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New Study Shows that Fatty Acids Reduces Effectiveness of Chemotherapy

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

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Source: Medicalexpress.com Researchers at University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands, have discovered a substance that has an adverse effect on nearly all types of chemotherapy – making cancer cells insensitive to the treatment. Chemotherapy often loses effectiveness over time. It is often unclear how or why this happens. It now appears that chemotherapy is made [...]

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Fish oil helps prevent weight and muscle loss in cancer patients

Friday, March 4, 2011

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Source: www.medscape.com Author: Roxanne Nelson Supplementation with fish oil might help prevent muscle wasting and weight loss in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. In a small study of 40 patients newly diagnosed with nonsmall-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), those who received fish oil supplements maintained weight, muscle mass, and muscle quality. The study, published online February 28 [...]

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Adapting the science of supplements and cancer prevention

Thursday, December 17, 2009

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Source: www.cancer.gov Author: Carmen Phillips Numerous studies suggest that avoiding excess weight, exercising regularly, and eating a diet heavy on fruits and vegetables decreases the risk of many diseases, including cancer. But as the expanding obesity epidemic has shown, there are major obstacles to getting broad swaths of people to adopt such a healthful lifestyle. [...]

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