Cancer

A new study carried out by the Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine in Lund (Sweden) has concluded that frequent use of hair dyes and continuous exposure to them, as in the case of hairdressers or stylists, leads to an increase of carcinogenic chemicals in the blood, linked to bladder cancer.

More than 90% of sunburns occur in the first 20 years of life, and according to new research published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention (CEBP) with five or more severe sunburns at this age , is enough to increase the risk of melanoma by 80% in later years.

Although people's socioeconomic status has nothing to do with cancer risk, it does have a bearing on what types of cancer they may suffer from, according to a new study published in the journal Cancer.

A team of researchers from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York (USA) has discovered the exact way and when cancer cells manage to invade other tissues in order to avoid metastasis, the first cause of death in cancer patients .

Eczema, a skin condition that causes the skin to become irritated, red, and itchy, may have a silver lining: it reduces the risk of skin cancer.

The deterioration of DNA, constantly attacked by toxic substances, radiation and ultraviolet light, can lead to cancer and other serious ailments.

A team of researchers from the Universities of North Carolina and Duke (USA) and the University of Oxford (UK) have found that reducing the amount of copper in the body can help slow the growth of some types of tumors, like melanoma.

If we needed one more excuse to drink beer, now we have it. A team of researchers from the University of Porto (Portugal) has discovered that marinating meat with beer, meat that we will later cook on the barbecue, reduces the risk of cancer.