Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:25:55 +0000
Scientists have revealed for the first time that cancer cells can reverse a process which irrevocably commits normal cells to die, in a study published in the BJC
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:40:45 +0000
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters)- A single gene appears to play a crucial role in deadly breast cancers, increasing the chances the cancer will spread and making it resistant to chemotherapy, U.S. researchers said on Monday. They found.
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:39:26 +0000
A team of researchers at Princeton University and The Cancer Institute of New Jersey has identified a long-sought gene that is fatefully switched on in 30 to 40 percent of all breast cancer patients, spreading the disease, resisting traditional chemotherapies and eventually leading to death.
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:39:55 +0000
"Marijuana has been proven to relieve the suffering of the chronically ill, as well as disabled patients undergoing chemotherapy, and other forms of medical treatments, yet using it for medical purposes continues to be a crime in most of the country. We should make it legal not only in medical cases, but for recreational use as well."
Sun, 04 Jan 2009 16:30:09 +0000
Perfusion CT can predict the response to radiation and chemotherapy treatment in patients with pancreatic cancer, say researchers from South Korea. The group is hopeful that the results can be used to develop therapies tailored to individual patients, potentially improving survival times while minimizing the toxic side effects of therapy.
Sun, 04 Jan 2009 15:00:28 +0000
There is 3 processes of treating colon cancer- surgical operation, radiation therapy and chemotherapy. Descriptions of all processes.
Sun, 04 Jan 2009 04:58:04 +0000
Health Correspondent Joshua Levine writes a brilliant article demystifying the truth about marijuana. In his article he reaffirms once again that marijuana can: manifest creative thoughts, help cancer patients subdue nausea and relieve symptoms of chemotherapy, helps treat some forms of epilepsy and spasticity caused by multiple sclerosis, more.
Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:47:32 +0000
John Mathson had been paying about $550 a month to continue his health insurance coverage after the 63-year-old Eureka man got laid off in October after 39 years at the Evergreen Pulp Mathson, who is undergoing chemotherapy for non-Hodgkin lymphoma and had knee surgery in September, the news got worse last week.
Fri, 02 Jan 2009 03:47:10 +0000
Would I truly shave my head if my 7-year old granddaughter who is going through chemotherapy and will soon lose her hair asks me to?
Fri, 02 Jan 2009 01:27:02 +0000
In a new study researchers identified what appears to be the first antibody-derived peptide that inhibits the activities of harmful microbes such as influenza A virus and HIV-1. They report their findings in the December 2008 issue of the journal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.
Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:09:15 +0000
Facts about chemotherapy side effects.
Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:35:47 +0000
(NaturalNews) The cost of cancer treatment rose dramatically between 1991 and 2002, sparking fears that many people may be going without the most effective treatment, according to a study conducted by researchers from the National Cancer Institute.
Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:42:22 +0000
Facts about losing your hair and suggestions to cope with the hair loss
Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:28:03 +0000
Liver health is becoming an increasing concern throughout the world. Liver health is often severely affected by alcohol and drug abuse and the liver may also be damaged as a side effect of some drugs or treatments like chemotherapy and radiation.
Sun, 28 Dec 2008 21:22:39 +0000
Research is leading to new attitudes about the cognitive side effects of life-saving treatment.
Sun, 28 Dec 2008 18:42:05 +0000
In 2007, 180,000 new cases of colorectal cancer (CRC) were diagnosed in the United States (1). As a cause of cancer, CRC ranks second only to lung cancer. Approximately 60,000 deaths per year are attributed to CRC with a 5-year survival rate of about 50% (2).
Sat, 27 Dec 2008 15:38:03 +0000
This discovery will help in developing new types of drugs, which will definitely be more effective than the currently used chemotherapy.
Fri, 26 Dec 2008 19:26:25 +0000
An inspiring and honest daily journal detailing the author's struggle with the many life changes brought on by a cancer diagnosis. The journal is perspective-altering and well worth the read. Please digg this to help reach a wide audience.
Fri, 26 Dec 2008 00:00:29 +0000
Cocok untuk semua jenis kanker. Pemakaian tunggal pada stadium 1 & 2 keberhasilan >80%. Megurangi sangat signifikan efek akibat Chemotherapy dan Radiotherapy sperti mual, rambut rontok, dsb.
Wed, 24 Dec 2008 22:42:24 +0000
Kidney cancer is probably one of the most silent ones? sings don?t show until the cancer is spread on other organs. Of course, the more it?s spread, the harder is to stop it.
Wed, 24 Dec 2008 19:51:05 +0000
Recently, a fellow TeamXbox member was diagnosed with cancer after having gone through chemotherapy and surgery. Right now he's trying to get help for the costs incurred from continued treatments and its staff, have set up a fund to raise money for Sean's increasing hospital bills.
Tue, 23 Dec 2008 09:23:02 +0000
1. Explain antibiotics? Write contributions in the field of chemotherapy.2. Give the names and main distinguishing characteristics of the five kingdoms in Whittaker's classification.
Mon, 22 Dec 2008 05:16:41 +0000
How to manage oral side effects caused from chemotherapy and radiation therapy.
Sat, 20 Dec 2008 15:13:03 +0000
Golf legend Seve Ballesteros has announced on his golf website www (dot) seveballesteros (dot) com that he received his first session of chemotherapy yesterday in follow-up to four recent operations to remove a brain tumour.
Sat, 20 Dec 2008 04:39:46 +0000
Legalize the Medicinal and Recreational Use of Marijuana."Marijuana has been proven to relieve the suffering of the chronically ill, as well as disabled patients undergoing chemotherapy, and other forms of medical treatments, yet using it for medical purposes continues to be a crime in most of the country." VOTE NOW to get your opinions heard!
Sat, 20 Dec 2008 02:10:09 +0000
Seve Ballesteros has returned to his home in northern Spain to begin chemotherapy treatment following recent surgery on a brain Spanish golf great, who was released from a Madrid hospital Dec. 9, traveled Thursday to Predena."Today is Friday and I have started my first chemotherapy session," Ballesteros said on his Web site.
Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:25:48 +0000
A combination of Genentech Inc's cancer drug Rituxan and chemotherapy reduces by 41 percent the risk of death or cancer progression, compared with chemotherapy alone, for patients with a common form of leukemia, the company said on Saturday.
Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:01:15 +0000
President of enviro group NRDC talks about her own battle with breast cancer 10yrs ago and recent reports that a common chemical (BPA) may make chemotherapy treatments less effective. BPA is found in water jugs, baby bottles, canned foods, soda bottles. should I go on?
Tue, 16 Dec 2008 05:23:05 +0000
Hand-wringing at the premiere international hematology meeting over whether chemotherapy alone really is as good as stem cell transplant for multiple myeloma.
Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:00:53 +0000
As recent developments in the HRT drug scandal continue to reveal (http://www./l), relying on conventional medicine to treat your health is like playing Russian Roulette with your life.
Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:03:38 +0000
SAN FRANCISCO? Fruit flies don?t get cancer, but a protein first discovered in Drosophila could prove to be a chemotherapy target that may stop even the most aggressive cancers in their tracks.
Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:58:01 +0000
Cytotoxic drugs, hormones, antihormones, and biologic agents have become increasingly effective means of treating cancer. Many patients are treated on protocols to provide optimal therapy for refractory or poorly responsive malignancies. Treatment may be inadequate or ineffective because of drug resistance of the tumor cells.
Sun, 14 Dec 2008 21:54:18 +0000
When third-grader Emmalee Havertz missed a whole month of school for treatment of a rare liver cancer, the course of chemotherapy caused her to lose her hair. A student's mom, Cari Carroll, decided she'd rally the boys in the class to show Havertz how much they care by. shaving their heads!
Sun, 14 Dec 2008 12:32:58 +0000
Expression of the microtubule-binding protein Tau is not a reliable means of selecting breast cancer patients for adjuvant paclitaxel chemotherapy, according to research led by The University of Texas.
Fri, 12 Dec 2008 18:59:44 +0000
Jade Goody, who was diagnosed with cervical cancer in August, has sparked outrage in considering her treatment regimen by claiming that chemotherapy will make her?look like a lesbian?
Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:05:35 +0000
This article discusses MammaPrint, a new ftesting device to determine the need for additional treatment with chemotherapy after the first round. A study showed that using this method was more effective in predicting who really needs treatment and who would respond to that treatment.
Fri, 12 Dec 2008 11:55:22 +0000
Chemotherapy is the administration of drugs in order to treat mesothelioma cancer. Most of these drugs circulate in the bloodstream in order to reach cancer cells in the body for the purpose of either killing these cancerous cells or for stopping them from dividing.
Fri, 12 Dec 2008 02:57:50 +0000
Recent study by The National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death (NCEPOD) shows that chemotherapy can often do more harm than good. This is the main reason why doctors are now being advised to be more careful in offering chemo as treatment, particularly to cancer patients.
Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:58:55 +0000
A protein that shields tumor cells from cell death and exerts resistance to chemotherapy has an Achilles heel, a vulnerability that can be exploited to target and kill the very tumor cells it usually protects, researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago show in a new study published in the Dec. 9 issue of Cancer Cell.
Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:38:11 +0000
Karen is 33 and just not ready to have a child right now, but she is convinced she wants to have a biological child in the next five to ten years. Cori has cancer and at 24, is expected to make a full recovery. She may well lose ovarian function either surgically, through chemotherapy or radiation exposure.
Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:21:28 +0000
A cancer treatment that comes in a pill is as effective as the standard chemotherapy for lung patients who had previously been treated for their cancer, according to a new study based on the results of a large clinical trial were published in the British medical journal The Lancet