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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 24, 2015Immunology
Some tumor cells in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) express programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) that bind ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 17, 2015Neuroscience
Glioblastomas or GBMs are the most devastating kind of cancer tumor found in the central nervous system in adults. Tumor ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 12, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
For the first time in the US, there will be an alternative to hair loss for patients undergoing chemotherapy. The Food a ...DEC 04, 2015Videos
Breast cancer isn't something normally found in children, but an 8 year old girl from Utah has been diagnosed with a ver ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 03, 2015Videos
When someone is going through cancer treatment, either radiation or chemotherapy, good nutrition is key. Very often pati ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 28, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
Doctors at the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM) have announced the start of a Phase 3 clinical t ...NOV 26, 2015Videos
What is the cure for cancer? Well, it appears that's not the correct way to look at the problem. Cancer isn't one thing. ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 21, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
What happens when a nanoscience polymer expert, a biomedical engineer, and a couple of surgeons get together? Possibly a ...NOV 20, 2015Videos
Having a child diagnosed with cancer is a devastating blow to any parent. Going through chemotherapy and a bone marrow t ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 19, 2015Immunology
Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) has a long history of evading both the immune system and scientists trying to study how it ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 19, 2015Videos
While the conventional wisdom is that drugs are bad for you, there is a growing amount of information that marijuana isn ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 16, 2015Neuroscience
The blood brain barrier, or BBB, is essentially the gatekeeper of the brain. Certain substances can pass through it, but ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 02, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
In the battle against cancer, scientists may be one step closer to detonating the tumor base camp, literally. The resear ...NOV 01, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
Gene-targeted and personalized therapy currently exists for a small handful of diseases, but that list may soon include ...SEP 29, 2015Cancer
UC San Francisco scientists have developed a molecular “on switch” enabling tight control over the acti ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 25, 2015Microbiology
Clostridium difficile is a Gram positive, rod-shaped bacterium commonly found in the soil. However, a small number ...Written By: Kerry EvansSEP 25, 2015Genetics & Genomics
To protect people from infectious disease, clinicians can target pathogens and parasites with medicines such as antibiot ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 23, 2015Videos
Tumors can begin and grow in our bodies for several reasons. In some cases of skin cancer like melanoma, ultraviolet lig ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 18, 2015Cancer
Women successfully treated for breast cancer know that it could return. New research published in the journal Clinical E ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 18, 2015Microbiology
Did you wash your hands today? Did you use antibacterial soap? If so, you probably didn’t get the anti ...Written By: Kerry EvansSEP 15, 2015Immunology
Today, a review from Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research brought to ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 13, 2015Cancer
A team at the University of Pennsylvania reported that a multiple myeloma patient whose cancer had stopped respondi ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 11, 2015Cancer
A protein domain may be critical to helping patients fighting acute myeloid leukemia (AML) avoid a relapse. Researchers ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 11, 2015Cancer
The global market value for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) treatment will rise from $6.9 billion in 2014 to $10.9 bi ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
DEC 24, 2015
Immunology
Some tumor cells in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) express programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) that bind
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 17, 2015
Neuroscience
Glioblastomas or GBMs are the most devastating kind of cancer tumor found in the central nervous system in adults. Tumor
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 12, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
For the first time in the US, there will be an alternative to hair loss for patients undergoing chemotherapy. The Food a
...
DEC 04, 2015
Videos
Breast cancer isn't something normally found in children, but an 8 year old girl from Utah has been diagnosed with a ver
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 03, 2015
Videos
When someone is going through cancer treatment, either radiation or chemotherapy, good nutrition is key. Very often pati
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 28, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Doctors at the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM) have announced the start of a Phase 3 clinical t
...
NOV 26, 2015
Videos
What is the cure for cancer? Well, it appears that's not the correct way to look at the problem. Cancer isn't one thing.
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 21, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
What happens when a nanoscience polymer expert, a biomedical engineer, and a couple of surgeons get together? Possibly a
...
NOV 20, 2015
Videos
Having a child diagnosed with cancer is a devastating blow to any parent. Going through chemotherapy and a bone marrow t
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 19, 2015
Immunology
Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) has a long history of evading both the immune system and scientists trying to study how it
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 19, 2015
Videos
While the conventional wisdom is that drugs are bad for you, there is a growing amount of information that marijuana isn
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 16, 2015
Neuroscience
The blood brain barrier, or BBB, is essentially the gatekeeper of the brain. Certain substances can pass through it, but
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 02, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
In the battle against cancer, scientists may be one step closer to detonating the tumor base camp, literally. The resear
...
NOV 01, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Gene-targeted and personalized therapy currently exists for a small handful of diseases, but that list may soon include
...
SEP 29, 2015
Cancer
UC San Francisco scientists have developed a molecular “on switch” enabling tight control over the acti
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 25, 2015
Microbiology
Clostridium difficile is a Gram positive, rod-shaped bacterium commonly found in the soil. However, a small number
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 25, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
To protect people from infectious disease, clinicians can target pathogens and parasites with medicines such as antibiot
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 23, 2015
Videos
Tumors can begin and grow in our bodies for several reasons. In some cases of skin cancer like melanoma, ultraviolet lig
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 18, 2015
Cancer
Women successfully treated for breast cancer know that it could return. New research published in the journal Clinical E
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 18, 2015
Microbiology
Did you wash your hands today? Did you use antibacterial soap? If so, you probably didn’t get the anti
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 15, 2015
Immunology
Today, a review from Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research brought to
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 13, 2015
Cancer
A team at the University of Pennsylvania reported that a multiple myeloma patient whose cancer had stopped respondi
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 11, 2015
Cancer
A protein domain may be critical to helping patients fighting acute myeloid leukemia (AML) avoid a relapse. Researchers
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 11, 2015
Cancer
The global market value for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) treatment will rise from $6.9 billion in 2014 to $10.9 bi
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider