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Treatment of Cancer
Cancers can be treated in various ways depending on the type of cancer and how advanced the cancer is at diagnosis. Patients can be treated with a single treatment (monotherapy) or a combination of treatments. Common cancer treatments include surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, targeted therapy, hormonal therapy, and immunotherapy.
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FEB 26, 2018Immunology
Cancer metastasis, the spreading of tumors to different tissues in the body, is usually what makes cancer so lethal and ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 24, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Using mice as a model, the injection of two molecules that stimulate the immune system eliminated both solid tumors and ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 18, 2018Genetics & Genomics
A genetic assessment of deadly tumors revealed more about how they grow - and potential ways to stop them.Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 15, 2018Cannabis Sciences
Pennsylvania's legal medical marijuana availability begins today with the opening of the state's first dispensary outsid ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanFEB 15, 2018Videos
Most people must have heard revolutionary cancer therapy called CAR-T cell therapy, a kind of cancer immunotherapy. It h ...Written By:FEB 12, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Colon cancer rates are rising, especially among young people, and colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of death ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 07, 2018Clinical & Molecular DX
A new sensing instrument that can now dissolve on its own inside the body could offer a host of opportunities for health ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 07, 2018Cannabis Sciences
The US Federal Government has marijuana listed as a Schedule 1 drug, in addition to heroin, lysergic acid diethylamide ( ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanJAN 31, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Around 1.6 percent of adults take antipsychotic medication, according to one study, but their mode of efficacy is not we ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 24, 2018Health & Medicine
Lab-grown organoids are a hot area of research since many health conditions can be investigated in the lab on the create ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 23, 2018Cancer
A new treatment focuses on cutting off cancer's dialogue with bone marrow, keeping it from hijacking the body's normal f ...Written By: Julia TraversJAN 23, 2018Immunology
Scientists propose extracting dendritic cells and priming them to fight cancer before returning them to a patient as par ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 22, 2018Cancer
The team expresses the need for there to be larger studies at this point into the new blood test and says these studies ...Written By: Julia TraversJAN 19, 2018Genetics & Genomics
For the first time, scientists have captred images of the process by which DNA is transcribed into RNAWritten By: Carmen LeitchJAN 18, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
Brief overview of Ewing sarcoma therapeuticsWritten By: Courtney SchaalJAN 16, 2018Cancer
The recipe suppressed a majority of cancer cells in both in vitro and in vivo experiments.Written By: Julia TraversJAN 15, 2018Cancer
With the help of a glow-producing natural enzyme, researchers detected the death of a single cancer cell quickly -- with ...Written By: Julia TraversJAN 15, 2018Cannabis Sciences
Did you know many states do not allow children to use medical cannabis at school?Written By: Loren DeVitoJAN 14, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
It is well known exercise can prevent heart-related health issues, but recently researcher show it can actually reverse ...Written By: Courtney SchaalJAN 09, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) have made progress in the fight against glioblastoma.Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 09, 2018Immunology
A drug used to lower blood pressure and prevent heart attacks could also be used to treat melanoma. From Penn State, res ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 08, 2018Microbiology
Researchers have discovered that a type of bacterium that lives in soil produces a molecule that actually induces the de ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 07, 2018Microbiology
We host a community of microbes in our guts, and researchers know that specific bacteria in that microbiome are connecte ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 05, 2018Cancer
A racial imbalance continues to be evident in regard to lower health care quality and higher cancer risk for African-Ame ...Written By: Julia Travers
FEB 26, 2018
Immunology
Cancer metastasis, the spreading of tumors to different tissues in the body, is usually what makes cancer so lethal and
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 24, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Using mice as a model, the injection of two molecules that stimulate the immune system eliminated both solid tumors and
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 18, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
A genetic assessment of deadly tumors revealed more about how they grow - and potential ways to stop them.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 15, 2018
Cannabis Sciences
Pennsylvania's legal medical marijuana availability begins today with the opening of the state's first dispensary outsid
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
FEB 15, 2018
Videos
Most people must have heard revolutionary cancer therapy called CAR-T cell therapy, a kind of cancer immunotherapy. It h
...
Written By:
FEB 12, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Colon cancer rates are rising, especially among young people, and colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of death
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 07, 2018
Clinical & Molecular DX
A new sensing instrument that can now dissolve on its own inside the body could offer a host of opportunities for health
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 07, 2018
Cannabis Sciences
The US Federal Government has marijuana listed as a Schedule 1 drug, in addition to heroin, lysergic acid diethylamide (
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
JAN 31, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Around 1.6 percent of adults take antipsychotic medication, according to one study, but their mode of efficacy is not we
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 24, 2018
Health & Medicine
Lab-grown organoids are a hot area of research since many health conditions can be investigated in the lab on the create
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 23, 2018
Cancer
A new treatment focuses on cutting off cancer's dialogue with bone marrow, keeping it from hijacking the body's normal f
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
JAN 23, 2018
Immunology
Scientists propose extracting dendritic cells and priming them to fight cancer before returning them to a patient as par
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 22, 2018
Cancer
The team expresses the need for there to be larger studies at this point into the new blood test and says these studies
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
JAN 19, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
For the first time, scientists have captred images of the process by which DNA is transcribed into RNA
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 18, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
Brief overview of Ewing sarcoma therapeutics
Written By:
Courtney Schaal
JAN 16, 2018
Cancer
The recipe suppressed a majority of cancer cells in both in vitro and in vivo experiments.
Written By:
Julia Travers
JAN 15, 2018
Cancer
With the help of a glow-producing natural enzyme, researchers detected the death of a single cancer cell quickly -- with
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
JAN 15, 2018
Cannabis Sciences
Did you know many states do not allow children to use medical cannabis at school?
Written By:
Loren DeVito
JAN 14, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
It is well known exercise can prevent heart-related health issues, but recently researcher show it can actually reverse
...
Written By:
Courtney Schaal
JAN 09, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) have made progress in the fight against glioblastoma.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 09, 2018
Immunology
A drug used to lower blood pressure and prevent heart attacks could also be used to treat melanoma. From Penn State, res
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 08, 2018
Microbiology
Researchers have discovered that a type of bacterium that lives in soil produces a molecule that actually induces the de
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 07, 2018
Microbiology
We host a community of microbes in our guts, and researchers know that specific bacteria in that microbiome are connecte
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 05, 2018
Cancer
A racial imbalance continues to be evident in regard to lower health care quality and higher cancer risk for African-Ame
...
Written By:
Julia Travers