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Gum Disease Linked to Colorectal Cancer: COLDENT Study

Posted by Manuela Boyle on 12 February 2022
Gum Disease Linked to Colorectal Cancer: COLDENT Study
Periodontal disease (PD) may increase the risk of sporadic colorectal cancer (CRC), findings from the population-based case-control COLDENT study suggest. The rate of new CRC diagnoses among individuals in the study who had a history of PD was nearly 50% higher than in those with no such history, after adjusting for a host of medical and demographic factors, say the investigators. This isn't the first time PD has been linked with extra-oral health outcomes, including gastrointestinal ca...
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Vitamin D

Posted by Manuela Boyle on 26 December 2021
Vitamin D
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the neoplasia that is most frequently associated with vitamin D deficiency in epidemiological and observational studies in terms of incidence and mortality. Many mechanistic studies show that the active vitamin D metabolite (1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 or calcitriol) inhibits proliferation and promotes epithelial differentiation of human colon carcinoma cell lines that express vitamin D receptor (VDR) via regulating a high number of genes. A key action underlin...
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Prolonged Use Of Antibiotics

Posted by Geoff Beaty on 2 September 2021
Prolonged Use Of Antibiotics
There is a clear link between taking antibiotics and an increased risk of developing colon cancer within the next five to ten years. This has been confirmed by researchers at Umeå University, Sweden, after a study of 40,000 cancer cases. The impact of antibiotics on the intestinal microbiome is thought to lie behind the increased risk of cancer. "The results underline the fact that there are many reasons to be restrictive with antibiotics. While in many cases antibiotic therapy is...
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Vitamin D has a protective effects against colorectal cancer

Posted by Manuela Boyle on 9 July 2021
Vitamin D has a protective effects against colorectal cancer
Vitamin D has been identified as a potential protective factor in the development of colorectal cancer (CRC). We expect to see a stronger association of ultraviolet B (UVB) exposure and CRC with increasing age since chronic vitamin D deficiency leads to sustained molecular changes that increase cancer risk. The DINOMIT (disjunction, initiation, natural selection, overgrowth, metastasis, involution, and transition) model postulates various stages of cancer development due to vitamin D de...
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Resveratrol For Cancer Prevention

Posted by Geoff Beaty on 4 July 2021
Resveratrol For Cancer Prevention
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer and one of the main causes of cancer death entire the world. Environmental, dietary, and lifestyle factors including red meat consumption, cigarette smoking, alcohol intake and family history are the most important risk factors of CRC. Multiple pathways including inflammation, oxidative stress, and apoptosis are involved in its incidence and progression. Resveratrol, a polyphenolic compound, has different pharmacologic functions includ...
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Inflammasone has a relationship with obesity-related colon cancer.

Posted by Manuela Boyle on 23 May 2021
Inflammasone has a relationship with obesity-related colon cancer.
Inflammasone has a relationship with obesity-related colon cancer. According to recent evidence-based research, dysregulation of inflammasomes could be a significant factor in the development of obesity-associated colon cancer. When this part of the innate immune system, which provides the first line of defence against pathogens, is exposed to prolonged inflammation from visceral adipose tissue (VAT), it increases the risk of obesity-related colon cancer.
Dysregulation of inflammasomes wit...
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