Battling Cancer

When Dana Reeve, widow of actor Christopher Reeve, died of lung cancer, the stories of her death pointed out that she didn’t smoke. She was young, only 44; she had nursed her paralyzed husband for eight years; she left a 13-year-old son an orphan. And how could she have gotten lung cancer? She had never smoked.Lung cancer is often preventable, and it is usually fatal.

Unfortunately I will also become a victim of this disease. Not for myself, but a victim because I am a friend of a lung cancer person. One of my very dearest friends will undergo a lung operation this coming Tuesday.

According to the American Lung Association, 87 percent of lung cancer cases are caused by smoking. Another 12 percent are linked to radon exposure.

Only 15 percent of people diagnosed with the disease will still be alive five years after the diagnosis; 60 percent die within the first year. What is Chemoprevention? For individuals who demonstrate the greatest risk, researchers are currently conducting several new trials to test the use of natural and synthetic substances to prevent development of the disease. This new research has been coined, chemoprevention. More →

 

Ontario gives Ottawa cancer care $140M boost

Last updated Mar 10 2006 08:25 AM EST
CBC News 

The Ontario government announced Thursday it will invest $140 million to upgrade cancer care facilities at two Ottawa hospitals, a boost that doctors say could dramatically reduce wait times.

Premier Dalton McGuinty announced the $140 million project at the Queensway-Carleton Hospital.

It’s a “huge 200 per cent improvement in our wait time and access problem,” said Dr. Hartly Stern, vice-president of the Regional Cancer Centre. More →

Friday March 10, 2006 (0101 PST)

ISLAMABAD, March 10(Online): A new study by American Cancer Society (ACS) researchers finds that being overweight or obese raises a person’s risk of pancreatic cancer.
This is especially true for people who tend to gain weight in their mid-section, compared to those who gain it in their hips and thighs, or evenly all over their body.

The findings were published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention (Vol. 14, No. 2: 459-466).

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Since I have been involved with Omega 3 for a while now, I found this news article very interesting, and would like to share it with you.

Thursday, March 9, 2006 . Posted: 00:00:00 (AEDT)

Fish oil aids cancer treatment

With more Australians diagnosed with cancer, doctors are trying to find new ways to make treatments easier to tolerate.

They have found giving patients omega 3 or fish oil might help patients get through treatment with fewer side effects.
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