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Preventing the incidence of cancer is complex and involves many factors which ultimately work by avoiding or limiting exposure to carcinogens. Known carcinogens in humans include physical, chemical, viral, and bacterial carcinogens.
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Plant foods, which contain antioxidants, may help reduce your risk for many cancers.
Try to eat two to three servings of fruit, three to five servings of vegetables and at least six servings of whole grains every day. Be sure to make room on your plate for the following nutrition-packed foods.
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Cyclist Lance Armstrong is proof that you can not only survive cancer, but that you can actually resume a normal livelihood, one of his doctors says.
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When it comes to cancer, it's important to know that your health isn't entirely in the hands of fate. There's actually a lot you can do to protect yourself, starting with knowing your level of risk.
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Discusses the use of anti-inflammatory drugs in cancer prevention and cites numerous studies on the protective value of NSAIDs and coxibs to a variety of cancers.
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Mitoguazone is an investigational(experimental) medicine used to stop growth of cancer and formation of new cancer cells.Mitoguazone may be effective in patients with acute leukemia, chronic myelocytic leukemia, lymphoma, multiple myeloma, head an...
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Definition Matrix metalloproteinases are a class of enzymes that can break down proteins, such as collagen and gelatin. Since these enzymes require zinc or calcium atoms to function, they are referred to as metalloproteinases.
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Two medications, Metformin and cholesterol-lowering statins, have been shown to have some cancer prevention benefits in recent studies.
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Key Points Antioxidants protect cells from damage caused by unstable molecules known as free radicals (see Question 1&3).
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Preliminary studies suggest that garlic consumption may reduce the risk of developing several types of cancer, especially cancers of the gastrointestinal tract (see Question 3 and 4). Most of the studies evaluated different types of garlic preparations and used them in varying amounts (see Question 5).
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