Lifestyle interventions in the prevention and treatment of cancer

Study in American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine

Los Angeles, 26 sept 2009--There is clear evidence that lifestyle choices affect the incidence and treatment of cancer, according to a study published in the current issue of American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine (AJLM).

The article "Lifestyle Interventions in the Prevention and Treatment of Cancer" looks at recent research on the five most common forms of cancer (lung, colorectal, breast, prostate and skin) and how some risk factors for these cancers can be lifestyle based and therefore controllable through alterations in human behavior. A Webinar based on the article will be moderated by James M. Rippe, MD, Editor-in-Chief of AJLM, and presented by lead author Clarence H. Brown III, MD, president and CEO of M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Orlando. Participants can earn 1 CME while learning about:

• lifestyle interventions that have been shown to be effective in preventing cancers
• recent evidence for specific lifestyle behaviors for specific cancers
• how to counsel patients for appropriate lifestyle behaviors to lower cancer risk

"While a universal cure for all types of cancer is still not in the foreseeable future," write the authors in the article, "changes in lifestyle – adhering to a healthy diet, regular exercise, and avoiding smoking and excessive exposure to ultraviolet radiation – can decrease the incidence of cancer."

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The Webinar: "Lifestyle Interventions in the Prevention and Treatment of Cancer," sponsored by Orlando Health, is being presented by Clarence H. Brown III, MD on Tuesday, October 6, 2009 from 2:00-3:00 P.M. EDT. This educational activity will be worth 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. For more information or to register, please visit http://ajl.sagepub.com.

The AJLM article, "Lifestyle Interventions in the Prevention and Treatment of Cancer," written by Clarence H. Brown III, MD, Said M. Baidas, MD, Julio J. Hajdenberg, MD, Omar R. Kayaleh, MD, Gregory K. Pennock, MD, Nikita C. Shah, MD, and Jennifer E. Tseng, MD, is being made available by SAGE for a limited time at http://ajl.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/3/5/337.

The American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine (AJLM) is a bimonthly, peer-reviewed journal that focuses on recognizing and addressing the impact that lifestyle decisions have on health, emphasizing the interaction between traditional therapies and lifestyle modalities to achieve superior outcomes in disease treatment. The journal also provides information about therapies that minimize the extent to which illness impacts lifestyle. http://ajlm.sagepub.com