Follow
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.
-
SEP 30, 2016Cancer
Tiny non-coding RNA molecules are now being marshaled against breast cancer. In a recent report, scientists at the Massa ...SEP 27, 2016Immunology
Scientists from Stanford University accidentally discovered a new cancer treatment, and it’s got all of the anti-c ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 26, 2016Cancer
Everyone knows sleep is important. Getting a good night’s sleep resets your brain, allows for efficient cell repai ...Written By: Jennifer EllisSEP 23, 2016Immunology
Depending on if they function correctly or not, regulatory T cells (T regs) can either help or hurt. Scientists from the ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 09, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Chinese herbal medicines have been used to treat various ailments for centuries. Some appear to be completely bogus (sna ...SEP 09, 2016Videos
A new chemotherapy drug for chronic lymphocytic leukemia has been given approval by the FDA. CLL is the most common form ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 09, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Many cancer patients with leukemia will undergo stem cell transplants as part of their treatment plan. The problem is th ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 07, 2016Cancer
When treating cancer, doctors have turned to immunotherapy to help target actual tumors instead of attacking all rapidly ...Written By: Jennifer EllisSEP 05, 2016Cancer
Bone marrow transplant patients face many challenges. Even after the success of the transplant procedure, doctors observ ...SEP 01, 2016Cancer
Health experts and nutritionists often tout the benefits of the vitamin C. Indeed this compound has even been explored a ...AUG 31, 2016Cancer
Cancer cells know when they’re being attacked. And one of their best counterattack strategies is to pump the chemo ...AUG 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 17, 2016Microbiology
It is estimated that, in Germany, 15,000 people die from hospital-acquired “superbug” infections each year. ...Written By: Kerry EvansAUG 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 ...AUG 17, 2016Cancer
By combining nanotechnology and the wonderful world of microbiology, Canadian scientists have created something truly un ...AUG 15, 2016Cardiology
Image Credit: Anssi Koskinen/Flickr There’s currently no treatment for cardiac fibrosis, a leading cause of heart ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)AUG 05, 2016Videos
While a diagnosis of breast cancer is devastating no matter what, it's important to know that advances in the treatment ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 04, 2016Cancer
Olympians in Rio aren’t the only ones coveting gold – scientists at Niels Bohr Institute are using physics a ...AUG 01, 2016Immunology
A new treatment for the selective targeting of ovarian cancer cells has been adopted from chimeric antigen receptor (CAR ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 27, 2016Cancer
Recent research estimate that tumors receive less than 1 percent of the nanomedicine that’s delivered systemically ...JUL 25, 2016Videos
Chinese scientists hope to soon be the first to use the CRISPR gene editing technique on human patients. They aim to hel ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 22, 2016Cancer
Nausea and vomiting are among the most common adverse side effects of chemotherapy. In fact, some drugs induce such seve ...JUL 21, 2016Cancer
Chemotherapy is highly effective against cancer when the cancer hasn’t found ways to subvert the treatment. The ch ...
SEP 30, 2016
Cancer
Tiny non-coding RNA molecules are now being marshaled against breast cancer. In a recent report, scientists at the Massa
...
SEP 27, 2016
Immunology
Scientists from Stanford University accidentally discovered a new cancer treatment, and it’s got all of the anti-c
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 26, 2016
Cancer
Everyone knows sleep is important. Getting a good night’s sleep resets your brain, allows for efficient cell repai
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
SEP 23, 2016
Immunology
Depending on if they function correctly or not, regulatory T cells (T regs) can either help or hurt. Scientists from the
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 09, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Chinese herbal medicines have been used to treat various ailments for centuries. Some appear to be completely bogus (sna
...
SEP 09, 2016
Videos
A new chemotherapy drug for chronic lymphocytic leukemia has been given approval by the FDA. CLL is the most common form
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 09, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Many cancer patients with leukemia will undergo stem cell transplants as part of their treatment plan. The problem is th
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
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 05, 2016
Cancer
Bone marrow transplant patients face many challenges. Even after the success of the transplant procedure, doctors observ
...
SEP 01, 2016
Cancer
Health experts and nutritionists often tout the benefits of the vitamin C. Indeed this compound has even been explored a
...
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 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 17, 2016
Microbiology
It is estimated that, in Germany, 15,000 people die from hospital-acquired “superbug” infections each year.
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
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
...
AUG 17, 2016
Cancer
By combining nanotechnology and the wonderful world of microbiology, Canadian scientists have created something truly un
...
AUG 15, 2016
Cardiology
Image Credit: Anssi Koskinen/Flickr There’s currently no treatment for cardiac fibrosis, a leading cause of heart
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
AUG 05, 2016
Videos
While a diagnosis of breast cancer is devastating no matter what, it's important to know that advances in the treatment
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 04, 2016
Cancer
Olympians in Rio aren’t the only ones coveting gold – scientists at Niels Bohr Institute are using physics a
...
AUG 01, 2016
Immunology
A new treatment for the selective targeting of ovarian cancer cells has been adopted from chimeric antigen receptor (CAR
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 27, 2016
Cancer
Recent research estimate that tumors receive less than 1 percent of the nanomedicine that’s delivered systemically
...
JUL 25, 2016
Videos
Chinese scientists hope to soon be the first to use the CRISPR gene editing technique on human patients. They aim to hel
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 22, 2016
Cancer
Nausea and vomiting are among the most common adverse side effects of chemotherapy. In fact, some drugs induce such seve
...
JUL 21, 2016
Cancer
Chemotherapy is highly effective against cancer when the cancer hasn’t found ways to subvert the treatment. The ch
...