Prior work has shown that the precise type of bacteria responsible for lung infections or even the presence of stomach cancer could be discerned in the breath.
When chemical preservatives and color enhancers are ingested, they cause the body to produce nitrosamines which cause cancer of the liver, stomach, brain, bladder, kidneys and several other organs.
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Eighty-nine and 92 cases of esophageal cancer were reported in the bisphosphonate and control groups, respectively, as were 49 and 57 cases of stomach cancer -- a negligible difference.
Clough, who also briefly managed Hartlepool, Leeds and Brighton, died in September 2004 from stomach cancer at the age of 69.
They compared the rates of esophageal and stomach cancer in 83, 652 people, half of whom had received at least one prescription for oral bisphosphonates in the previous decade.
The researchers found that the section of genetic material associated with the cancer had expanded in a way previously linked to other cancers, including stomach cancer.
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And rates of stomach cancer are much higher in many Asian countries, where the food is heavily salted.
About 7, 000 UK people develop stomach cancer each year and most have an advanced stage of the disease.
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Lautenberg was diagnosed in February 2010 with B-cell lymphoma of the stomach and underwent chemotherapy treatments until he was declared in June 2010 to be free of cancer.
The company jump-started the field of gene-targeted cancer pills with Gleevec, which showed stunning successes in certain forms of leukemia and stomach cancers.
"This naturally-occurring cholesterol offers a very specific target for the design of safer drugs that could treat stomach ulcers and, long-term, prevent stomach cancer linked with H.pylori, " said Dr Minoru Fukuda, who led the study.
The WSJ story uses as its jumping-off point the (shocking? surprising?) discrepancy between two studies that both asked the same question and used the same data: does taking bisphosphonates (think Fosamax) increase your risk of stomach or throat cancer?
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