Long-term exposure to products with DDT (a compound whose use was already banned by the World Health Organization 45 years ago) during pregnancy causes the daughters of these women to be four times more likely to develop breast cancer than those who have not. been exposed to this compound. The study was developed by a team of scientists from the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan in Oakland, California (USA).
A team of scientists from the University of Sheffield (England) and the University of Copenhagen (Denmark) has managed to identify a possible key to metastasis in patients with breast cancer, after discovering an enzyme (lipoxygenase or LOX) that increases the spread of the illness. The study has been published in the journal Nature.
This tumor is the most frequent in western women, only in Spain some 22,000 cases are diagnosed a year, which represents 30% of female tumors in the entire country.
The chances of suffering from breast cancer are increased by the use of the contraceptive pill, according to a new study carried out by the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle (USA) and published in the journal Cancer Research.
There are many risk factors that can increase the chances of suffering from breast cancer such as tobacco, alcohol, age, family history ... Now, a new study published in the British Medical Journal concludes that consuming a lot of red meat can be another one of them.
A new study from Thomas Jefferson University (USA) supports that a hypocaloric diet can help control cancer, being by contrast, the extra kilos, obesity, the perfect breeding ground for metastasis.
Women who smoke or have smoked about a packet of tobacco a day for 10 years or more have a higher risk of developing the most common type of breast cancer. This is the decisive conclusion of the latest study from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle and published in the journal Cancer.
Preliminary research from Duke University (USA) has linked high cholesterol with an increased risk of breast cancer, as this organic compound acts as fuel for tumor cells.
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
