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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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SEP 07, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Aging has long been a bane of human existence and people seem to have tried everything to delay or stop it. Resear ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 07, 2016Cancer
When treating cancer, doctors have turned to immunotherapy to help target actual tumors instead of attacking all rapidly ...Written By: Jennifer EllisSEP 07, 2016Cancer
For years, the standard of care for people whose lung cancer has spread to the brain was to administer brain radiotherap ...SEP 06, 2016Immunology
There’s no cure for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), and the disease gets irreversibly worse as it progresses. ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 05, 2016Cancer
Bone marrow transplant patients face many challenges. Even after the success of the transplant procedure, doctors observ ...SEP 02, 2016Cancer
Vitamins are once again in the spotlight this week. This time, researchers at Stanford University found a link between v ...SEP 02, 2016Videos
When you just can't fall asleep at night, many health professionals advise trying melatonin. Melatonin is a hormone prod ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 01, 2016Cancer
Health experts and nutritionists often tout the benefits of the vitamin C. Indeed this compound has even been explored a ...SEP 01, 2016Neuroscience
Organ donation is one of the best ways to save a life. Every day thousands of patients on waiting lists for hearts, kidn ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 31, 2016Cancer
Cancer cells know when they’re being attacked. And one of their best counterattack strategies is to pump the chemo ...AUG 31, 2016Cardiology
Amyloid buildup can cause heart failure, and a new imaging technique can both diagnose and prognose the condition. In th ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 30, 2016Neuroscience
Lab animals, specifically rats, are sometimes put through intense training, given complex mazes to navigate and some mus ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 29, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
It’s long been accepted that when proteins are made in the cell, a messenger RNA molecule made using DNA as a temp ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 29, 2016Microbiology
The relationship between parasites and cancer is not new; researchers have known for many years about parasites that can ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 26, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Noroviruses are common; they are the primary cause of viral gastroenteritis in people and are infamous for ruining the v ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 25, 2016Cancer
The unpredictable progression of melanoma makes it one of the most deadly form of skin cancers. Now researchers say they ...AUG 24, 2016Cancer
The old adage goes: “Expect the best, prepare for the worst.” But when it comes to cancer, perhaps people sh ...AUG 22, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
A research team led by Christopher J. Lengner of the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine and Brad J ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 22, 2016Cancer
Just because a chemotherapeutic drug exist does not mean it will work for every patient. There has been no other time wh ...AUG 20, 2016Videos
Chemotherapy is an aggressive attack on the cancer, and on the body. For some women treated with chemo for breast cancer ...AUG 19, 2016Videos
While it is not common, breast cancer in males does occur. Estimates are that for every 100-200 women diagnosed with bre ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 18, 2016Health & Medicine
LA JOLLA, CA—August 18, 2016—An international team led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)AUG 18, 2016Videos
In the treatment of any kind of cancer, the goal is to stop, or at least significantly slow, the progress of the disease ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 17, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
It’s tragically ironic that in medicine, sometimes the cure is almost as harmful as the poison. This is the case f ...
SEP 07, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Aging has long been a bane of human existence and people seem to have tried everything to delay or stop it. Resear
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 07, 2016
Cancer
When treating cancer, doctors have turned to immunotherapy to help target actual tumors instead of attacking all rapidly
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
SEP 07, 2016
Cancer
For years, the standard of care for people whose lung cancer has spread to the brain was to administer brain radiotherap
...
SEP 06, 2016
Immunology
There’s no cure for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), and the disease gets irreversibly worse as it progresses.
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 05, 2016
Cancer
Bone marrow transplant patients face many challenges. Even after the success of the transplant procedure, doctors observ
...
SEP 02, 2016
Cancer
Vitamins are once again in the spotlight this week. This time, researchers at Stanford University found a link between v
...
SEP 02, 2016
Videos
When you just can't fall asleep at night, many health professionals advise trying melatonin. Melatonin is a hormone prod
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 01, 2016
Cancer
Health experts and nutritionists often tout the benefits of the vitamin C. Indeed this compound has even been explored a
...
SEP 01, 2016
Neuroscience
Organ donation is one of the best ways to save a life. Every day thousands of patients on waiting lists for hearts, kidn
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 31, 2016
Cancer
Cancer cells know when they’re being attacked. And one of their best counterattack strategies is to pump the chemo
...
AUG 31, 2016
Cardiology
Amyloid buildup can cause heart failure, and a new imaging technique can both diagnose and prognose the condition. In th
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 30, 2016
Neuroscience
Lab animals, specifically rats, are sometimes put through intense training, given complex mazes to navigate and some mus
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 29, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
It’s long been accepted that when proteins are made in the cell, a messenger RNA molecule made using DNA as a temp
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 29, 2016
Microbiology
The relationship between parasites and cancer is not new; researchers have known for many years about parasites that can
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 26, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Noroviruses are common; they are the primary cause of viral gastroenteritis in people and are infamous for ruining the v
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 25, 2016
Cancer
The unpredictable progression of melanoma makes it one of the most deadly form of skin cancers. Now researchers say they
...
AUG 24, 2016
Cancer
The old adage goes: “Expect the best, prepare for the worst.” But when it comes to cancer, perhaps people sh
...
AUG 22, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
A research team led by Christopher J. Lengner of the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine and Brad J
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 22, 2016
Cancer
Just because a chemotherapeutic drug exist does not mean it will work for every patient. There has been no other time wh
...
AUG 20, 2016
Videos
Chemotherapy is an aggressive attack on the cancer, and on the body. For some women treated with chemo for breast cancer
...
AUG 19, 2016
Videos
While it is not common, breast cancer in males does occur. Estimates are that for every 100-200 women diagnosed with bre
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 18, 2016
Health & Medicine
LA JOLLA, CA—August 18, 2016—An international team led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
AUG 18, 2016
Videos
In the treatment of any kind of cancer, the goal is to stop, or at least significantly slow, the progress of the disease
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 17, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
It’s tragically ironic that in medicine, sometimes the cure is almost as harmful as the poison. This is the case f
...