Monday, 26 March 2012

instead of chemotherapy: Mediterranean cuisine as part of cancer prevention


COLORECTAL CANCERMediterranean cuisine as part of preventionPhysicians also advise old to exercise and quitting smoking by Andreas
not associated with non-Facebook with Twitter is not connected toAugsburg Professor Matthias Anthuber, a director of the cancer center at Augsburg Hospital has a vision: "It is possible to get cancer of the colon to extinction." For this would be but all at risk in time to pull (from the age of 50 years) of a screening test,Augsburg's why doctors point out again and again, recently, even in a "Darmtag" in the hospital with the support of the popular sports talk show hosted moderator and a walk-intestinal model. How much was on this occasion, but you can do early on by lifestyle a bit against cancer, and even if he was not recognized until late, there are treatments like chemotherapy.
The human body is designed to more exercise and less nutrient uptake, as the senior physician at the III. Medical Clinic, Dr. Stefan Gölder said. In particular, many people take as a result of today's life on more fat and sugar than is good for the organism. Gölder summarized the results of many nutritional studies: It has been shown that five servings of fruits and vegetables per day (one serving equals one handful) reduce cancer risk. That specifically protect the contained dietary fiber against colon cancer, but is not guaranteed. Well, the intake of folic acid (as found in asparagus or beetroot) and calcium (in - preferably low-fat - milk).

Chemotherapy used to treat stomach and intestinal cancer


The first international congress of specialists in gastrointestinal cancer on Saturday at St. Gall 300 experts new recommendations for the treatment of this cancer have made: In gastric cancer should be added to chemotherapy in early stages of the operation.
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Early chemotherapy increases the chances of recovery from gastrointestinal cancer

St. Gallen. - This would increase the chances of recovery "strong", is Professor Florian Otto, a specialist in hematology and oncology at the cancer and breast center at St. Gallen ZeTuP quoted on Sunday in a statement.
Further recommend that cancer specialists, "and then treatment with the aim of trying to cure cancer, if can already detect single tumor cells into the abdominal cavity."
New findings have also existed for the treatment of cancer in the transitional zone between the esophagus and stomach. It would involve two different types of tumors, "which are also treated differently" would have said Otto.
The recommendations will now be formulated into a so-called consensus. Then will this multi-stage process in a constant along with the participants of the conference, the consensus will tend to the global standard, it is said in the statement.
The experts could not agree however on expensive new methods for determining how far cancer has spread esophagus. Here we have yet to collect a few experiences.
Otto had called the three-day meeting on Gastrointestinal Cancer in St. Gallen, together contribute to the specialists from around the world their findings. The congress will take place every two years.