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A recently released study has reported that organ transplant recipients in the United States have a high risk of being diagnosed with approximately 30 types of cancer. Researchers from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), which is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

In this study, researchers analyzed approximately 175,000 transplant recipients. This was about 40% of total organ transplants in the country for the year.  The results of this study was released in the November 2011 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). continue reading…

It has been reported that rectal cancer rates in people under 40 years of age have been steadily rising for the last 20 years.  Cancer researchers and scientists say that they are baffled about this, and have no real idea of why this is the case.

Colon cancer, and related rectal cancer, are thought to have similar risk factors, but colon cancer rates have been constant while rectal cancer rates have grown by about 4% per year.  This was reported in the journal Cancer.  What is most disconcerting is that scientists have absolutely no idea why this is the case.  Rectal cancer rates in older population segments have been increasing as well, but this increase is probably due to more frequent cancer screenings which leads to more cases being diagnosed. continue reading…

There are certain risk factors for pancreatic cancer.  These are:

  • Age-most people diagnosed are over 60 years of age,
  • Smokers-are 2 to 3 times more likely to be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer than non-smokers,
  • Gender-men are 30% more likely to get this,
  • Race-African American men are more susceptible to this disease than Asians, Hispanics, and Whites, continue reading…

Although there is a big marketing campaign underway to increase the public’s awareness of breast cancer, it has been found that lung cancer actually kills more women than breast, ovarian and cervical cancers combined.  This is unfortunate news, but the truth has to come out.

What is very surprising about this is that 66% of women who come down with lung cancer either have quit smoking at least 10 years before diagnosis, or they have never been smokers. continue reading…