The Role of Cancer Research in Noncommunicable Disease
The cancer research community needs to be fully engaged with developments following the UN meeting on noncommunicable diseases. Are you there yet?
Category : Cancer & Oncology : Health & Medical
Toxicity of Checkpoint Inhibitors
Learn more about a new class of antineoplastic drugs whose mechanism of action depends on interaction with the immune system.
Information on Alternative Non-Toxic Cancer Treatments
A abstraction completed in 1993 by a German biostatistician called Ulrich Abel begin that the all-embracing success bulk for a lot of cancers advised with accepted allopathic analysis (chemo, radiation, & surgery) was just 4%. ...
Non-Toxic MDR Cancer Therapy
The future of cancer treatment and the chances of survival look more promising than ever. As a result of confidential communications involving a researcher from one of Americas largest pharmaceutical companies, the anti-cancerous, anti-tumorous (CAM) Complimentary or Alternative Medicine, is finally
Boilers Puts Boilermakers at Risk for Mesothelioma
The same material that helped to protect buildings, ships and locomotives from the high heat of boilers has put thousands of boilermakers at risk for serious health problems including mesothelioma. Boilers are closed vessels in ...
Implementation of Lung Cancer Screening: Promises and Hurdles
Learn more about insights into some of the most imminent questions we still face in lung cancer screening.
Is Severe Breast Tenderness a Sign of Ovulation?
Women keep track of ovulation for a variety of reasons. Whether it is to assist in getting pregnant or avoiding pregnancy, or just to fully understand their cycle, it is helpful to know and understand the signs.
The End of “Surgery is the Gold Standard”
Prostate surgery study published in NEJM shows prostate removal surgery is not the gold standard.
Lung Cancer Metastasis to the Central Nervous System
Learn more about genetic events associated with CNS dissemination from the lung and molecular mechanisms associated with CNS metastasis.
Prostate Cancer Treatments That Really Work
If you have prostate cancer or you have a loved one that does, then you ought to be happy to be born in this generation of BETTER technological and medical advancement. These days, there are now treatments for prostate cancer that really work, far more effective than they used to in the past. Many p
Chemotherapy Treatment for Bladder Cancer
Bladder cancer is the general term used for several different cancers affecting the balloon-shaped organ used for urine storage. It typically begins in the cells lining the interior of the bladder, then spreads outward. The severity of this outward spread is measured in phases, or stages, of cancer
Astrocytoma - What is This Tumor Or Cancer?
Astrocytoma is a type of brain cancer. You can read more in this article.
Fabulous Silk Scarves For Chemotherapy Patients
Discovering that you have a potentially life-threatening illness hits at so many different levels, some of which can be entirely unexpected. For cancer victims of any age or gender, not only are there the fears ...
Brain Cancer Fast Facts
Brain cancer develops due to a growth of abnormal cells. When you have brain cancer, these abnormal cells will eventually create a tumor. Tumors can be classified as benign (not cancerous) or as malignant (cancerous). According to the American Brain Tumor Association, "there are more than 120 differ
Study Assesses Link Between Asbestos and Colorectal Cancer
While some studies have established a clear link between asbestos exposure and colorectal cancer, others have found no relationship between the two whatsoever. To address this issue, the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies assessed more than 120 studies in an effort to determine once and
What Is The Procedure For Prostate Biopsy
If you are worried about having a prostate cancer biopsy then this article will give you an overview of the choices open to you and an indication of what you might expect.
World Cancer Research Grants
The World Cancer Research Fund awards international grants for cancer research projects.breast cancer ribbon image by robert mobley from Fotolia.comThe World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) provides funding grants for innovative cancer research projects. The WCRF receives applications for...
Optimizing Chemotherapy
It is important to note that standard cancer treatments (surgery, chemo/radiation) can always be optimized and improved and many examples exist of life enhancing advancements for almost every type of cancer. Since the genetic subtypes of each cancer usually have varying prognoses and responses to tr
Radiotherapy in Prostate Cancer Management After Prostatectomy
Find out more about the array of radiotherapy options for patients undergoing radical prostatectomy.
Neuroblastoma Screening (PDQ®): Screening - Health Professional Information [NCI]-Significance
Incidence and MortalityAbout 7% of all malignancies in children younger than 15 years are neuroblastomas. About one quarter of cancers in the first year of life are neuroblastomas, making this the most frequent histological type of infant cancer.[1,2] The incidence rate of the disease in children yo