Cancer Treatment

There are many different cancer treatment, and your doctor will take many factors into account before deciding on the most appropriate treatment — including cancer type, your age, medical history, and lifestyle. Talk about your treatment and see what has helped others in the realms of both conventional (surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, hormone therapy, immunotherapy, gene therapy) and alternative (herbs, vitamins, chemicals, diet, meditation, massage, acupuncture, and body-mind therapy) medicine.

Colgate to Develop Anti-Cancer Toothpastes and Mouthwashes

Smoking is the main cause oral cancer is gradually becoming one of the leading cancers in the world. Colgate-Palmolive Company for oral care has united with Introgen Therapeutics to fight against pre-cancerous conditions in the oral cavity and oral cancer. Colgate-Palmolive has bought part of...

by Mick over a year ago

had brain tumor sugery 6 yrs ago and still scared at times

my name is shirley, i had a brain tumor called gloma slow growing, and had sugery 6 yrs ago and still feeling scared , different, low esteem now retired nurse because of the sugery i still feel pulling burning in the brainstem, eyesight slightly impaired, thinking neative thoughts do creep in how...

by graves57 over a year ago

Colon Cancer

Answered by a doctor

My father is suffering from Colon Cancer . It is being detected from past 3 months as stage - II. We don't want to go in to operation as he is 74 yrs. old . My question is that can Homeopathy medicine treat this type of cancer & if so where i could contact.

by Guest over a year ago

allergic to my cancer treatment

Today I received my first chemo therapy treatment for advanced womb cancer (secondaries in the liver and 'seat bone' (this has been treated with radiotherapy, with some considerable success). Paclitaxel and Carboplatin. After taking all the pre-meds for these drugs, I then suffered a massive...

by darkstranger80918 over a year ago

Complications in a post op period with colon cancer

I was diagnosed with colon cancer a month ago and am in the middle of treatment now, involving chemo as well as an operation. Can you help me prepare for the post op period by telling me about the potential complications and a general guide about what I can expect? If you have been through the same...

by marjory1539180964 over a year ago

Scientists Find Radiotherapy Often Exceeds Appropriate Time Limit

Cancer is on the second place as a cause of death, right behind the heart attack , but it is estimated that in 21. century it will be cause number one. Recent study found that the radiotherapy often exceeds time limit that is appropriate and by analyzing frequency of radiotherapy in patients...

by Laylah over a year ago

Fecal incontinence even after five years since bowel surgery for colorectal cancer and chemo

Has anyone else encountered this problem? It's probably my biggest side effect and I have no idea when it will happen. I am on a low FODMAP diet, cut out most fat and take Bentyl tablets. Thanks for any suggestions

by MarLer316605 over a year ago

side effects of dasatinib

I am looking for some opinions about the side effects of the cancer drug dasatinib , which my nephew, who has leukaemia, has started top use. I am not familiar with this drug, and I was hoping that somebody could give me some details about this? I am hoping someone can reply!

by willey1246171836 over a year ago

Could spots on liver be something other than recurring cancer?

My mom was diagnosed with very invasive form of ovarian cancer and even though they caught it while it already was in stage 3, she did have the surgery to completely remove her uterus and both ovaries. However, less than a year after the surgery her cancer markers were sky high and they found that...

by Guest over a year ago

What is the meaning of pharmacological castration?

I have heard the term "pharmacological castration" used in the context of prostate cancer and the treatment of prostate cancer. Please, can you tell me what the meaning of pharmacological castration is? I gather that the man who it is done to won't be, you know, fully functional afterwards, but what...

by ashton1693179075 over a year ago