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Your sweet tooth craves sugar, but your body doesn't need it  -  25 Mar 2008
Waterbury Republican American,In 1977, the FDA proposed a ban on saccharin because of concerns about rats that developed bladder cancer after receiving high doses of it.

Polymorphisms in the H19 Gene and the Risk of Bladder Cancer ...  -  Mar 23, 2008
UroToday,In this study we examined whether sequence variants within the H19 gene are associated with the risk of developing bladder cancer.

Eating broccoli can help prevent bladder cancer  -  Mar 17, 2008
London Free Press,RICHARD BELIVEAU The fourth-leading cause of cancer death among Canadian men with close to 7000 new cases each year, bladder cancer is a fairly unknown

In the swim  -  Mar 23, 2008
separationsNOW.com (subscription),One of the more common types of cancer is bladder cancer, accounting for about 68000 cases a year in the USA, with an annual mortality of about 14000.

Chancellor Rogers Home After Cancer Treatment  -  Mar 21, 2008
KLAS-TV,Chancellor Jim Rogers has returned home to Las Vegas after recovering the last month at a California hospital from an operation for bladder cancer.

Vegetables join bladder cancer fight  -  Mar 4, 2008
Stuff.co.nz,But the New Zealand researchers have now shown natural chemicals in broccoli sprouts may curb bladder cancer. Laboratory rats exposed to a chemical that

Study: Eating Broccoli Could Prevent Bladder Cancer  -  Mar 4, 2008
FOXNewsAn extract from broccoli sprouts can prevent the development of bladder cancer, according to a news release. Researchers studied the effects the vegetable

Extract Of Broccoli Sprouts May Protect Against Bladder Cancer  -  Feb 28, 2008
Science Daily (press release)..."Although this is an animal study, it provides potent evidence that eating vegetables is beneficial in bladder cancer prevention," he said.

Broccoli sprouts curb bladder cancer  -  Feb 29, 2008
Times of India,Though animals that had the most protection against development of bladder cancer were given high doses of the extract, Zhang said humans at increased risk

New Bladder Cancer Therapy Under Study For Patients Unresponsive ...  -  Feb 26, 2008
Science Daily (press release)26, 2008) â€” As many as half of patients with superficial bladder cancer do not respond to the standard first-line chemotherapy placed into the bladder,

Broccoli 'cuts risk of bladder cancer'  -  Feb 27, 2008
Telegraph.co.uk,However, the new findings, published in the Cancer Research journal, underlined the effectiveness of broccoli in specifically reducing bladder cancer.

Cell Receptor on Track for Painless Bladder Cancer Test  -  Mar 10, 2008
Biloxi Sun Herald,Current tests for bladder cancer have shown to be accurate for only 40 percent of diagnoses. MUSC's new test has demonstrated 90 percent accuracy (100

Roswell Park Surgeon Advocates Robotic-Assisted Surgery For ...  -  Mar 10, 2008
Medical News Today (press release),Since then, more that 490 prostate cancer patients have been treated, and 80 bladder cancer patients. Roswell Park Cancer Institute, founded in 1898,

Does Hair Dye Cause Cancer?  -  Mar 16, 2008
Los Angeles Chronicle,Research that suggested alink between hair dye and bladder cancer has been contradicted by more recent research and it is now thought there is no such link.

Broccoli and Brussels sprouts protect against bladder cancer  -  Mar 5, 2008
News-Medical.net,The researchers led by New Zealand scientist Dr. Rex Munday discovered that an extract of broccoli sprouts can halve the incidence of bladder cancer in an

Bioniche on Phase 3 of bladder cancer therapy  -  Mar 6, 2008
Belleville Intelligencer,Bioniche Life Sciences will embark on a second clinical trial later this year after receiving another fast-track designation for its bladder cancer therapy

Bioniche Receives Fast Track Designation For First-Line Bladder ...  -  Mar 4, 2008
Canada NewsWire (press release),This is the second Phase III trial of the Company to receive Fast Track designation: Bioniche's registration trial of Urocidin for bladder cancer patients

Broccoli Sprouts Help Block Bladder Cancer, In Rats  -  Mar 3, 2008
Cancerpage.com,NEW YORK MAR 03, 2008(Reuters Health) - An extract from broccoli sprouts can prevent the development of bladder cancer by delivering a high dose of

Urinary Cytology and Nuclear Matrix Protein 22 in the Detection of ...  -  Mar 18, 2008
UroToday,To assess the value of nuclear matrix protein-22 (NMP22), compared with urinary cytology, in predicting the recurrence of bladder cancer that is not

Laparoscopic Radical Cystectomy for Cancer; Oncologic Outcomes for ...  -  Mar 23, 2008
UroToday,...patients (mean age 66 years) had LRC with urinary diversion for invasive bladder cancer; 26 patients (70%) also had an extended pelvic lymphadenectomy.

Brassica vegetables shown to be effective weapons against bladder ...  -  Mar 3, 2008
TV3 News,...â€œBroccoli sprouts were able to protect against bladder cancer and it was really a very significant effect,â€? Agresearchâ€™s Dr Rex Munday explained.

Vegies help fight bladder cancer  -  Mar 4, 2008
Food Week,Researchers led by a New Zealand scientists have found evidence that members of the cabbage family can decrease the incidence of bladder cancer.

Bioniche granted fast track status for bladder cancer therapy  -  Mar 5, 2008
Trading Markets (press release),Bioniche plans to start a Phase III clinical trial comparing Urocidin, to the current standard therapy in patients with non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer

Broccoli Sprouts May Protect Against Bladder Cancer  -  Feb 28, 2008
MedPage Today,28 -- Even before broccoli matures, the much-maligned vegetable shows promise in prevention of bladder cancer. Rats given high doses of freeze-dried

Broccoli sprouts linked to bladder cancer protection  -  Feb 28, 2008
NutraIngredients.com,By Stephen Daniells 28-Feb-2008 - A concentrated extract from broccoli sprouts may cut the development of bladder cancer by more than 50 per cent,

Bioniche gets FDA's fast track designation for bladder cancer therapy  -  Mar 4, 2008
Canada East,Bioniche announced Tuesday that its therapy for first-line non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer meets the FDA's criteria for evaluating the necessary filings

The role of CYP2D6*4 variant in bladder cancer susceptibility in ...  -  Feb 28, 2008
Bulletin du Cancer (Abonnement),Allelic variations of CYP2D6 have been investigated with respect to incidence of several cancers, such as bladder cancer, breast cancer, head cancer and

Broccoli sprouts may help prevent bladder cancer  -  Feb 28, 2008
Food Consumer,Eating cruciferous vegetables like broccoli has been linked with reduced risk fro bladder cancer, according to Yuesheng Zhang, MD, Ph. D., senior author of

Broccoli Sprouts Reduce Bladder Cancer Risk â€“ A Study  -  Feb 28, 2008
TopNews,..."Epidemiologic studies have shown that dietary ITCs and cruciferous vegetable intake are inversely associated with bladder cancer risk in humans," Zhang

Broccoli sprouts cut bladder cancer risk  -  Feb 28, 2008
United Press InternationalZhang and colleagues tested the ability of the concentrate to prevent bladder tumors in five groups of rats given a substance to induce bladder cancer.

Breast cancer drug tested on bladder  -  Feb 27, 2008
United Press InternationalThe phase l/ll study of Abraxane -- open to patients with recurrent bladder cancer that has not responded to standard treatment and left with surgical

Promising New Bladder Cancer Treatment Option  -  Feb 27, 2008
MedHeadlines,Bladder cancer is the 4th largest cause of cancer in men and the 9th largest cause of cancer among women in the US Currently, the most prevalent treatment

Effect of Trans-2,3-Dimethoxycinnamoyl Azide on Enhancing ...  -  Mar 18, 2008
UroToday,For bladder cancer, romidepsin seems to be a potent antitumor agent from our recent study. In this study, we further delineate a new agent that can enhance

Chancellor returns home to continue his recovery  -  Mar 21, 2008
Reno Gazette Journal,...higher education system, is back home in Las Vegas after spending four weeks in a California hospital recovering from an operation for bladder cancer.

'Cabbage can save your life'  -  Mar 3, 2008
Independent Online,Wellington - A diet high in vegetables like cabbage could protect against bladder cancer, a New Zealand scientist who led a team of researchers into the

Bladder Preservation or Initial Cystectomy in T1G3 Bladder Cancer ...  -  Feb 26, 2008
UroToday,Of 223 patients with initial T1G3 bladder cancer, 125 patients underwent transurethral resection of the tumour (TURB), second resection and adjuvant bacille

Eating broccoli sprouts may help protect against bladder cancer  -  Feb 28, 2008
KSBY,A new study using lab animals found that concentrated extracts of freeze-dried broccoli sprouts cut down on bladder tumors by more than half.

Despised vege a cancer fighter  -  Mar 4, 2008
Waikato Times,By CHRIS GARDNER - Waikato Times | Wednesday, 05 March 2008 LIFE SAVER: Dr Rex Munday says brussels sprouts can be used to fight bladder cancer.

Cancer Detection Dogs On TV  -  Mar 10, 2008
UKPets,The charity has taught dogs to discriminate between urine from bladder cancer patients and urine from healthy people - by detecting certain chemical

Possible Role of Cyclooxygenase-2  -  Mar 12, 2008
Medscape (subscription)Cyclooxygenase inhibitors in urinary bladder cancer: in vitro and in vivo effects. Mol Cancer Ther. 2006;5: 329-336. Abstract Yoshimura R, Matsuyama M,

Sensitivity Of Normal, Paramalignant, And Malignant Human ...  -  Mar 16, 2008
Medical News Today (press release),This is of particular importance as components of the EGFR signalling pathway are frequently over-expressed in cancer, including bladder cancer,

World's second: Cancer valley along Ganga  -  Feb 27, 2008
MSN India,...â€œWe tested the soil and the water, as well as the tissue samples of people suffering from gall bladder cancer,â€? said Dr Palepu Jagannath, chairman of the

Biharâ€™s Gangetic plain falls in the cancer valley of India  -  Feb 28, 2008
Bihar Times,It was found that the incidence of gall bladder cancer is between 12 and 20 for every one lakh population. The corresponding figure for South India is just

Eat Your Broccoli, Save Your Bladder  -  Feb 29, 2008
Medical News Today,Zhang remarks: "Although this is an animal study, it provides potent evidence that eating vegetables is beneficial in bladder cancer prevention.

Research suggests broccoli reduces cancer risk  -  Mar 4, 2008
Radio New Zealand,Research has suggested that eating broccoli sprouts may lower the risk of bladder cancer by more than 50%. It follows earlier studies which found that rats

Cell Genesys to Present at the 15th Annual Future Leaders in the ...  -  Mar 20, 2008
CNNMoney.comPhase 2 trials of GVAX immunotherapies for pancreatic cancer and for leukemia, and a Phase 1 trial of CG0070 oncolytic virus therapy for bladder cancer.

DNA Repair Gene hOGG1 Codon 326 and XRCC1 Codon 399 Polymorphisms ...  -  Mar 13, 2008
UroToday,Bladder cancer is the most common urologic malignancy in the USA. Tobacco smoking generates oxidative DNA damage and induces bladder cancer.

Broccoli reduces bladder tumor risk  -  Mar 2, 2008
PRESS TV,The study also showed that other cruciferous vegetables such as cabbage, kale and collard greens could reduce the risk of bladder cancer.

Broccoli Boost  -  Mar 3, 2008
StaffNurse.com,They fed this extract to rats which were also given a chemical which induces bladder cancer. Among rats given a low dose, 74 per cent developed cancer.

ROBOTS HELP NOTTINGHAM SURGEONS  -  Mar 6, 2008
This is Nottingham,The robotic "theatre assistant" is being used by surgeons to pioneer the ops for patients with prostate and bladder cancer. Around 70 patients a year go to

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