Last Updated: 2009-03-20 8:00:55 -0400 (Reuters Health)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The use of aspirin as a cardioprotective agent significantly reduces recurrence among patients being treated for high-grade, non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer, the results of a small case-control study suggest.
The subgroup of patients with carcinoma in situ and high-grade papillary bladder cancer has a "high risk of tumour recurrence and progression and thus represents an ideal cohort...
(NaturalNews) Levels of the beneficial, cancer-fighting compound sulforaphane in broccoli are reduced by 90 percent when the vegetable is cooked, according to a study conducted by researchers from TNO Quality of Life in the Netherlands, and published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.
"Consumption of raw broccoli resulted in faster absorption, higher bioavailability, and higher peak plasma amounts of sulforaphane, compared to cooked broccoli," the researchers...
Among patients with Stage II bladder cancer, those who undergo surgery more than 12 weeks after diagnosis have a higher risk of death. These results were published in the journal Cancer.
The bladder is a hollow organ in the lower abdomen. Its primary function is to store urine, the waste that is produced when the kidneys filter the blood. Urine passes from the two kidneys into the bladder through two tubes called ureters, and urine...
ScienceDaily (Mar. 12, 2009) — A team of researchers, led by Columbia University Medical Center faculty, has identified a new investigational therapy for the treatment of bladder cancer. The discovery was made using a new research model, using mice, which replicates many aspects of human bladder cancer. The model also enabled the researchers to demonstrate that two major tumor suppressor genes, p53 and PTEN, are inactivated in invasive bladder cancer.
