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People with higher dietary intake of vitamin K are less likely to develop or die of cancer, particularly lung or prostate cancers.

Vitamin K exists in two natural forms: vitamin K1, or phylloquinone, found largely in green leafy vegetables, as well as some vegetable oils, such as canola and soybean oils; and vitamin K2, or menaquinone, for which meat and cheese are the primary dietary sources.

People with a high intake of vitamin K from food may be less likely to develop or die from cancer, especially prostate or lung cancer.

Vitamin K can be found in green leafy vegetables as well as in some vegetable oils, meat and cheese.

Researchers in Germany found that about one quarter of those people with the highest intakes of vitamin K were 28 percent less likely to die from cancer than those who ate less vitamin K-rich food.

Radon, a radioactive, colourless, odourless, tasteless noble gas present in residential buildings, has been found to contribute to the deaths of patients suffering from lung cancer.

Klaus Schmid of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and his co-authors say that about 1900 deaths from lung cancer per year in Germany are due to radon within residential buildings.

The authors base their assessment on the results of relevant studies, the recently published S1 guideline of the German Society for Occupational and Environmental Medicine and a current publication from the German Commission on Radiological Protection.

Although you have been diagnosed with lung cancer anyway, you should eat more vegetables and fruits.

It is time that food will not only help you stop the cancer, but also to actively treat. Practitioners of alternative medicine have advocated for a long time vegetarian or macrobiotic diet for people with cancer including lung.

Now, traditional medicine is receiving increasing evidence that fruits and vegetables may be a good option for patients with lung cancer. Recent research shows that the substances contained in foods as beta carotene, can attack and destroy tumor cells and slow the growth and spread of tumors.

In a recent report, the Center for Research on Cancer, University of Hawaii in Honolulu, said the powers of plants chemotherapy slowed the progression and virulence of the cancer, prolonging the life span.

More and more often, I come across cases of nonsmokers who develop lung cancer. My attention is always drawn to news of this nature because my husband passed away at the age of 51 from brain and lung cancer. He never smoked a day in his life.

The complacency non-smokers have shared over the years is no longer a viable option. Smokers and non-smokers alike are vulnerable to a disease which is largely incurable. Among patients with lung cancer, only about 14% live five years after their diagnosis.

Cancer is perhaps the most frightening of all diseases we face. And the thing is, it’s very often entirely preventable. If we simply made some different decisions, earlier, many cancers would never happen.

That sounds like an audacious statement. Cancer after all, comes “out of the blue” — we report that it happened “suddenly,” that it came “without warning.” It is the proverbial bolt of lightning that changes our lives all in one strike. How could we prevent lightning?

Women infected with HIV or at risk of becoming infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, appear more likely to develop lung cancer than women in the general population, possibly because they are much more likely to smoke cigarettes, study findings hint.

People with HIV have a much higher risk for many cancers. Still, it is unclear whether HIV infection plays a role in the development of lung cancer, Dr. Alexandra M. Levine, at City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte, California, and colleagues note in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

To investigate, they compared lung cancer cases in 2,651 HIV-infected and 898 at-risk but uninfected women, who were 35 years old on average, with lung cancer cases estimated to occur among similarly aged women in the general population.

Lung cancer patients who are optimistic were found to live longer than pessimists in a new study. The findings revealed that patients tested about 18 years before receiving a diagnosis of lung cancer lived six months longer compared to pessimistic patients.

Memphis, Tn – Doctors are zeroing in on the link between being overweight and obese, and getting cancer. They say the connection is strong, and women don’t realize it.

It’s become a routine for Paula Brill. Every 15 days, comforted and kept warm by a blanket, she’s armed with her iPod. It’s a buffer, and a brief break from the reality of her world. Her life requires her body to receive a cocktail of medication, just to stay alive.

“You have to think positive, you have to believe you can win,” says Brill. It’s an attitude she adopted after her flashed before her eyes. “This doctor just looked at me and said well basically you’ve got a couple of years to live, and I just went into absolute shock.”

Yes. Your job — your occupation — could cause lung cancer.

A new study estimates that 5% of lung cancers in men are related to on-the-job exposure to chemicals and other materials (previous studies have placed the estimate at anywhere between 13 and 29%). Considering lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths for men in the U.S. and worldwide, this is not a small number.