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The secret life of anti-cancer drugs

But what happens to these drugs? When do they become accessible to cancer patients — if at all? In a new review published in ecancermedicalscience, researchers trace the journey anti-cancer drugs take between discovery and clinical practice. “Bringing a new medication to clinical practice is a lengthy process and involves many stakeholders with a very diverse background, ranging from researchers, regulatory agencies, payers, physicians and patients,” says Dr Felipe Ades of the Jules Bordet Institute, lead author of the review…

Eating resistant starch may help reduce red meat-related colorectal cancer risk

“Red meat and resistant starch have opposite effects on the colorectal cancer-promoting miRNAs, the miR-17-92 cluster,” said Karen J. Humphreys, PhD, a research associate at the Flinders Center for Innovation in Cancer at Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia. “This finding supports consumption of resistant starch as a means of reducing the risk associated with a high red meat diet.” “Total meat consumption in the USA, European Union, and the developed world has continued to increase from the 1960s, and in some cases has nearly doubled,” added Humphreys…