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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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DEC 18, 2016Cancer
The newest leukemia research findings suggest that intermittent fasting may literally starve the cancer cells too. The s ...DEC 14, 2016Cancer
A new study of glioblastoma implicates a gene that helps the brain cancer to survive and proliferate, even in the face o ...DEC 09, 2016Videos
While it might seem wise to use the most intensive chemotherapy available following a breast cancer diagnosis, new resea ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 06, 2016Microbiology
An antibiotic resistance gene that was known to be present in animals on farms in Europe and Asia has now been found in ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 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 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 EllisNOV 29, 2016Cancer
New recommendations from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in the UK suggest that women preem ...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 25, 2016Cancer
A chemotherapy drug that’s comparably milder than other drugs has been found to extend survival for acute myeloid ...NOV 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 21, 2016Cancer
Scientists at the University of Leeds announced the discovery of a virus that can kill liver cancer cells. The virus is ...NOV 15, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers are still learning more about ferroptosis, a recently identified type of regulated cell death. It seems to b ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 14, 2016Videos
Of course there are reasons for some of our itches. There are the bug bites and the poison ivies and the chicken pox and ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 07, 2016Immunology
Healthy populations of bacteria, called the microbiome, live in the mouths and gastrointestinal tracts of humans, and th ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 02, 2016Cancer
Increasingly, doctors are recognizing the impact of genetic differences on disease and treatment outcomes. This realizat ...OCT 28, 2016Videos
Anyone who is diagnosed with cancer is, of course, devastated by the news. However, when a breast cancer diagnosis happe ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 27, 2016Videos
One of the more difficult parts of a cancer diagnosis is hair loss. Depending on what kid of chemotherapy regimen a pati ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 20, 2016Cancer
Could a compound found in common cold medicine stop the spread of bladder cancer? It sounds sensational, but that’ ...OCT 19, 2016Cancer
Head and neck cancers that are metastatic or resistant to cisplatin are notoriously aggressive. The prognosis for patien ...OCT 15, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Glioblastomas are notorious for being inoperable. That’s why when scientists developed a laser method to “co ...OCT 10, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
A new technique under Phase 1 clinical trial gave surgeons the ability to see a brain tumor glow like they’ve neve ...OCT 08, 2016Microbiology
Humans have a symbiotic relationship with microorganisms, many of which reside in our gastrointestinal tract, and they c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 04, 2016Cancer
Robotic surgery sounds like the stuff of science fiction, but reality is quickly catching up. In particular, a system ca ...
DEC 18, 2016
Cancer
The newest leukemia research findings suggest that intermittent fasting may literally starve the cancer cells too. The s
...
DEC 14, 2016
Cancer
A new study of glioblastoma implicates a gene that helps the brain cancer to survive and proliferate, even in the face o
...
DEC 09, 2016
Videos
While it might seem wise to use the most intensive chemotherapy available following a breast cancer diagnosis, new resea
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 06, 2016
Microbiology
An antibiotic resistance gene that was known to be present in animals on farms in Europe and Asia has now been found in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
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 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
NOV 29, 2016
Cancer
New recommendations from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in the UK suggest that women preem
...
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 25, 2016
Cancer
A chemotherapy drug that’s comparably milder than other drugs has been found to extend survival for acute myeloid
...
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 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 15, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers are still learning more about ferroptosis, a recently identified type of regulated cell death. It seems to b
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 14, 2016
Videos
Of course there are reasons for some of our itches. There are the bug bites and the poison ivies and the chicken pox and
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 07, 2016
Immunology
Healthy populations of bacteria, called the microbiome, live in the mouths and gastrointestinal tracts of humans, and th
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 02, 2016
Cancer
Increasingly, doctors are recognizing the impact of genetic differences on disease and treatment outcomes. This realizat
...
OCT 28, 2016
Videos
Anyone who is diagnosed with cancer is, of course, devastated by the news. However, when a breast cancer diagnosis happe
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 27, 2016
Videos
One of the more difficult parts of a cancer diagnosis is hair loss. Depending on what kid of chemotherapy regimen a pati
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 20, 2016
Cancer
Could a compound found in common cold medicine stop the spread of bladder cancer? It sounds sensational, but that’
...
OCT 19, 2016
Cancer
Head and neck cancers that are metastatic or resistant to cisplatin are notoriously aggressive. The prognosis for patien
...
OCT 15, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Glioblastomas are notorious for being inoperable. That’s why when scientists developed a laser method to “co
...
OCT 10, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
A new technique under Phase 1 clinical trial gave surgeons the ability to see a brain tumor glow like they’ve neve
...
OCT 08, 2016
Microbiology
Humans have a symbiotic relationship with microorganisms, many of which reside in our gastrointestinal tract, and they c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 04, 2016
Cancer
Robotic surgery sounds like the stuff of science fiction, but reality is quickly catching up. In particular, a system ca
...