Synthetic hormone replacement therapy is known to increase the risk of breast cancer and interestingly the heights of breast cancer have decrease slightly since a lot of women have decided not to us. Also the hormones in the oral contraceptive peel increase the risk of breast cancer. According to the World Health Organization oral contraceptives are a class 1 carcinogen meaning they are a known cancer causer. This is joined formaldehyde and benzene, the same group of chemicals that are...

What causes lung cancer – a dreadful disease that seems to have no mercy on the lives of those affected? Research shows that a lung cancer prognosis in many patients doesn't exceed five years. This is disheartening at best. Being given a diagnosis such as this leaves the patient thinking what causes lung cancer?

What causes any type of cancer is really still a mystery. However there are suspicions about what causes lung cancer and there are suggested risks. Whenever...

Introduction

In cervical cancer, screening and human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination have gradually shifted the focus towards preventative, rather than therapeutic strategies. In endometrial cancer, the focus has been on surgery, as it is considered a surgically-managed disease with a limited role for drug therapy. However, despite these therapeutic attitudes, opportunities remain in both markets.

Scope

*Cervical and endometrial cancer overview,...

Lung cancer affects millions of people every year. Despite its this, many remain unaware of some of the basic facts about lung cancer.

In the United States, more than 200,000 people are diagnosed with lung cancer every year, with most of those diagnosed, about 116,000, being men. In that same study, a staggering lung cancer fact is that it will kill more than 160,000 people, which is higher than the number of deaths for breast, colon, and prostate cancer combined. Lung cancer...

Every year there are over 2,000 new cases of mesothelioma diagnosed in the United States because of asbestos exposure.  This fact has been a major force behind the research aimed at better understanding the disease and someday finding a cure.  One important study is called, "Electron Miscroscopical Investigation of Asbestos Fibers" by Arthur M. Langer, Anne D. Mackler, and Fred D. Pooley - Environmental Health Perspectives Vol. 9, pp 68-80, 1974.  Here is an...

Trying to better understand the mechanism of mesothelioma disease has been the goal of many researchers.  Some believe that a threshold may exist between duration and intensity of asbestos exposure and the induction of mesothelioma.  One interesting study is called, "Possible role of lipid peroxidation in the induction of NF-kappa B and AP-1 in RFL-6 cells by crocidolite asbestos: evidence following protection by vitamin E." by S P Faux and P J Howden -  Environ...

Occupational exposure to asbestos causes the death of thousands of people each year.  This has led to an almost unparalleled body of research trying to better understand asbestos and its link to mesothelioma disease.  One interesting study is called, "Kinetics of the bronchoalveolar leucocyte response in rats during exposure to equal airborne mass concentrations of quartz, chrysotile asbestos, or titanium dioxide." by K Donaldson, R E Bolton, A Jones, G M Brown, M D...

When asbestos fibers are broken into small pieces they can be swallowed or inhaled and lead to mesothelioma disease.  This disease is responsible for the deaths of thousands of people each year, and consequently is the subject of a great deal of research.  One important study is called, "Secreted extracellular domains of macrophage scavenger receptors form elongated trimers which specifically bind crocidolite asbestos" by D Resnick, N J Freedman, S Xu and M Krieger -...

There has been a great deal of important research conducted examining the link between asbestos exposure in the workplace and disease development.  One important study is called, "Asbestos-related pleural plaques and lung function" by L. Christine Oliver, MD, Ellen A. Eisen, ScD, Reginald Greene, MD, Nancy L. Sprince, MD - American Journal of Industrial Medicine - Volume 14 Issue 6, Pages 649 – 656.  Here is an excerpt: "Abstract - The present study...

When asbestos fibers are inhaled, they can attack the membranes surrounding the heart, lungs and abdomen and lead to disease development.  Mesothelioma alone causes the death of over 2,000 people each year.  Identifying the links between this deadly disease and asbestos exposure are important and ongoing.  One important study is called, "The epidermiologic relationship between pleural mesothelioma and asbestos exposure." by Nurminen M. - Scand J Work Environ...