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Understanding Cancer SeriesMarch 1, 2010, 1:09PM
Drinking two cups of strong coffee a day may protect habitual cigarette smokers from developing advanced colon cancer, according to a population-based study of Singapore Chinese, funded by the National Cancer Institute and conducted by researchers from the University of Minnesota.
October 5, 2005
When it comes to their health, people have distinctive ways of making decisions, understanding their individual risks, and carrying out recommended screening, treatment and follow-up regimens. Behavioral scientists are learning that in order to overcome the cognitive, emotional, and practical barriers to effective healthcare, doctors need to recognize their patients’ individual information-processing styles and adjust their communication styles accordingly
November 25, 2002
“Rather than trying to cure end-stage cancer, we need to redirect our focus to preventing the disease,” said Michael B. Sporn, M.D., Dartmouth Medical School in Hanover, N.H. “This means controlling the carcinogenic process before the complex series of events that result in metastatic malignancy have occurred. We have to get rid of the common misconception that people are healthy until they are told they have an invasive cancer. The process leading to cancer takes many, many years.”
BenchMarks interviewed Sporn, Peter Greenwald, M.D., Dr.P.H., director of NCI’s Division of Cancer Prevention, and other cancer prevention leaders to look at how science is learning to intervene in the carcinogenic process and take new pathways toward progress.