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Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy: (often abbreviated to chemo and sometimes CTX or CTx) is a category of cancer treatment that uses one or more anti-cancer drugs (chemotherapeutic agents) as part of a standardized chemotherapy regimen. Chemotherapy may be given with a curative intent (which almost always involves combinations of drugs), or it may aim to prolong life or to reduce symptoms (palliative chemotherapy). Chemotherapy is one of the major categories of the medical discipline specifically devoted to pharmacotherapy for cancer, which is called medical oncology.
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FEB 24, 2017Cancer
For years, pancreatic cancer has bested even the most aggressive therapy. But now, Australian researchers report the dis ...FEB 20, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Although the scalp-cooling cap has been available in Europe for a number of years, the device was only approved in the U ...FEB 17, 2017Immunology
Castleman disease was discovered in the 1950s, but until this year doctors had no reliable sources to consistentl ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 16, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
When a 60-year-old Spanish woman became overly religious seemingly overnight, her family and friends were perplexed and ...FEB 12, 2017Cancer
It’s tragically ironic that in medicine, sometimes the cure is almost as harmful as the poison. This is the case f ...FEB 03, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have made another incredible advancement in their study of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 03, 2017Cancer
Scientists on the quest to offer more hope for glioblastoma patients may have found a way to stop the growth of the dead ...JAN 28, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
The entire genome of humans has been sequenced, but we still don’t know everything about every gene. Genes sometim ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 27, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Several years after receiving the treatment, scientists have confirmed that two infants with cancer that received a type ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 26, 2017Videos
Liver cancer is the sixth most common cancer in the world and a very aggressive and difficult to treat form of the disea ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 20, 2017Cancer
Mammography is credited for saving the lives of many women with breast cancer. Yet, while this tool is regarded as indis ...JAN 19, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Sophie the Giraffe, an ever-popular children’s teething toy is under the hot seat this week as curious parents cut ...JAN 19, 2017Cancer
Off-label use of an antimalarial drug saved the life of a 26-year-old patient dying of treatment-resistant brain cancer. ...JAN 17, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Imagine having allergies so severe that the scent from a pizzeria a mile away could give you severe reactions. Or being ...JAN 13, 2017Immunology
TGF-beta may be an “old story” in the study of cancer but a plot twist was recently encountered by scientist ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 11, 2017Cancer
Salmonella, the bacteria that is bane of all restaurants and grocery stores, has now been transformed into “tumor- ...JAN 10, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
It was proposed as long ago as 1930 that vitamin C could be used to combat cancer, but that has remained a controversial ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 05, 2017Cancer
Chemotherapy is an aggressive attack on the cancer, and on the body. For some women treated with chemo for breast cancer ...JAN 05, 2017Videos
When a woman receives a breast cancer diagnosis it's of course devastating. To add insult to injury many women will lose ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 03, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Novel Pathway Found for Antibiotic Resistance in Immunocompromised PatientsWritten By: Jennifer EllisJAN 02, 2017Videos
Head and neck cancer is relatively rare in the United States, accounting for only about 3% of cancer cases. About 60,000 ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 30, 2016Cancer
An experimental drug that was originally intended to work for male contraception may also work to shrink testicular canc ...DEC 23, 2016Immunology
A new study identified an important mechanism in the innate immune response against fungal infections, explaining why sp ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 21, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
The movement of tumor cells is dangerous to human health; metastatic cancer can migrate to adjacent tissue and even othe ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
FEB 24, 2017
Cancer
For years, pancreatic cancer has bested even the most aggressive therapy. But now, Australian researchers report the dis
...
FEB 20, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Although the scalp-cooling cap has been available in Europe for a number of years, the device was only approved in the U
...
FEB 17, 2017
Immunology
Castleman disease was discovered in the 1950s, but until this year doctors had no reliable sources to consistentl
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 16, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
When a 60-year-old Spanish woman became overly religious seemingly overnight, her family and friends were perplexed and
...
FEB 12, 2017
Cancer
It’s tragically ironic that in medicine, sometimes the cure is almost as harmful as the poison. This is the case f
...
FEB 03, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have made another incredible advancement in their study of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 03, 2017
Cancer
Scientists on the quest to offer more hope for glioblastoma patients may have found a way to stop the growth of the dead
...
JAN 28, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
The entire genome of humans has been sequenced, but we still don’t know everything about every gene. Genes sometim
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 27, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Several years after receiving the treatment, scientists have confirmed that two infants with cancer that received a type
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 26, 2017
Videos
Liver cancer is the sixth most common cancer in the world and a very aggressive and difficult to treat form of the disea
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 20, 2017
Cancer
Mammography is credited for saving the lives of many women with breast cancer. Yet, while this tool is regarded as indis
...
JAN 19, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Sophie the Giraffe, an ever-popular children’s teething toy is under the hot seat this week as curious parents cut
...
JAN 19, 2017
Cancer
Off-label use of an antimalarial drug saved the life of a 26-year-old patient dying of treatment-resistant brain cancer.
...
JAN 17, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Imagine having allergies so severe that the scent from a pizzeria a mile away could give you severe reactions. Or being
...
JAN 13, 2017
Immunology
TGF-beta may be an “old story” in the study of cancer but a plot twist was recently encountered by scientist
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 11, 2017
Cancer
Salmonella, the bacteria that is bane of all restaurants and grocery stores, has now been transformed into “tumor-
...
JAN 10, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
It was proposed as long ago as 1930 that vitamin C could be used to combat cancer, but that has remained a controversial
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 05, 2017
Cancer
Chemotherapy is an aggressive attack on the cancer, and on the body. For some women treated with chemo for breast cancer
...
JAN 05, 2017
Videos
When a woman receives a breast cancer diagnosis it's of course devastating. To add insult to injury many women will lose
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 03, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Novel Pathway Found for Antibiotic Resistance in Immunocompromised Patients
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
JAN 02, 2017
Videos
Head and neck cancer is relatively rare in the United States, accounting for only about 3% of cancer cases. About 60,000
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 30, 2016
Cancer
An experimental drug that was originally intended to work for male contraception may also work to shrink testicular canc
...
DEC 23, 2016
Immunology
A new study identified an important mechanism in the innate immune response against fungal infections, explaining why sp
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 21, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
The movement of tumor cells is dangerous to human health; metastatic cancer can migrate to adjacent tissue and even othe
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch