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A combination of TRAIL (a tumor necrosis factor) and sorafenib (an inhibitor currently used to treat renal cancer) has been found to reduce the size of tumors in mice with colon carcinomas with few side effects – thereby demonstrating the potential effectiveness of the combined treatment on human colon cancers.
Such were the new combination therapy […]
The GeneSearch™ Breast Lymph Node (BLN) Assay has just been approved by the US FDA as the first molecular-based laboratory test for detecting whether breast cancer has spread (metastasized) to nearby lymph nodes.
Manufactured by Veridex (a Johnson & Johnson Company) of Warren, New Jersey, GeneSearch™ BLN Assay detects molecules that are abundant in breast […]
Big Pharma, I do not 100% percent hate - especially if the industry can come up with magic drug that will cure cancer. I have full respects for Doctors as well, because with their combined skill, knowledge and judgement, they can save truly save lives - that in many aspects is the only true miracle […]
Always, I have equated grapefruit to weight loss. Grapefruit juice has always been recommended in any weight-loss diet. There was one time in my life I actually bought grapefruit juice, not because I wanted to lose weight but because I was curious what it tastes like.
Guess what? It was the most awful sour juice I’ve […]
I don’t. Even though I have been eating fish my whole life. Not even the popular Japanese delicacy - sushi or sashimi it is called right? ;-)
Some fisherfolks here in my region eat raw fish direct from the sea - alone or vinegared. It is quite a delicacy - it is just that I am […]
As compared to Caucasian women at the time of diagnosis, African-American women have been found to have the more aggressive breast cancers.
Such were the findings of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson in Philadelphia in a study of more than 2,200 women which provides additional evidence to the continuing need for earlier breast cancer screenings […]
How would bladder cancer be diagnosed? A battery of screenings that often include cytoscopy - a painful procedure that uses a small camera threaded through the urethra to image the bladder’s interior.
What if you only have an infection after all? Then the battery of tests were not only a waste of time and money, but […]
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) awarded a $3.6 million grant over five years to a team of physicians and scientists - led by Nagi Kumar, Ph.D., director of Nutrition Research at H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute and associate professor in the College of Medicine at the University of South Florida – to […]
In women with operable HER-2 positive breast cancer, the combination treatment of the antibody trastuzumab and chemotherapy has been found to improve survival.
Such were the findings of the meta-analysis of 5 trials involving more than 13,000 women with operable breast cancer, recently reported at the ESMO Conference Lugano by Issa Dahabreh from University of Athens:
The […]
Ever wondered by liver cancer is more prevalent in men than women? Women have estrogen to thank for.
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) — a devastating complication of chronic liver disease and inflammation caused by risk factors such as hepatitis B and C viruses, or alcoholic liver disease — makes up the majority of liver cancers in humans.
Overall, […]
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Written by Gloria Gamat [email] for b5media.
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