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Can a novel anti-diabetic, anti-obesity ‘wonder drug’ be repurposed for cancer?
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Can a novel anti-diabetic, anti-obesity ‘wonder drug’ be repurposed for cancer?

  • Adriana Albini
  • 26 September 2024

Throughout human history, the search for a universal cure has captivated the minds of philosophers, healers and scientists across time and cultures. In Greek mythology, the goddess Panacea was believed to possess a potion to treat all afflictions. We still…

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Body weight influences breast cancer risk in women with BRCA1 and 2 mutations
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Body weight influences breast cancer risk in women with BRCA1 and 2 mutations

  • Janet Fricker
  • 5 April 2023

Obesity may be a factor contributing to DNA damage in the breast tissue of women with BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations. The study, published in Science Translational Medicine, February 22, suggests maintaining a healthy body weight or pharmacologically targeting oestrogen or…

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Cancer could overtake cardiovascular disease as leading cause of death in type 2 diabetes
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Cancer could overtake cardiovascular disease as leading cause of death in type 2 diabetes

  • Janet Fricker
  • 9 February 2023

Mortality from cancer has increased among older people with type 2 diabetes. The UK cohort study, published in Diabetologica, 24 January, found people with type 2 diabetes were at particular risk of mortality from colorectal, pancreatic, liver and endometrial cancers.…

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Obesity and cancer: 12 things clinicians and patients should know
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Obesity and cancer: 12 things clinicians and patients should know

  • Neli Ulrich
  • 23 September 2022

The significant link that has been clearly established between obesity and risk of 13 types of cancer means that many patients in the ‘obese’ category can be offered an opportunity to improve their health and their prognosis. Currently, more often…

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Colorectal cancer linked to lifetime of excess weight
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Colorectal cancer linked to lifetime of excess weight

  • Janet Fricker
  • 30 March 2022

Cumulative lifetime exposure to excess weight accounts for a larger share of Colorectal cancer (CRC) risk than previously appreciated. The German study, published in JAMA Oncology, 17 March, demonstrates the importance of characterizing long-term exposure to weight gain and making…

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Study unveils how obesity raises cancer risk
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Study unveils how obesity raises cancer risk

  • Janet Fricker
  • 21 January 2022

Obesity-dependent changes in lipid handling in cells may explain why overweight people are more prone to developing cancer than those of normal weights. The study, published in Nature Communications (14 January 2022), identifies higher levels of palmitic acid as the…

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Liver cancer: how Europe can halt the rising death toll
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Liver cancer: how Europe can halt the rising death toll

  • Marc Beishon
  • 26 November 2021

When the cancer community in Europe talks of neglected cancers it usually means relatively rare or uncommon types, of which there are many. But conspicuous in the list are two digestive cancers that are both deadly, not uncommon and increasing…

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