Tag: Shuji Ogino

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    Dramatic rise in cancer in people under 50

    Altered microbiome, lack of sleep seen as possible culprits in 30-year global increase among under-50 adults

    Cancer cells.
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    Vitamin D protects some against colorectal cancer

    A new study by investigators at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute demonstrates that vitamin D can protect some people with colorectal cancer by perking up the immune system’s vigilance against tumor cells.

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    Aspirin’s impact on colorectal cancer

    Harvard researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute find that aspirin therapy can extend the life of colorectal cancer patients whose tumors carry a mutation in a key gene, but it has no effect on patients who lack the mutation.

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    Postdiagnosis aspirin use reduces risk of dying from colorectal cancer

    Regular use of aspirin after colorectal cancer diagnosis may reduce the risk of cancer death, report Harvard researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. In today’s edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association, the study’s authors also find that the aspirin-associated survival advantage was seen…