Results for “Cancer Risk”

14 matches across articles, videos and resources.

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GLP-1 Medications and Cancer Risk, Part 2

Video: Dr. Johnston reviews a 1.65 million-patient study linking GLP-1 drugs to lower risk of 10 obesity-related cancers.

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GLP-1 Medications and Cancer Risk, Part 1

Video: Dr. Johnston reviews a 2025 observational study of 86,000 adults comparing cancer rates in people taking GLP-1 drugs with those who were not.

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GLP-1 Medications and Cancer: Could the Weight-Loss Revolution Also Become a Cancer Breakthrough?

Dr. Johnston looks at studies linking obesity to cancer and examines whether GLP-1 medications are associated with lower cancer risk, noting that the evidence is observational.

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Aspirin and Colorectal Cancer: The PIK3CA Trial Explained

The ALASCCA trial found low-dose aspirin cut colorectal cancer recurrence in tumors with PI3K pathway changes. Here is what it shows and the bleeding risks.

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Aspirin and Colorectal Cancer Recurrence

Video: the ALASCCA trial found low-dose aspirin lowered 3-year colorectal cancer recurrence in tumors with PIK3CA changes. Includes the bleeding risks.

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Turkey Tail (PSK) and Cancer Trials

Video: PSK, a Turkey Tail extract used in Japan, was tested in randomized cancer trials. The survival signal is modest and low certainty. Tea is not PSK.

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Vitamin D3 and Cancer: Contradictory Research

Video: a 2000 case-control study on sunscreen use and melanoma, and a 2023 meta-analysis of vitamin D3 and cancer mortality. Part 1 of 2.

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Lycopene and Cancer: A Meta-Analysis of Prospective Studies

Video: Dr. Johnston reviews a 2025 analysis of 21 prospective studies on blood lycopene levels and cancer deaths, lung and breast cancer, plus lab findings.

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Statins and Cancer Outcomes

Video: a large analysis linked statins to lower cancer mortality, but observational data cannot prove cause and effect. What the evidence shows.

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Astragalus and Chemotherapy in Lung Cancer

Video: analyses of randomized trials in advanced lung cancer compared chemotherapy alone with chemotherapy plus astragalus-based herbal medicine.

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L-Methylfolate and MTHFR, Part 1

Video: how L-methylfolate differs from folic acid, why common MTHFR gene variants may matter, and what a small phase I glioma trial found. Educational only.