventive effect... more KIREMIDJIAN-SCHUMACHER and ROY, Division of Biological Sciences, Medicine and Surgery, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, NY 10010, USA, lk2@nyu.edu, reviewed (30 references) evidence that Se supplementation enhances immune responsiveness... more MAOKA and colleagues, Research Institute for Production Development, 15 Shimogamo-Morimoto-cho, Sakyo-ku, 606-0805, Kyoto, Japan, maoka@mbox.kyoto-inet.or.jp, analysed anticarcinogenic activities of carotenoids isolated from the red pepper Capsicum annuum... more Issue 72 DAVIDSON and colleagues, Department of Psychology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, davidsnj@post.queensu.ca, examined the initial efficacy of a sleep therapy programme developed for cancer patients with insomnia. The authors also discuss opt... more HARDMAN and colleagues, Department of Cellular and Structural Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229-3900, USA, hardman@uthscsa.edu, investigated whether a diet supplemented with omega-3 polyunsaturated fat... more MILDE and colleagues, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Palack University, Olomouc, Czech Republic, analysed levels of the trace elements selenium, manganese, copper and iron in blood serum from patients with colorectal cancer .... more NAVARRETE and colleagues, Faculty of Chemistry, Inorganic and Nuclear Chemistry Department, National University of Mexico, Mexico City, reported on a relationship between urinary selenium excretion and cervical uterine cancer .... more PELLEY and STRICKLAND, Pangea Phytoceuticals, Harlingen, TX 78550, USA, reviewed (193 references) the current status of research into plant and mushroom polysaccharides that are being developed for the treatment and prevention of cancer .... more Issue 71 CARLSON and colleagues, Department of Psychosocial Resources, Tom Baker Cancer Center, Alberta Cancer Board, 1331 29 St. N.W., Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 4N2, lindacar@cancerboard.ab.ca, aimed to assess the effects of participation in a mindfulness medit... more HOSAKA and colleagues, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Tokai University School of Medicine, Bohseidai, 259-1193, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan, hosaka@is.icc.u-tokai.ac.jp, investigated the clinical effectiveness of a psychiatric intervention p... more SALMENPERAE and colleagues, Department of Nursing, University of Turku, Finland, conducted a study to describe the attitudes of patients with breast or prostate cancer towards complementary therapies .... more Issue 70 ARONSON and colleagues, Department of Urology, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 90095-1738, USA, evaluated whether a 3-month dietary intervention affected the ratio of omega-3 to omega-6 fatty acids in plas... more FEDERICO and colleagues, Semeiotics and Clinical Methodology, II University of Naples, Naples, Italy, alefederico@yahoo.it, conducted a randomized case-control study to evaluate the effects of oral selenium and zinc in patients with cancer of the digestive... more LU and colleagues, Center for Human Nutrition, University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA, qlu@mednet.ucla.edu, conducted a case-control study to examine the effects of plasma lycopene, other carotenoids, retinol... more TANDON and colleagues, Department of Human Nutrition, All India of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India, reviewed (32 references) the role of micronutrients and trace elements in laryngeal cancer .... more Issue 69 ALLRED and colleagues, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA, investigated whether soy isolates of the isoflavone genistein would stimulate the growth of oestrogen-dependent breast cancer cells... more MacCORMACK and colleagues, MFT Program, University of Guelph, Canada, explored the psychotherapy experiences of cancer patients to determine which common elements of two different psychotherapy approaches the patients perceived as being of greatest benefit... more PITMAN and colleagues, VA Research Service, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA, roger_pitman@hms.harvard.edu, explored the diagnosis of breast cancer as a possible cause of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD ).... more STEGINGA and colleagues, School of Applied Psychology, Griffith University, Australia, ssteginga@qldcancer.com.au, assessed the supportive care needs of men with prostate cancer .... more STOLZENBERG-SOLOMON and colleagues, Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics and Cancer Prevention Studies Branch, Division of Clinical Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA, rs221z@nih.gov, inves... more TONIOLO and colleagues, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA, paolo.toniolo@med.nyu.edu, investigated serum carotenoid levels in relation to risk of breast cancer .... more Issue 68 TAKEZAKI and colleagues, Division of Epidemiology and Prevention, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, 1-1 Kanokoden, Chikusa-ku, 464-8681, Nagoya, Japan, investigated dietary factors as modifiers of risk for lung cancer in Japanese patients.... more BILLHULT and DAHLBERG, School of Health Sciences, Boraas University College, Sweden, examined cancer patients' experiences of massage .... more KANG and colleagues, Department of Biology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China, examined the effects of ascorbic acid (AA) and DL- alpha-tocopherol (alpha T) on proliferation and redifferentiation of human liver cancer cells in vitro.... more Issue 67 HAKKAK and colleagues, Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 1120 Marshall Street, Little Rock, AR, USA, hakkakreza@uams.edu, examined the effect of two different sources of dietary protein on the formation of c... more HELZLSOUER and colleagues, Department of Epidemiology, The Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA, Khelzlso@jhsph.edu, commented on the association between alpha- tocopherol, gamma-tocopherol, selenium, and prostate cancer .... more KEMPER and WORNHAM , Center for Holistic Pediatric Education and Research, Children's Hospital, 333 Longwood Ave, Room LO-547, Boston, MA 02115, USA, CHPER@tch.harvard.edu described their first year of experience in providing holistic medicine consultation... more | Issue 67 cont'd LAMSON and BRIGNALL, Tahome Clinic, Kent, VA, USA, reviewed 101 references on the use of nutritional supplements as chemopreventative agents.... more Issue 66 BREUER-KATSCHINSKI and colleagues, Department of Gastroenterology, Center of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Essen, Germany carried out a case-control study to examine whether specific dietary proteins (such as those from red meat ) and vegetables w... more DARBY and colleagues, ICRF/MRC/BHF Clinical Trial Service Unit Epidemiological Studies Unit, Radcliffe Infirmary, Harkness Building, Oxford, OX2 6HE, UK investigated the relationship between diet and lung cancer in a case-control study.... more MIZUNO, Division of Life Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kobe University, Japan investigated the changes in the contents of antitumour polysaccharides from the mushrooms Lentinus edodes (lentinan) and Grifolafrondosa (GGF) during storag... more TAKEDA and colleagues, Second Department of Internal Medicine, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Japan aimed to determine the growth inhibition and induction of apoptotic cell death due to the herb Anemarrhena asphodeloides Bunge in gastric cancer ce... more Issue 65 BENNETT and LENGACHER, School of Nursing, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, USA, nubenne@befac.indstate.edu carried out a descriptive cross-sectional survey to document how people living in rural areas use or intend to use complementary therapies and... more CHIU and WAN, Department of Zoology, The University of Hong Kong, People's Republic of China, b100952@mailserv.cuhk.edu.hk investigated the effect of the polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) on the proliferation of human tumour cel... more Issue 64 PUSSINEN and colleagues, Institute of Medical Biochemistry, Graz, Austria investigated whether alpha-tocopheryl succinate(alpha-TS) -enriched lipoproteins inhibited breast cancer cell growth in a manner comparable to the free drug.... more THOMPSON, Glasgow Homoeopathic Hospital, UK explored the role of homeopathy in supporting patients with cancer .... more Issue 63 CUNNINGHAM and HERBERT , University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, USA reviewed common 'alternative' nutritional strategies used by patients as primary or adjunctive treatments for cancer .... more KONTOGIANNEA and colleagues, Department of Surgery, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada investigated the effect of membrane omega-3 fatty acid alterations on hepatic endothelial cell adhesion .... more TERRY and colleagues, Department of Medical Epidemiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, paul.terry@mep.ki.se investigated the effects of antioxidant vitamins in cancer of the oesophagus and gastric cardia .... more VADGAMA and colleagues, Department of Internal Medicine, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, California 90059, USA, javadgam@cdrew.edu investigated the anti-neoplastic effects of selenium (alone or in combination with a standar... more Issue 62 Basu and colleagues, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Calcutta, India. examined the effect of beta-carotene in transplantable murine lymphoma .... more Chen, Li and Liu, Cancer Institute (Hospital), Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing. investigated the effect of ascorbate on the permeation and photosensitizing activity of hematoporphyrin derivative (HPD) in tumour... more McIntyre BS and colleagues, College of Pharmacy, University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, Louisiana 71209-0470, USA discussed the anti-proliferative and apoptotic effects of tocopherols and tocotrienols (vitamin E ) on precancerous and cancerous mouse br... more Issue 61 Finley, Davis and Feng, US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center, Grand Forks, ND 58203-9034, USA investigated the effect of selenium on rats with colon cancer .... more MALAFA and NEITZEL, Department of Surgery, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, Illinois 62794, USA, mmalafa@siumed.edu investigated vitamin E succinate and breast cancer tumour dormancy.... more MALIK, KHAN and KHAN, National Cancer Institute, Karachi, Pakistan, nci@super.net.pk discussed the use of unconventional methods of therapy by cancer patients in Pakistan .... more MARCHIORO and colleagues, Department of Oncology, Local Health Unit No. 13, Noale, Italy investigated hypnosis in the treatment of anticipatory nausea and vomiting in patients receiving cancer chemotherapy .... more MICHAUD and colleagues, Departments of Nutrition and Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA examined the relationship between lung cancer risk and intakes of a range of carotenoids, including alpha-carotene, beta-carotene, lut... more Issue 60 ALBINO and colleagues, The American Health Foundation, Valhalla, New York 10595, USA. talbino@aol.com investigated cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in melanoma cells by docosahexaenoic acid.... more MORRIS and colleagues, Department of Surgery, Oregon Health Sciences University, and Legacy Health Systems, Portland, Oregon, USA compared complementary therapy use between breast cancer patients and patients with other primary tumour sites .... more RAO and colleagues, Department of Biochemistry, Kasturba Medical College, Bangalore, India described the role of antioxidant enzymes in brain tumours .... more SOLLNER and colleagues, Department of Medical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, Innsbruck, Austria surveyed whether use of complementary and alternative medicine by cancer patients is not associated with perceived distress or poor complian... more Issue 59 Gotay and Dumitriu, Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, Honolulu 96813, USA. cgotay@crch.hawaii.edu examined health food store recommendations for breast cancer patients.... more GUNAWARDENA, MURRAY and MEIKLE, Department of Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City 84132, USA investigated whether vitamin E and other antioxidants inhibit human prostate cancer cells through apoptosis.... more Nakagawa and colleagues, Department of Surgery II, Kansai Medical University, Moriguchi, Osaka, Japan investigated the effects of genistein and synergistic action in combination with eicosapentaenoic acid on the growth of breast cancer cell lines.... more Rees and colleagues, SSRU, Institute of Education, University of London, 18 Woburn Square, WC1H 0NS, London, UK. r.rees@ioe.ac.uk conducted a study into the prevalence of complementary therapy use by women with breast cancer .... more Issue 58 KARAS and colleagues, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel. Yoav@bgumail.bgu.ac.il described how lycopene interferes with cell cycle progression and insulin-like growth factor... more BOON and colleagues, Centre for Studies in Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. heather.boon@utoronto.ca described the use of complementary/alternative medicine by breast cancer surviv... more ISRAEL, YU and KLINE, Division of Nutrition, University of Texas at Austin 78712, USA described how Vitamin E succinate induces apoptosis in human prostate cancer cells.... more RICHARDSON and colleagues, Centers for Alternative Medicine Research and Health Promotion Research and Development, The University of Texas-Houston School of Public Health, Houston, TX, USA surveyed complementary alternative medicine use in a comprehensive... more SASAKI and colleagues, Epidemiology and Biostatistics Division, National Cancer Center Research Institute East, 6-5-1 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa 277-8577, Japan. Stssasak@east.ncc.go.jp described, prior to conducting a randomized controlled trial, the effect of... more Issue 57 ARBISER and colleagues, Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. jlarbiser@bics.bwh.harvard.edu investigated whether Curcumin is an inhibitor of angiogenesis.... more GANDINI and colleagues, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatics, European Institute of Oncology, Via Ripamonti 435, 20141, Milan, Italy. sara.gandini@ieo.it performed a meta-analysis on the role of fruit and vegetables in breast cancer risk.... more GHALAUT, SINGH and GUPTA, Dept of Medicine (Unit-VI) and Haematology, Pt BD Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak set out to investigate Serum vitamin E levels in patients of chronic myeloid leukaemia.... more HILL, European Cancer Prevention Organization, Wexham Park Hospital, Slough, Berkshire, UK. tres.edit@home-office1.demon.co.uk reviewed (33 references) the mechanisms of diet and colon carcinogenesis.... more Issue 56 CASCINU and colleagues, Section of Experimental Oncology, Azienda Osedaliera S. Salvatoire, Pesaro, Italy set out to investigate calcium and vitamin supplementation on colorectal cell proliferation.... more LIU, Shen and ONG, Department of Community, Occupational and Family Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore investigated the effect of a Chinese herbal medicine (Salvia miltiorrhiza) on human hepatic cells.... more VAN FLEET, Psychiatry Section, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA. vanfleet@audumla.mdacc.tmc.edu reviews the use of relaxation and imagery for symptom management in cancer treatment.... more VINCETI and colleagues, Department of Hygiene, Microbiology & Biostatistics, University of Modena and Reggio Emila, Modena, Italy reviewed (133 references) the link between the trace element selenium and the aetiology of cancer.... more Issue 55 BABU and colleagues, Department of Medical Biochemistry, Dr. ALM Post-Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Madras, Taramani Campus, Chennai, India. studied the effects of co-administration of vitamins C and E with tamoxifen treatment... more BATTISTI and colleagues, OU of Neurometabolic Disease, Institute of Neurological Sciences, University of Sienna, Italy studied vitamin E serum levels in patients with gastric cancer.... more MEHTA and colleagues, University of Florida College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville Florida 32610 USA evaluated patients with breast cancer undergoing bone marrow transplantation (BMT) to determine if acquiescence... more SHIRATAKI and colleagues, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Josai University, Saitama, Japan compared the cytotoxicity of grape seed extracts with grape peel extracts upon human oral tumour cells lines.... more Issue 54 NEGRI and colleagues, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan, Italy. Evanegri@irfmn.mnegri.it studied the relation between selected micronutrients and oral and pharyngeal cancer risk.... more SHKLAR and OH, Department of Oral Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts USA. gerald_shklar@hms.harvard.edu review (103 references) the literature regarding the significant cancer preventive potential of... more STEINMAUS and colleagues, Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, University of California at San Francisco USA write that in 1996 there were more than 300,000 new cases of bladder cancer diagnosed worldwide.... more Issue 53 BALZARINI and colleagues, Rehabilitation and Palliative Care Department, National Cancer Institute, Milan, Italy assessed the effects of homoeopathic Belladonna 7cH and X-ray 15cH associated in the treatment of acute radiodermatitis.... more BRENNAN and colleagues, Unit of Environmental Cancer Epidemiology, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France. Brennan@iarc.fr studied the role of dietary patterns and specific dietary nutrients in the aetiology of lung cancer in non-smokers... more BYLUND and colleagues, Department of Oncology, University of Umea, Umea, Sweden. Annika.Byland@germed.umu.se studied whether dietary intervention could inhibit tumour growth of an androgen-sensitive human prostate cancer.... more KIM and colleagues, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto, Ontario Canada studied the associations between prediagnostic energy, fat, vitamin A intake and survival from prostate cancer.... more TAMAYO and colleagues, Foresight Link Corporation, Ontario Canada review (198 references) the literature regarding the herbal mixtures Essiac and Flor-Essences, which are sold as nutritional supplements used by patients to treat chronic conditions, particu... more Issue 52 EICHHOLZER and colleagues, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Zurich, Switzerland eichholz@swissonline.ch write that low serum cholesterol has been associated with an increased risk of cancer mortality in various studies, which has... more FREEMAN and colleagues, Midwest Center for Health Services and Policy Research, Department of Veterans Affairs, Edward Hines, Jr. Hospital, Hines IL, USA conducted a study to evaluate how prostatic levels of antioxidants relate to plasma levels and self-re... more McKEOWN, Vitamin K Laboratory, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center, Tufts University, Boston MA 02111, USA reviews (32 references) the field regarding antioxidants and breast cancer risk.... more SLATTERY and colleagues, University of Utah Medical School, Salt Lake City USA mslatter@dfm.utah.edu write that carotenoids have numerous biological properties which may underpin a role of them as chemopreventive agents ; however, apart from beta-carotene,... more WYATT and colleagues, College of Nursing, Michigan State University, East Lansing USA conducted a study to assess the use of complementary therapies among older cancer patients.... more Issue 51 DIXON-SHANIES and SHAIKH, The New York College of Osteopathic Medicine of the New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, NY 11568-8000 USA write that epidemiological research has suggested that phytoestrogen-rich foods may afford protection against br... more KIM, Department of Medicine, St Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada writes that folate is an important cofactor in the transfer of one-carbon moieties and plays a key role in DNA synthesis, repair and methylation . Furthermore, the role of fo... more NORRISH and colleagues, Department of Community Health, University of Auckland, New Zealand write that, according to experimental studies, the risk of prostate cancer may be reduced with intake of long-chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids derived from mar... more ROSE and CONNOLLY, Division of Nutrition and Endocrinology, American Health Foundation, Valhalla, NY 10595 USA. david@westnet.com write that epidemiological and experimental evidence demonstrates that long-chain omega-3 fatty acids (FAs), which occur at hi... more WANG and RUSSELL, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Boston, MA, USA write that a large body of observational epidemiological studies has consistently demonstrated that individuals who eat more fruits and vegetables, which are rich i... more Issue 50 VAN DAM, Nederlands Kanker Instituut/Antoni van Leeuwenhoek ziekenhuis, afd. Psychosociaal Onderzoek en Epidemiologie, Amsterdam investigated the prevalence of use by cancer patients of alternative diets and other therapies .... more GRANT, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Vermont USA. wbgrant@norfolk.infi.net writes that the aetiology of prostate cancer has not yet been fully resolved in the scientific and medical literature. However, the non-fat portion of milk and calcium are... more LEE and FAIR, Department of Surgery and Prostate Diagnostic Center, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021 USA write that surgeons continue to be faced with difficulties in treating prostate cancer, which remains the leading cause of ca... more ZAZA and colleagues, Department of Oncology, University of Western Ontario, Canada. zaza@julian.uwo.ca write that cancer patients suffer unnecessarily due to the inadequate use of pain medication and other interventions, contributed in part by the under-ut... more ZHAO and colleagues, Center for Cancer Causation and Prevention, AMC Cancer Research Center, Denver, CO 80214 USA write that procyanidins in grape seeds are known to exert anti-inflammatory, anti-arthritic and anti-allergic activities, prevent skin ageing,... more Issue 49 ISHIHARA and colleagues, Department of Hygiene and Public Health (I), School of Medicine, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Japan investigated the effect of the timing of stressor application upon transplanted tumour cells and its possible regulation... more SENGUPTA and DAS, Department of Cancer Chemoprevention, Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, Calcutta, India write that among the many carotenoids, lycopene has recently received attention due to its putative association in reducing cancer risk, includi... more SHAH and colleagues, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri USA shahs@msnotes.wustl.edu studied the effect of energy healing upon in vitro tumour cell growth .... more WELLISCH and colleagues, Department of Psychiatry, UCLA School of Medicine 90024 USA conducted a pilot study to determine the effects upon depression and anxiety of group intervention in high-risk relatives of breast cancer patients .... more YAMAMOTO and colleagues, Department of Pathology II, Kansai Medical University, Moriguchi, Osaka, Japan studied the effects of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and an angiogenesis inhibitor (TNP-470) upon breast cancer cell growth in 4 human breast cancer cell... more Issue 48 GRAY and colleagues, Psychosocial and Behavioural Research Unit, Toronto-Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre, Ontario, Canada. Ross_gray@cancercare.on.ca conducted a questionnaire to determine the attitudes, practices and knowledge of 3 groups of complement... more CHEW and colleagues, Department Animal Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman 99164-6320 USA. boonchew@wsu.edu studied, in mice, the anticancer activities of beta-carotene, astaxanthin and canthaxanthin against the growth of breast tumours .... more Green and colleagues, Epidemiology and Population Health Unit, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, University of Queensland, Australia. AdeleG@qimr.edu.au write that the use of sunscreens on the skin may prevent sunburn ; however it is not... more HAYON and colleagues, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Faculty of Health Sciences, Soroka Medical Center, Beer Sheva, Israel studied the antitumour activity of non-steroidal antioestrogens, including Tamoxifen and its derivatives, in leukaemia and lymp... more MAEHLE and colleagues, Department of Toxicology, National Institute of Occupational Health, Oslo, Norway Lovise.mahle@klinmed.uio.no write that various mechanisms for the inhibition by n-3 fatty acids (FA) upon tumour progression have been proposed. The au... more ZHOU and colleagues, Nutrition/Metabolism Laboratory, Department of Surgery, Beth Israel-Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215 USA characterised the ability of dietary soybean components to inhibit the growth of prostate cancer... more Issue 47 NIWA and colleagues, Department of Obstetrics, Gifu University School of Medicine, Japan. Kniwa@cc.gifu-u.ac.jp studied, in mice, the effects of Glycyrrhizae radix (G1 radix) upon endometrial cancer .... more REINHARDT , Ambulanz fur Hamatologie und Onkologie, Klinikum Bayreuth, Germany studied the influence of musical rhythm upon synchronisation and coordination of heart rate in cancer patients with chronic pain .... more YU and colleagues, School of Public Health, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei Taiwan write that experimental and epidemiological research has linked a low dietary selenium intake with increased cancer risk . The authors studied t... more Issue 46 BAKER and colleagues, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, and Department of Chemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721-0207 USA write that recent intervention trials reported that smokers given dietary beta-carotene... more BOHLKE and colleagues, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115 USA write that although several dietary compounds are hypothesised to have anticarcinogenic properties, the role of specific micronutrients in the developm... more GONZALEZ and ISAACS conducted a 2-year, unblinded, 1-treatment arm, 10-patient, pilot prospective case study to study the effects of proteolytic enzymes, diet, nutritional supplements and detoxification procedures to treat patients with inoperable stage II... more RAO and colleagues, Department of Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. V.rao@utoronto.ca write that tomatoes and tomato products containing lycopene the antioxidant carotenoid, have been shown in recent studies... more SCHWARTZBAUM and colleagues, The Ohio State University, College of Medicine and Public Health, and Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, Ohio 43210 USA Schwartzbaum.1@osu.edu conducted a pilot study to investigate the relationship between dietary energy,... more Issue 45 EKMAN and colleagues, Department of Urology, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden write that genetic polymorphisms and expression of steroid receptors may explain why some individuals are more at risk of developing prostate cancer .... more HUANG and colleagues, Graduate Institute of Medicine and School of Technology for Medical Sciences, Kaohsiung Medical College, Taiwan, Republic of China studied the association between oxidative stress and trace elements in women with breast cancer .... more NAM and colleagues, Division of Urology, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre and The Toronto Hospital, University of Toronto, Ontario Canada studied the prevalence and patterns of the use of complementary therapies among patients with and those patients at hi... more THOMAS, Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio USA writes that disease of the prostate gland, particularly adenocarcinoma and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) are age-related, and that prostate cancer is the mo... more Issue 44 ALBANES, Cancer Prevention Studies branch, Division of Clinical Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, 20892-7058 USA. daa@nih.gov writes that the conflicting evidence of the relation between beta-carotene and lung cancer in humans serves as a... more BURSTEIN and colleagues, Department of Adult Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115 USA analysed the use of alternative medicine by women who had received standard therapy for early-stage breast cancer and who h... more RICHARDSON and colleagues, University of Texas-Houston School of Public Health USA review the literature (59 references) and write that, despite the widespread practice of complementary/alternative medicine (CAM), researchers face problems recruiting patie... more WARRICK and colleagues, Wharton Head and Neck Centre, The Toronto Hospital/Princess Margaret Hospital, Ontario, Canada studied the prevalence of alternative medicine use in head and neck cancer patients and its correlation with demographics and tumour char... more Issue 43 ASANO and colleagues, Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan investigated the antitumour action of the derivative of ascorbic acid (vitamin C), sodium 5,6-benzylidene-L-ascorbate (SBA), to determine whether it is media... more ELATTAR and VIRJI, Hormone Research Laboratory, University of Missouri-Kansas City, School of Dentistry 64108 USA researched the effect of treating human tongue cancer cells with vitamin E .... more NAGATA and colleagues, Department of Public Health, Gifu University, School of Medicine, Japan studied the relationship of dietary and serum vitamin A to subsequent cervical cancer .... more VERHOEF and colleagues, Department of Community Health Sciences, The University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. mverhoef@ucalgary.ca write that alternative therapy use in brain tumour patients is unknown, but that it may be frequent and appears to be importan... more WITENBERG and colleagues, Department of Cell Biology and Histology, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel studied the effect of ascorbic acid (vitamin C) loading upon apopto sis in the human myeloid leukaemia cell line HL-60 .... more Issue 42 KOLCABA and FOX, College of Nursing, University of Akron, Ohio USA researched the effectiveness of customised guided imagery for increasing comfort in women with early stage breast cancer undergoing radiation therapy .... more ROOMI and colleagues, Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis 97331 USA write that in recent years L-ascorbic acid (AA) and its isomers have raised considerable interest as anticancer agents, although the mechanism has remained unknown.... more ZHANG and colleagues, Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston MA 02115 USA. Shumin.Zhang@channing.harvard.edu studied the associations between dietary intakes of carotenoids, vitamins A, C and E, consumption of fruits and vegetable... more ZHOU and colleagues, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, New York Medical College, Valhalla NY 10595 USA investigated the relationship between diet and the risk of lung cancer among women in China.... more Issue 41 ERNST and CASSILETH, Department of Complementary Medicine, Postgraduate Medical School, University of Exeter, UK write that complementary/alternative cancer treatments are believed to be prevalent, but that reliable rates of their prevalence are lacking. T... more GROTHEY and colleagues, Abteilung fur Hamatologie und Onkologie, Universitat von Texas, Germany write that up to 60% of all cancer patients use alternative medicine during the course of their illness. Although demographic characteristics and patients’... more JATOI and colleagues, Department of Medicine, Tufts University and New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02111 USA. Jatoi_bf@hnrc.tufts.edu conducted a cross-sectional study of postoperative non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients looked at... more KASSEROLLER, Wittlinger’s Therapy Center, Walchsee, Austria conducted a randomised, double-blind study to determine the efficacy of sodium selenite in combination with physical therapy to relieve congestion in cancer patients with secondary lymphoedem... more NISHINA, Department of Biochemistry, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyoku, Kyoto 602, Japan writes that epidemiological investigations have demonstrated that cancer risk is inversely related to the consumption of green... more Issue 40 CLARK and colleagues, Arizona Cancer Center, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson 85716 USA tested whether supplemental dietary selenium is associated with changed incidence of prostate cancer .... more HEAD, Alternative Medicine Review. PO Box 25, Dover Idaho 83825 USA. kathi@thorne.com review (63 references) the proposed mechanisms of action for vitamin C (ascorbic acid, ascorbate) in the prevention and treatment of cancer .... more LANDSTROM and colleagues, Department of Pathology, University of Umea, Sweden researched, in rats, the effect of diet treatments with soy flour and rye bran upon prostate tumour development .... more NESARETNAM and colleagues, Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, School of Animal and Microbial Sciences, The University of Reading, Whiteknights, UK sarnesar@porim.gov.my study the potential antiproliferative effects of tocotrienols, the vitamin E compo... more SENZAKI and colleagues, Department of Pathology II, Kansai Medical University, Osaka Japan evaluated the effects of dietary fats upon breast cancer growth and metastasis .... more Issue 39 COSS and colleagues, Sutter Wellness and Healing Network, Sutter Cancer Center, Sacramento CA 95816 USA conducted a telephone survey of its cancer patients in 1994. The primary objective of this survey was: 1) to determine the perceptions and attitudes of... more HARTMAN and colleagues, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda Maryland 20892-7326 USA evaluated the association between prostate cancer and baseline vitamin E and selenium .... more PENG and colleagues, Arizona Cancer Center, University of Arizona, Tucson 85724 analysed the plasma concentrations of 10 micronutrients in cervical tissue from cancerous, precancerous and noncancerous women.... more WIDEROFF and colleagues, Epidemiology and Biostatistics Program, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda MD 20892 USA write that earlier case-control studies reported inverse associations of cervical squamous intraepithelial lesions (SIL) with high dietary of... more Issue 38 CROCETTI and colleagues, U.O. di Epidemiologia, CSPO, Azienda Ospedaliera Careggi, Firenze, Italy evaluated the proportion and characteristics of complementary therapy (CT) users among female patients with breast cancer who were receiving conventional trea... more LIU and colleagues, Department of Immunology, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya Japan studied the anti-tumour effect and its mechanism of action of the herbal medicine sho-saiko-to upon a murine malignant melanoma cell line (Mel-ret).... more RUI, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China writes that a comprehensive search for cancer chemopreventive agents was established at their Institute since the late 1970s.... more ZHENG and colleagues, Cancer Institute, Zhejian Medical University, Hangzhou, China write that various naturally occurring substances from vegetables and herbs exert chemopreventive properties against cancer. The authors review two such compounds, isolated... more Issue 37 DE STEFANI and colleagues, Registro Nacional de Cancer, Instituto Nacional de Oncologia, Montevideo, Uruguay studied the relationship between dietary sucrose intake and colorectal cancer .... more DE STEFANI and colleagues, Registro Nacional de Cancer, Instituto Nacional de Oncologia, Montevideo, Uruguay studied the relationship between dietary sucrose intake and colorectal cancer .... more KAPPAUF and colleagues, Medical Clinic 5/Oncology and Hematology, Nuremberg City Hospital, Germany describe a case of spontaneous remission (SR) of lung cancer of a 61-year-old man with extensive metatastic disease 5 months following pneumonectomy for poor... more KAPPAUF and colleagues, Medical Clinic 5/Oncology and Hematology, Nuremberg City Hospital, Germany describe a case of spontaneous remission (SR) of lung cancer of a 61-year-old man with extensive metatastic disease 5 months following pneumonectomy for poor... more LE-VU and colleagues, Departement de biostatistique et d'epidemiologie, Institut Gustave-Roussy, Villejuif, France compared different modes of rehabilitation following breast cancer surgery .... more LE-VU and colleagues, Departement de biostatistique et d'epidemiologie, Institut Gustave-Roussy, Villejuif, France compared different modes of rehabilitation following breast cancer surgery .... more RISBERG and colleagues, Institute of Community Medicine, and Department of Oncology, University Hospital of Tromso, Norway. studied the pattern of use of alternative medicine, called nonproven therapy (NPT) used by cancer patients during a 5-year period, a... more RISBERG and colleagues, Institute of Community Medicine, and Department of Oncology, University Hospital of Tromso, Norway. studied the pattern of use of alternative medicine, called nonproven therapy (NPT) used by cancer patients during a 5-year period, a... more Issue 36 ARAKAWA, Fukushima Medical College, Japan studied the effectiveness of progressive muscle relaxation (PMR) to reduce nausea, vomiting and anxiety associated with chemotherapy.... more FINSTAD and colleagues, Institute for Nutrition Research, University of Oslo, and The Norwegian Radium Hospital write that polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) may reduce cell multiplication in normal and transformed white blood cells. The authors studied th... more GORINGE and colleagues, Department of Haematology, University Hospital of Wales, College of Medicine, Cardiff, UK write that hepatic (liver) veno-occlusive disease (VOD) of the liver is a common complication following administration of high-dose cytotoxic... more Issue 35 CHAU and colleagues, Institute of Anatomy, School of Life Sciences, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan report that beta-lapachone, a new topoisomerase inhibitor (enzymes which regulate DNA supercoiling and which can introduce transient break-and-splice... more GRAY and colleagues, Ontario Breast Cancer Information Exchange Project, Toronto-Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre, Canada conducted a survey questionnaire with purchasers of A Guide to Unconventional Cancer Therapies, produced by the Ontario Breast Cancer... more HARDELL and colleagues, Onkologiska Kliniken, Regionsjukhuset, Orebro, Sweden conducted a questionnaire study to determine the use and prevalence of alternative medicine treatment among cancer patients .... more ZHAO and colleagues, Division of Nutrition and Endocrinology, American Health Foundation, Valhalla, New York 10595 USA write that epidemiological and clinical research data suggest that tomato consumption may reduce the risk of cancer. Lycopene is the majo... more Issue 34 DE STEFANI and colleagues, Registro Nacional de Cancer, Montevideo, Uruguay conducted a case-control study between 1994-96 to investigate the relationship between the frequency of intake of different types of fat and breast cancer .... more FRENG and colleagues, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ulleval University Hospital, Oslo, Norway studied the influence of social, dietary and environmental factors upon incidence of upper digestive tract cancers and upon the prognosis of these cancer pat... more NAVARRO and colleagues, Department of Nutrition and Bromatology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada, Spain . nalarcon@platon.ugr.es conducted a cross-sectional study of serum selenium levels in cancer patients in Spain.... more Issue 33 KISHIMOTO and colleagues, School of Life Environmental Science, Mukogawa Women’s University, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan conducted a study, in mice, regarding the effectiveness of vitamin E in the prevention of lung cancer.... more KURASHIGE and colleagues, Department of Medical Technology, College of Medical Care and Technology, Gunma University, Japan studied the effects of a Chinese herbal product upon carcinogenesis.... more VARIS and colleagues, National Public Health Institute, and Dept of Clinical Chemistry, University of Helsinki, Finland write that vitamin E and beta-carotene are thought to decrease risk of gastric cancer in humans and animals. The authors studied the eff... more Issue 32 BUIATTI, Centro Di Documentazione per la Salute (CDS), Bologna, Italy defines chemoprevention as the use of compounds or medicines to prevent the occurrence of precancerous lesions or to slow down or reverse the progression of clinically established cancer... more FERNANDEZ and colleagues, Department of Pediatrics, and University of British Columbia School of Nursing, British Columbia’s Children’s Hospital, Vancouver Canada write that alternative and complementary therapies are infrequently studied in paed... more KAEGI, National Cancer Institute of Canada, Toronto, Ontario writes that doctors and patients have been frustrated by the lack of reliable information regarding unconventional treatment therapies.... more KWASNIEWSKA and colleagues, I Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Lublin Medical Academy, Poland studied the level of alpha-tocopherol (vitamin E) in the blood serum of female patients infected with the human Papillomavirus (HPV) with cervical dysplasias... more RISBERG and colleagues, Institute of Community Medicine, University Hospital of Tromso, Norway studied patients’ attitudes to and use of nonproven therapies (NPTs) in relation to their opinions regarding the causes of cancer.... more SAMAREL, Department of Nursing, William Paterson College of New Jersey, Wayne, USA describes the development of a nursing intervention with the potential to help women have more positive experiences during time of breast cancer surgery.... more VAN POPPEL and colleagues, TNO Nutrition, Zeist, the Netherlands write that the use of biomarkers is a promising approach to the study of human cancer risk and that bronchial metaplasia in sputum cytology could be a marker for potential premalignancy which... more Issue 31 COMBS and colleagues, Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA tested the hypothesis that a dietary supplement of selenium (Se) may reduce the risk of cancer.... more HARRISON and colleagues, Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, CRC Beatson Laboratories, Glasgow, Scotland UK review (100 references) the very convincing evidence that a high dietary level of selenium significantly reduced the incidence of a wide variety... more LA VECCHIA and DECARLI, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milano Italy write that following early increases, mortality rates from oesophageal cancer have levelled off in Italy over the past two decades and are now intermediate on a European... more PATTERSON and colleagues, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA USA reviews (89 references) published epidemiological research regarding the association of vitamin and mineral supplementation and cancer risk.... more Issue 30 BRAGA and colleagues, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan, Italy conducted a case-control study to investigate the relationship between foods and nutrients and breast cancer risk by age and menopausal status strata.... more BREWER and colleagues, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, UCI Medical Center, University of California, Irvine, Orange USA conducted a phase III randomised trial to evaluate oral beta carotene and placebo treatment in cervical cancer treatment.... more PAPPALARDO and colleagues, Institute of II Clinica Chirurgica University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy 1) compared tissue and plasma carotenoids status in healthy subjects and patients with pre-cancer and cancer lesions and 2) evaluated the effect of beta-car... more ROSE, Division of Nutrition and Endocrinology, American Health Foundation, Valhalla, New York 10595 USA writes that epidemiological studies indicate that levels of dietary fat intake and the nature of constituent fatty acids influence breast and prostate c... more Issue 29 PATTISON, Chemotherapy Day Unit, Sunderland Royal Hospital UK write that the psychological and physical consequences of cancer threaten the wellbeing and quality of life of patients (Fallowfield 1991). The needs of patients are wide-ranging and may include... more RICHARDSON and colleagues, Center for Alternative Medicine Research, University of Texas-Houston School of Public Health USA conducted a pilot study to study the effects of imagery and support upon coping, life attitudes, immune function, quality of life a... more SPAULDING-ALBRIGHT, Boca Raton Community Hospital Inc, Fla 33486 USA write that in view of progress regarding benefits of phytochemicals in foods, it would appear possible that chemical compounds from herbs could also be helpful in the prevention or treatm... more ZHANG and colleagues, Department of Infectious Disease and Tropical Medicine, Research Institute International Medical Center of Japan, Tokyo write that Helicobacter pylori infection is a risk factor for gastric cancer and that a high dietary intake of vit... more Issue 28 JOHNSON and colleagues, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at tufts University, Boston MA 02111 USA conducted a double-blind study to evaluate beta-carotene and lycopene responses following ingestion of individual and combined doses o... more SANKARANARAYANAN and colleagues, Unit of Descriptive Epidemiology, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon France conducted a double-blind placebo-controlled trial to study the chemopreventive potential of vitamin A alone or beta carotene alone i... more SARKAR and colleagues, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Calcutta, India writes that beta-carotene (BC) has been found to possess potent anti-tumour activity in liver carcinogenesis chemically induced (by diethylnitrosamine (DEN... more SLATTERY and colleagues, Department of Oncological Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City 84108 USA write that levels of triglycerides, glucose and insulin are related to colon cancer risk and that high levels of simple sugars in the diet increase co... more Issue 27 FLEET, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center, Tufts University, Boston, MA 02111 USA writes that research studies examining the relationship between dietary selenium intake and cancer risk have demonstrated that low selenium intake is associated... more LEKANDER and colleagues, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden write that psychological intervention strategies, such as relaxation training have been used to strengthen resistance to disease . Research has demonstrat... more MAZIERE and colleagues, Labaoratoire de Toxicologie Alimentaire, Universite Bordeaux I, Talence, France write that the mechanism by which vitamin A prevents or delays carcinogenesis is still unclear. Vitamin A, in addition to antimutagenic and antiprolifer... more SPIEGEL and MOORE, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, California USA write that patients with cancer often use techniques such as imagery and hypnosis as ways of connecting their mind and bodies.... more YU and colleagues, Department of Surgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Second Medical University, China studied the relationship between selenium and immune response in large bowel cancer .... more ZACHARA and colleagues, Department of Biochemistry, University School of Medical Sciences, Bydzoszca, Poland studied selenium (Se) concentration in cancerous and tumour-free lung tissue in lung cancer patients .... more Issue 26 DE STEFANI and colleagues, Registro Nacional de Cancer, Montevideo, Uruguay studied whether dietary fibre modified breast cancer risk.... more MALVY and colleagues, INSERM U056, Hospital Center of Bicetre, France studied serum levels of antioxidant vitamins A, E, beta-carotene, zinc and selenium and cholesterol and related proteins in children with cancer.... more POLLARD and LUCKERT, Lobund Laboratory, University of Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA studied the influence of soy protein isoflavones upon development of prostate-related cancers in rats.... more SIGNOUNAS and colleagues, Division of Hematology/ Oncology, East Caroline University School of Medicine, Greenville North Carolina USA sigounas@brody.med.ecu.edu write that vitamin E, best known as a potent antioxidant, has been shown to have other functio... more STONE and PAPAS, Department of Pediatrics, James Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City 37614-0578 USA write that colorectal cancer is the second most common cause of cancer death in the US for both sexes . A large body... more YU and colleagues, Cancer Institute, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China write that high rates of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and primary liver cancer (PLC) are present in Qidong county.... more Issue 25 KOO, Department of Community Medicine, University of Hong Kong. hrmrklc@hkucc.hku.hk. writes that a critical review (82 references) of epidemiological studies regarding diet and lung cancer over the past 20 years has not provided overwhelming evidence that... more LI, Department of Oncology, Nanfang Hospital, First Military Medical University, Guangzhou, China studied the effects of combining Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) with chemotherapy in lung cancer patients.... more OSMAK and colleagues, Department of Molecular Medicine, Ruder Boskovic Institute, Zagreb, Croatia write that the role of vitamin C (ascorbic acid AA) in the prevention and suppression of carcinogenesis has been known for a long time. AA may also inhibit th... more SHARONI and colleagues, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel write that consumption of carotenoids has frequently been inversely correlated with cancer incidence . The authors used the dimethyl-benz(a)anthracen... more WU and colleagues, First Affiliated Hospital, West China University of Medical Sciences, Chengdu, China studied the role of acupuncture in the regulation of cellular immune function.... more Issue 24 GERBER and colleagues, Groupe d’Epidemiologie Metabolique, INSERM-CRLC, Montpellier, France had previously reported a paradoxical oxidant-antioxidant status in breast cancer patients, affecting pre-menopausal more than menopausal women.... more MOON and colleagues, Department of Biomathematics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030 USA write that 2 chemoprevention randomised clinical trials commenced in 1984 for the evaluation of retinoids in the prevention of skin canc... more POTTER, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and University of Washington, Seattle USA writes that vegetables and fruits are associated with a reduced risk of cancers, including and especially lung cancer. Compounds which are possibly protective may incl... more RAUTALAHTI and colleagues, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki Finland. matti.rautalahti@ktl.fi writes that the results of the Alpha-Tocopherol Beta-Carotene (ATBC) study, the first large intervention trial with antioxidants were intriguing. The aut... more VAN POPPEL and VAN DEN BERG, TNO Nutrition and Food Research Institute, Zeist, The Netherlands write that substantial attention has been focussed during the last decades upon the prospect that high intake of certain vitamins may confer protection against c... more Issue 23 BROWN and CARNEY, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover New Hampshire explored beliefs regarding perceptions of health, illness and medical care in breast cancer patients who use alternative medicine.... more CRAWFORD and colleagues, Division of Urology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver USA write in their review (59 references) that understanding changes in prostate-specific antigen (PSA) may enable the differentiation between benign and ma... more GUTHRIE and colleagues, Deaprtment of Biochemistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada studied the inhibition of proliferation of oestrogen receptor-negative human breast cancer cells with various forms and mixtures of vitamin E, in combinat... more KIMMICK and colleagues, Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157 USA gkimmick@isnet.is.bgsm.edu write that breast cancer is a major health problem, accounting for almost one-third of cancer-related deaths i... more TURLEY and colleagues, Laboratory of Leukocyte Biology, Division of Basic Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland 21702 USA studied the growth and apoptosis of oestrogen receptor-negative human breast cancer cells by vitamin E succinate (V... more Issue 22 DONG and colleagues, Deaprtment of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong researched the mode of action and antitumour activities upon human leukemia cells of ingredients isolated from Chinese medicinal herbs.... more IIGO and colleagues, Chemotherapy Division, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo Japan studied a series of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), including docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and a series of n-6 PUFAs f... more LAURILA and colleagues, National Public Health Institute, Oulu, Finland write that epidemiological evidence suggests that airway obstruction is an independent risk factor for lung cancer, which cannot be explained purely by active or passive smoking. Chlam... more OCKE and colleagues, Department of Chronic Diseases and Environmental Epidemiology, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands studied the dietary intake of vegetables, fruits, beta-carotene, and vitamin C and E in... more STRAIN and colleagues, Human Nutrition Research Group, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland studied the relationship between thyroid hormone levels and toenail selenium concentrations in a case-control study of postmenopausal breast cancer pat... more Issue 21 CLINTON and colleagues, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts USA write that the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study has indicated a lower prostate cancer risk associated with greater consumption of tomatoes and relat... more GODLEY and colleagues, Department of Internal Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 27599 USA write that animal studies suggest that omega-6 fatty acids found in vegetable oils may promote prostate cancer. The authors investigated whether e... more GOODMAN and colleagues, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington USA investigated the associations of baseline demographic, health history and nutritional information and prerandomisation serum concentrations of beta-carotene, retinol, r... more MENETTA and colleagues, Division of Gynecological Oncology, University of California, Irvine 92668 USA write that the Papanicolaou (Pap) smears for cervical cancer screening have led to the increased detection of preinvasive conditions of the cervix, cervi... more OMURA and colleagues, Heart Disease Research Foundation, New York USA write that due to the reduced effectiveness of antibiotics against bacteria such as Chlamydia trachomatis, alpha-Streptococcus, Borrelia Burgdorferi and viruses such as the Herpes Family... more VERHOEVEN and colleagues, TNO Nutrition and Food Research Institute, Zeist The Netherlands examined the association between breast cancer risk and intake of vitamins C, E retinol, beta-carotene, dietary fibre, vegetables, fruit and potatoes.... more Issue 20 ANDERSSON and colleagues, Department of Urology, Orebro Medical Center, Sweden write that the role of diet in the aetiology of prostate cancer remains unclear because research results from several case-control and cohort studies regarding fat intake and pr... more CARINCI and FELISATTI, Cattedra di Chirurgia Maxillo-Facciale, Universita degli Studi, Ferrara review the evidence regarding the role of selenium in the prevention of oral and head and neck cancer. The authors write that during normal cellular metabolism,... more DAVIGLUS and colleagues, Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL USA studied the relationship of dietary beta-carotene and vitamin C to risk of prostate cancer.... more FINLAY and JONES, Holme Tower Marie Curie Centre, Wales write that although complementary therapies are increasingly in vogue in the management of patients with cancer, little formal evaluation has been undertaken.... more GEORGESEN and DUNGAN, Evansville Cancer Center, Indiana USA write that cancer threatens our very existence and that pain compounds suffering, leading to spiritual distress. The authors present a nursing strategy to deal with the responses of patients and t... more HERTOG and colleagues, Department of Chronic Diseases and Environmental Epidemiology, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands. Michael.Hertog@rivm.nl studied whether the consumption of fruit and vegetables dimini... more ZHU and colleagues, Kyoto University, Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Social Medicine, Japan write that several studies have demonstrated that selenium can inhibit tumourigenesis; however little is known regarding the mechanism and the effect of... more Issue 19 CAVE, Endocrine Unit, University of Rochester School of Medicine, New York USA writes that despite early experimental research which showed that quantitative increases in dietary fat promote breast tumour growth, more recent studies have shown that not all... more ISSING and colleagues, Klinik und Poliklinik fur Hals-, Nasen-, Ohrenkranke, Universitat Munchen, Germany studied the use of high-dose retinyl palmitate (a form of Vitamin A) in the treatment of leukoplakia, a white patch in the oral cavity or larynx which... more LAI and colleagues, Lister Research Laboratories, Department of Surgery, University of Edinburgh, Royal Infirmary, UK write that eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) inhibits the growth of various pancreatic cancer cell lines in vitro. They studied the mechanism of... more VAN DER POMPE and colleagues review (77 references) the effects of psychosocial interventions upon psychological and biological functioning of breast cancer patients. The authors write that once in their lifetime, one out of eleven women receives a diagnos... more |
