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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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AUG 12, 2017Cancer
Chemotherapy works against cancer by poisoning the cells. As such, few chemotherapy agents are safely prescribed to expe ...AUG 10, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Obese women are at higher risk for breast cancer; new work has investigated why that is.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 09, 2017Videos
The image described in the video above won Liang Hao a Koch Institute Image Award. She works in a lab that focuses on th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 07, 2017Immunology
Cancer can't hide from the immune system anymore - scientists are on the verge of identifying every single gene muta ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 07, 2017Cancer
Prostate cancer screening remains an effective way to detect for the presence of the cancer in men. And this study ...AUG 04, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
One reason cancer is so deadly is that cancer cells can break away from where they originated and spread disease through ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 04, 2017Immunology
An intricate relationship between the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and the part of the brain that senses smell contribute ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 04, 2017Videos
Pancreatic cancer is known to be one of the most aggressive and difficult to treat cancers. Symptoms often do not appear ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 03, 2017Cancer
In surveying the blood for signs of cancer DNA, researchers found that liquid biopsies can also reveal clues about why s ...AUG 03, 2017Videos
With so much encouraging research being done in the field of cancer care, it's easy to think that fairly soon, new treat ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 02, 2017Cancer
Turmeric, the trendy spicy that’s making its way into lattes, could be key in defeating pancreatic cancer drug res ...AUG 01, 2017Cancer
Melanoma, the most dangerous form of skin cancer, seems to be an opportunistic striker. Earlier this year, scientists co ...JUL 31, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have found a way to highlight tumor tissue so it can be more effectively identified and removed.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 31, 2017Cancer
A study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, examined DNA repair genes and whether mutations in these gene ...JUL 31, 2017Immunology
Parkinson’s disease (PD), a condition usually associated with the nervous system, appears to have a connection to ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 28, 2017Videos
Genetic testing that can be done in the home are becoming popular with individuals looking to research their ancestry. H ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 27, 2017Videos
With the recent news that Senator John McCain is suffering from a brain tumor, there's been a of talk about brain cancer ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 26, 2017Cardiology
The hormone responsible for preventing us from constant eating and keeping us at a healthy weight apparently also plays ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 26, 2017Cancer
Although overall cancer risks are on the decline, the African American group still has the highest cancer death rate of ...JUL 25, 2017Cancer
This year, an estimated 246,660 women in the US will be diagnosed with breast cancer. The disease currently ranks as one ...JUL 24, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Tuberculosis is a deadly bacterial infection that is among the top ten causes of death in the world, according to the Wo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 22, 2017Videos
Did you know that more Americans (~300,000 people) are diagnosed with Lyme disease every year than breast cancer or HIV/ ...JUL 22, 2017Cancer
A cutting-edge therapy that uses a person’s own immune cells to kill cancer just received a historic vote of confi ...JUL 21, 2017Videos
Prostate cancer is often very treatable when it's caught early, but in cases where it has spread (metastasis) outcomes a ...Written By: Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 12, 2017
Cancer
Chemotherapy works against cancer by poisoning the cells. As such, few chemotherapy agents are safely prescribed to expe
...
AUG 10, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Obese women are at higher risk for breast cancer; new work has investigated why that is.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 09, 2017
Videos
The image described in the video above won Liang Hao a Koch Institute Image Award. She works in a lab that focuses on th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 07, 2017
Immunology
Cancer can't hide from the immune system anymore - scientists are on the verge of identifying every single gene muta
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 07, 2017
Cancer
Prostate cancer screening remains an effective way to detect for the presence of the cancer in men. And this study
...
AUG 04, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
One reason cancer is so deadly is that cancer cells can break away from where they originated and spread disease through
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 04, 2017
Immunology
An intricate relationship between the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and the part of the brain that senses smell contribute
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 04, 2017
Videos
Pancreatic cancer is known to be one of the most aggressive and difficult to treat cancers. Symptoms often do not appear
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 03, 2017
Cancer
In surveying the blood for signs of cancer DNA, researchers found that liquid biopsies can also reveal clues about why s
...
AUG 03, 2017
Videos
With so much encouraging research being done in the field of cancer care, it's easy to think that fairly soon, new treat
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 02, 2017
Cancer
Turmeric, the trendy spicy that’s making its way into lattes, could be key in defeating pancreatic cancer drug res
...
AUG 01, 2017
Cancer
Melanoma, the most dangerous form of skin cancer, seems to be an opportunistic striker. Earlier this year, scientists co
...
JUL 31, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have found a way to highlight tumor tissue so it can be more effectively identified and removed.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 31, 2017
Cancer
A study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, examined DNA repair genes and whether mutations in these gene
...
JUL 31, 2017
Immunology
Parkinson’s disease (PD), a condition usually associated with the nervous system, appears to have a connection to
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 28, 2017
Videos
Genetic testing that can be done in the home are becoming popular with individuals looking to research their ancestry. H
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 27, 2017
Videos
With the recent news that Senator John McCain is suffering from a brain tumor, there's been a of talk about brain cancer
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 26, 2017
Cardiology
The hormone responsible for preventing us from constant eating and keeping us at a healthy weight apparently also plays
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 26, 2017
Cancer
Although overall cancer risks are on the decline, the African American group still has the highest cancer death rate of
...
JUL 25, 2017
Cancer
This year, an estimated 246,660 women in the US will be diagnosed with breast cancer. The disease currently ranks as one
...
JUL 24, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Tuberculosis is a deadly bacterial infection that is among the top ten causes of death in the world, according to the Wo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 22, 2017
Videos
Did you know that more Americans (~300,000 people) are diagnosed with Lyme disease every year than breast cancer or HIV/
...
JUL 22, 2017
Cancer
A cutting-edge therapy that uses a person’s own immune cells to kill cancer just received a historic vote of confi
...
JUL 21, 2017
Videos
Prostate cancer is often very treatable when it's caught early, but in cases where it has spread (metastasis) outcomes a
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim