Penguin Treated At Ky. Aquiarium For Cancer Dies
NEWPORT, Ky. (AP) — A penguin that seemed to be responding well to cancer treatments at the Newport Aquarium in northern Kentucky has died. The 16-year-old chinstrap penguin named Tica was put down this month due to complications from degenerative spinal disease.
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Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in women in the United States, with approximately 180,000 cases diagnosed each year. Researchers continue to evaluate environmental factors, such as diet, that influence the development of breast cancer. Numerous studies have provided a wealth of often-contradictory information about the detrimental and protective factors of different foods. High fruit and vegetable consumption has been associated with a reduced risk for developing at least 10 different cancers. Studies evaluating the influence of diet on breast cancer prognosis have produced inconsistent results.
Researchers from California and Utah assessed a cohort of 1,901 women from the Life After Cancer Epidemiology (LACE) Study who were diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer between 1997 and 2000. Upon entering the study, the women completed a food frequency questionnaire (FFQ). The researchers used the data from the FFQs to identify two dietary patterns among the women: a prudent diet included high intakes of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and poultry, whereas a Western diet included high intakes of red and processed meats and refined grains. The researchers then evaluated the rates of recurrence, overall death, death from breast cancer, and death from causes other than breast cancer. As of May 2008, there were 268 breast cancer recurrences and 226 deaths, 128 of which were attributed to breast cancer.
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U of L reaches out to rural area in fight with cancer
After surgery, chemotherapy and radiation, 38-year-old Owensboro, Ky., resident Jennifer Slone is cancer free — and she credits her survival to a gynecological oncologist, a women’s cancer specialist who treated her through a University of Louisville program that reaches out to Western Kentucky.
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