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Cancer related news items from news sources around the world. These are updated on a weekly basis.
	Drug appears to decrease aberrant colonic foci in humans and lung tumor burden in mice A trio of studies published online Sept. 1 in Cancer Prevention Research highlight the possibility that metformin and possibly other biguanide drugs may eventually prove useful in chemoprevention of various cancers, including lung and colon cancer. http://www.oncolink.org/news/index.cfm?ID=1263&sort_year=2010&url.page=1&function=detail&search_text=

	In advanced disease, outcome depends mostly on size of residual tumor, not chemotherapy timing Debulking surgery for advanced ovarian cancer results in similar outcomes whether it is done before or after adjuvant chemotherapy, according to a study published in the Sept. 2 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. http://www.oncolink.org/news/index.cfm?ID=1264&sort_year=2010&url.page=1&function=detail&search_text=

	Meta-analysis shows bladder cancer protective effect greater in women than in men Increased selenium intake may decrease bladder cancer risk by 39 percent, according to a meta-analysis published online Aug. 31 in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. http://www.oncolink.org/news/index.cfm?ID=1262&sort_year=2010&url.page=1&function=detail&search_text=

	Multivitamins don't appear to affect disease-free, recurrence-free or overall survival Among patients with stage III colon cancer, the use of multivitamins during and after adjuvant chemotherapy is not associated with a lower recurrence rate or improved survival, according to a study published online Aug. 30 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. http://www.oncolink.org/news/index.cfm?ID=1259&sort_year=2010&url.page=1&function=detail&search_text=

	Risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy lowers risk of ovarian cancer, first breast cancer diagnoses Among women with BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations, risk-reducing mastectomy is linked to a lower risk of breast cancer, and risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy is associated with numerous benefits, including lower risk of ovarian cancer and first breast cancer diagnosis, according to research published in the Sept. 1 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. http://www.oncolink.org/news/index.cfm?ID=1261&sort_year=2010&url.page=1&function=detail&search_text=

	Those receiving statins have same rates of cancer and death as those given placebo Statin therapy does not appear to be associated with increased cancer rates and mortality, according to research presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress, held from Aug. 28 to Sept. 1 in Stockholm, Sweden. http://www.oncolink.org/news/index.cfm?ID=1265&sort_year=2010&url.page=1&function=detail&search_text=