I haven’t written about VEGF before, not because it’s not important, it is, in fact VEGF has been shown to be important in a whole range of solid (i.e. lump forming) tumours, these include:
Bladder
Breast
Cervical
Colorectal (bowel)
Esophageal (food pipe)
Glioblastoma multiforme (brain tumour)
Head and neck cancer
Lung cancer
Ovarian cancer
Pancreatic cancer
Renal cell carcinoma
Generally speaking, if you have a lot of [...]
There have been two research studies done, looking at thousand of people to work out how many people with a certain symptom are likely to have cancer. If you are couching up blood, then you should make an appointment and mention this to your GP. The chances are it’s not cancer, but you need to [...]
How many people who have blood in their stools (poo) have cancer?
There have been two research studies done, looking at thousands of people to work out how many people with a certain symptom are likely to have cancer. If you have blood in your poo or on the toilet paper, then you should make an [...]
How many people who have blood in their urine (pee), have cancer?
There have been two recent research studies done, looking at thousands of people to work out how many people with a certain symptom are likely to have cancer. If you have blood in your urine, then you should make an appointment and mention this [...]
Today’s news reports have focused on a study that says vegetarians get less cancer. As always, with these studies, things aren’t as clear as that. You can read the original report, online for free at the British Journal of Cancer “Cancer incidence in British Vegetarians”
The study looked at 60,000 people (this is a lot of [...]