July 6th, 2006
According to surgeons at the Jefferson Medical College, age doesn’t necessarily have to be the deciding factor for cancer surgery. Major pancreatic cancer surgery can actually be successfully performed on patients in their 80s, 90s and even older; contrary to what many (in and out of the medical profession) believe.
Pancreatic cancer surgeon Charles J. Yeo […]
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July 5th, 2006
Levels of PSA or prostate-specific antigen (a biomarker that indicates the presence of cancer) in men treated for prostate cancer remained stable upon daily drinking of pomegranate juice (eight ounce glass, increased nearly 4 times).
This is the finding of a three-year UCLA study that involved 50 men who has undergone surgery or radiation but quickly […]
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July 4th, 2006
In a new technology that created a new mouse model of human liver cancer in about one month (as opposed to about one year, in standard techniques), scientists from Howard Hughes Medical Institute scientists were able to identify two genes that play a key role in driving the establishment of liver cancer.
This new approach will […]
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July 3rd, 2006
Over the weekend, a very dear, old friend of mine have been diagnosed with metastasized lung cancer. It was a shock. I am still in shock for I never imagined somebody this close to me will hear of any cancer in the first degree.
Metastasized lung cancer is an advanced form of cancer which in most […]
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