11/14/2007 Moores UCSD Cancer Center Study: Global View Shows Link
Between Endometrial Cancer & Vitamin D Status Using newly available data on worldwide cancer incidence, researchers at the Moores Cancer Center at University of California, San Diego (UCSD) have shown a clear association between deficiency in exposure to sunlight, specifically ultraviolet B (UVB... More...
Investigators also found genomic similarities
between endometrial cancers and other tumor types.
Not exact matches
In fact, its findings conflict with the results of several other published studies that showed no association
between consumption of sugar and risk for
endometrial cancer.
However, James notes, a review of data by the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on
Cancer last February concluded that
between a quarter and third of all colon, breast,
endometrial, kidney, and esophageal
cancers globally may trace to excess weight, especially obesity.
«Association
between genetic condition, hormonal factors, and risk of
endometrial cancer.»
For women with Lynch syndrome, an association was found
between the risk of
endometrial cancer and the age of first menstrual cycle, having given birth, and hormonal contraceptive use, according to a study in the July 7 issue of JAMA.
For Lynch syndrome, the association
between hormonal factors and
endometrial cancer risk has not been clear.
In addition, the study, led by investigators in The
Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Research Network, revealed four novel tumor subtypes, while also identifying genomic similarities between endometrial and other cancer types, including breast, ovarian, and colorectal ca
Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Research Network, revealed four novel tumor subtypes, while also identifying genomic similarities
between endometrial and other
cancer types, including breast, ovarian, and colorectal ca
cancer types, including breast, ovarian, and colorectal
cancers.
Distinguishing
between different types of
endometrial cancers is currently based on histology, an examination of a thin slice of tissue under a microscope.
(20) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3358913 The dose - effect relationship
between «unopposed» oestrogens and
endometrial mitotic rate: its central role in explaining and predicting
endometrial cancer risk.Key TJ, Pike MC.
The association
between caffeine and hormones is of interest, because persistent elevation or insufficiency of reproductive hormones during the premenopausal years may not only contribute in the long term to the etiology of certain diseases, such as breast,
endometrial, and ovarian
cancers (11 — 14), but may also affect ovulatory function in the short term (15, 16).
The associations
between high versus low consumption of decaffeinated coffee and lower risk of type 2 diabetes21 and
endometrial cancer40 were of a similar magnitude to total or caffeinated coffee, and there was a small beneficial association
between decaffeinated coffee and lung
cancer.48 The other outcomes investigated for decaffeinated coffee showed no significant associations, though it should be noted that meta - analyses of consumption would have much lower power to detect an effect.
Among other benefits, breastfeeding: stimulates the release of the hormone oxytocin in the mother's body promoting bonding
between mother and baby; satisfies baby's emotional needs; provides superior nutrition; helps prevent maternal breast
cancer,
endometrial cancer, ovarian
cancer and osteoporosis; helps prevent future breast
cancer in infant girls; promotes higher infant IQ; helps pass baby's meconium; provides immunization against disease; is more digestible than formula; aids in mother's post-partum physical recovery; helps protect the infant from Crohn's disease, juvenile diabetes, allergies, asthma, SIDS, hemophilus b. virus, cardopulmonary distress, ulcerative colitis, necrotizing enterocolitis, and other medical problems; enhances vaccine effectiveness, and is a natural contraceptive.