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| 04 Jan 2006 01:22:37 pm |
 Statins Have No Breast Cancer Protective Effect |
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It was widely believed by the scientific community until now that the popular group of cholesterol lowering drugs called statins, have a protective effect against cancer. Previous studies have shown that these drugs may protect you from various cancers including breast cancer. Now this belief is being shattered by the publication of two large studies which showed no cancer protective effect for this popular group cholesterol lowering drugs.
It's interesting to note that Sherin has posted another study with the same negative findings in October 2005. This study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine studied 79,000 women who participated in the Nurses' Health Study. This study suggested that the beneficial effect of statins on breast cancer observed in experimental studies may not be applicable to humans.
Now two more studies have shown that statins offer no protective effect against developing or dying from cancer. A new meta-analysis of 26 studies involving 87,000 patients has concluded that statins do not lower the risk of developing cancer or dying from cancer. Statins had absolutely no impact on cancer as per the article published in Journal of the American Medical Association.
In another study organized by the American Cancer Society, researchers, reviewed data on more than 130,000 patients from the United States and found that statins have no effect on colon cancer. The findings from this team of researchers are published in the latest issue of Journal of the National Cancer Institute. |
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| Posted By : Janet |  Comments[16] |  Trackbacks [0] |
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| 04 Jan 2006 01:03:57 am |
| BRCA1 mutation? Drink Coffee! |
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Recently I was seeing many benefits associated with coffee in the recent medical news releases. I have recently read about the benefits of coffee in prevention of colon cancer. I was reading this news about benefits of coffee in prevention of breast cancer today.
This new research by Dr. Steven A. Narod, of the University of Toronto, Ontario showed that women who have BRCA1 gene mutations might benefit from drinking coffee with respect to the risk of development of breast cancer.
These researchers studied 1690 high-risk women with BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations from 40 clinical centers in four countries. A self-administered questionnaire was used to assess the average lifetime coffee consumption.
Women with BRCA mutations who drank 1 to 3 cups of coffee daily had 10 percent reduction in the risk of breast cancer, women how drank 4 to 5 cups of coffee had 25 percent reduction in breast cancer and those women who drank 6 or more cups of coffee had a high 69 percent reduction in the risk of breast cancer. Amazing to think about it, right?
Another surprising finding evolved from the research. They found that the protective effect of coffee was mainly limited to BRCA1 gene mutation carriers and most of the BRCA2 gene mutation carriers did not have significant benefit from drinking coffee.
Investigators say that coffee is an important source of phytoestrogens, which may have protective effects against cancer. |
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| Posted By : Sherin | Comments[15] | Trackbacks [1] |
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