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A review of many thousands of studies on diet, physical activity and body weight, led by the Global Fund against Cancer Research (FMRC) has demonstrated the benefits of a diet based primarily on foods of vegetable origin. Foods such as broccoli, berries and garlic would be strongly linked to cancer prevention. Beside that, don’t forget the whole grain is good to avoid cancer too.

The next time you go to a restaurant, remember this: the stale white bread can not compete with a generous meal complete in terms of taste and nutrition. Nutritionists recommend that half of our grain consumption (rice, cereal or chips) are from whole grains. Even sugary cereals to children and frozen pizzas are now loaded into ingredients for whole grain.

Whole grains provide great fiber, but that a diet rich in fruits and vegetables may reduce the risk of colorectal cancer, scientists are not sure yet how food components such as fiber and certain types of materials fat affect the risk of colorectal cancer.

Still, that whole grains contain other substances that may fight cancer (such as lignans, which act as antioxidants and saponins, which may prevent cancer cells from multiplying). Buy the “wheat bread 100% complete” rather than bread labeled “wheat bread”, the latter may contain processed grains. For more lignans, choose a whole wheat bread sprinkled with flax seeds or sesame seeds.

A new analysis of five minutes could be reduced by more than 40% the number of deaths from colorectal cancer, say scientists.

The test is performed with a flexible sigmoid scope to detect and remove any polyps in the colon.
Colorectal tumors are the second leading cause of cancer death in the world, after lung, and about half of the people who develop them die because they are often detected late.

The test, known Flexi-Scope, is performed with a flexible sigmoid scope (a thin tube with a camera) inserted into the rectum to examine the lower intestine and remove any abnormal growths (polyps) that can become cancerous if not question.

According to researchers at Imperial College London, the analysis, which takes place in people between 55 and 64 years, has succeeded in reducing the incidence of colorectal cancer in 35% and mortality by 43%. Read the rest of this entry »

Colorectal cancer

Remove Heidelberg (AP) – Anyone who regularly undergoes a colonoscopy, while pre-cancerous lesions can be recognized, falls ill after a study of the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), rarely in colon cancer.

The Heidelberg researchers had the benefit of colonoscopy according to indications from Monday at around 3300 Saarlanders asked. Previously, only the data had been available from clinical trials.
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