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Cancer Treatment: are treatments that may include surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy. If your cancer is particularly sensitive to radiation therapy or chemotherapy, you may receive one of those therapies as your primary treatment. Adjuvant treatment.
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DEC 03, 2016Cancer
Scientists revisit magic mushrooms as a potent medical treatment for anxiety and depression in cancer patients. The two ...DEC 02, 2016Immunology
People suffering from head and neck cancer can be treated through surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation, but a typical pr ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 02, 2016Cancer
Good news for patients with early stage skin cancer: a combination drug seems to be effective at attacking the skin canc ...DEC 02, 2016Videos
Despite advances in cancer treatment and better screenings, rates of mouth cancers are on the rise. According to recent ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 01, 2016Chemistry & Physics
Could a long used diabetes drug be repurposed for cancer treatment? Researchers at Rice University have found a potentia ...Written By: Jennifer EllisDEC 01, 2016Videos
When the world famous Mayo Clinic recently rated the top 5 health risks facing patients today, at the top of the list wa ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 29, 2016Cancer
New recommendations from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in the UK suggest that women preem ...NOV 29, 2016Microbiology
Many of our drugs are derived from stuff found in nature, and as the development of new drugs becomes more critical to p ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 28, 2016Cancer
A cancer drug that’s approved for the treatment of kidney cancer may also be effective against a form of muscular ...NOV 28, 2016Cancer
Image Credit: Getty Images An experimental drug appears to pack a one-two punch against some prostate cancers, significa ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)NOV 28, 2016Immunology
Hepatitis C virus protects itself from the immune system by blocking signals that trigger a response in liver cells. Sci ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 25, 2016Cancer
A chemotherapy drug that’s comparably milder than other drugs has been found to extend survival for acute myeloid ...NOV 25, 2016Videos
In treatment centers all over the country, the sound of a ringing bell signals the last chemo session or the last bit of ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 24, 2016Videos
Each year ovarian cancer claims the lives of over 14,000 women. Annually, 22,000 women will be diagnosed with the diseas ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 22, 2016Cancer
In as much as 50 percent of operations to remove brain tumors, some cancerous bits are left behind and the cancer makes ...NOV 21, 2016Cancer
Scientists at the University of Leeds announced the discovery of a virus that can kill liver cancer cells. The virus is ...NOV 21, 2016Cancer
Scripps Florida Scientists Create Innovative Drug Design Strategy to Improve Breast Cancer TreatmentJUPITER, FL – November 21, 2016 – While there have been advances in the treatment of hormone-driven breast c ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)NOV 20, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
A study published in Cell demonstrated how the brains of patients with different kinds of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 20, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
A 14-year-old cancer patient in the United Kingdom recently won the legal right to be cryopreserved after her death. Alt ...NOV 19, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
In a historic, landmark clinical trial, Chinese researchers injected a patient with a shot of CRISPR-edited white blood ...NOV 19, 2016Cancer
Rhabdoid meningiomas are among one of the most aggressive brain cancer types. Furthermore, doctors have a difficult time ...NOV 18, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
By Judy O’Rourke RECAPPING HISTORY BEFORE MAKING SOME It may seem like just yesterday, OK it was around 199 ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeNOV 18, 2016Videos
A breast cancer diagnosis is traumatic, but the type of breast cancer matters. Those patients who are diagnosed with met ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 16, 2016Cancer
In surveying men with prostate cancer, scientists report that circulating tumor cells can be found in the blood. Further ...
DEC 03, 2016
Cancer
Scientists revisit magic mushrooms as a potent medical treatment for anxiety and depression in cancer patients. The two
...
DEC 02, 2016
Immunology
People suffering from head and neck cancer can be treated through surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation, but a typical pr
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 02, 2016
Cancer
Good news for patients with early stage skin cancer: a combination drug seems to be effective at attacking the skin canc
...
DEC 02, 2016
Videos
Despite advances in cancer treatment and better screenings, rates of mouth cancers are on the rise. According to recent
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 01, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
Could a long used diabetes drug be repurposed for cancer treatment? Researchers at Rice University have found a potentia
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
DEC 01, 2016
Videos
When the world famous Mayo Clinic recently rated the top 5 health risks facing patients today, at the top of the list wa
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 29, 2016
Cancer
New recommendations from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in the UK suggest that women preem
...
NOV 29, 2016
Microbiology
Many of our drugs are derived from stuff found in nature, and as the development of new drugs becomes more critical to p
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 28, 2016
Cancer
A cancer drug that’s approved for the treatment of kidney cancer may also be effective against a form of muscular
...
NOV 28, 2016
Cancer
Image Credit: Getty Images An experimental drug appears to pack a one-two punch against some prostate cancers, significa
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
NOV 28, 2016
Immunology
Hepatitis C virus protects itself from the immune system by blocking signals that trigger a response in liver cells. Sci
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 25, 2016
Cancer
A chemotherapy drug that’s comparably milder than other drugs has been found to extend survival for acute myeloid
...
NOV 25, 2016
Videos
In treatment centers all over the country, the sound of a ringing bell signals the last chemo session or the last bit of
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 24, 2016
Videos
Each year ovarian cancer claims the lives of over 14,000 women. Annually, 22,000 women will be diagnosed with the diseas
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 22, 2016
Cancer
In as much as 50 percent of operations to remove brain tumors, some cancerous bits are left behind and the cancer makes
...
NOV 21, 2016
Cancer
Scientists at the University of Leeds announced the discovery of a virus that can kill liver cancer cells. The virus is
...
NOV 21, 2016
Cancer
Scripps Florida Scientists Create Innovative Drug Design Strategy to Improve Breast Cancer Treatment
JUPITER, FL – November 21, 2016 – While there have been advances in the treatment of hormone-driven breast c
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
NOV 20, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
A study published in Cell demonstrated how the brains of patients with different kinds of autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 20, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
A 14-year-old cancer patient in the United Kingdom recently won the legal right to be cryopreserved after her death. Alt
...
NOV 19, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
In a historic, landmark clinical trial, Chinese researchers injected a patient with a shot of CRISPR-edited white blood
...
NOV 19, 2016
Cancer
Rhabdoid meningiomas are among one of the most aggressive brain cancer types. Furthermore, doctors have a difficult time
...
NOV 18, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
By Judy O’Rourke RECAPPING HISTORY BEFORE MAKING SOME It may seem like just yesterday, OK it was around 199
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
NOV 18, 2016
Videos
A breast cancer diagnosis is traumatic, but the type of breast cancer matters. Those patients who are diagnosed with met
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 16, 2016
Cancer
In surveying men with prostate cancer, scientists report that circulating tumor cells can be found in the blood. Further
...