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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.

Cure for cervical cancer

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Australians may be looking at another Nobel Prize. Professor Ian Frazer and his team have developed the world's first cancer vaccine to prevent cervical cancer. The scientists used genetic engineering to produce in sufficient quantities fragments of the HPV virus. The dead fragments, called...

by User avatar Mark

Potential Brain Cancer Treatment Found

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Researchers from ST. Louis University did an animal study on fighting the cancer and managed to develop a company, named JV-1-36, that can penetrate the blood brain barrier, and reach cancer cells that way. There have been many drugs found that can kill the cancer but none of them could have sneaked...

by User avatar Lori2592

Is doxorubicin bringing more damage than good?

Hi, guys. I have been reading some material on doxorubicin. For those who don’t know, it is a cytotoxic drug that is used in the treatment for many cancers. However, many side effects have been reported. I must ask myself whether this drug is bringing more damage than good. What do you think?

by User avatar asa1088171963

post whipple surgery

After whipple surgery & my recuperation i had lost approx. 20lbs. In order to put on weight,can i drink supplements such as BOOST/ENSURE ? these drinks contain sugars which i was informed not to consume. (sugars). How much sugars am i allowed to consume if any???????????? NOTE: I HAVE BEEN TOLD...

by User avatar Guest

Lump on my left testicle, cancer?

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i have a lump on my left testicle it never usually hurt but now its grown and hurts i would like to know wat else it could be set for cancer i am very scared and need help plz reply asab thank u :'(

by User avatar Guest

Metastatic Breast Cancer - How good is Abraxane?

My wife has breast cancer that is metastatic, she didn’t respond good on chemotherapy, so we are considering other options. Can anyone tell us how good is Abraxane? Is it better that Taxol? We heard that lots of people experienced side effects with Taxol.

by User avatar dale624

Breast Cancer Treatment Reduced From Six Weeks To Five Days

Scientists are working on a new therapy to treat breast cancer that would reduce the radiation time from six weeks to five days. For the time being, studies are being conducted and analysis made over the suitable subjects for the therapy and the benefits of new therapy over the conventional...

by User avatar simone2593

Treating J. Papillomatosis of the larynx with laser

Hi, folks. My kid has been diagnosed with j. papillomatosis of the larynx. I understand those are something like warts in airways. I was thinking if they can be treated with the laser. I know that skin warts can be treated in this way. I would like to hear what you think about this idea. Thanks.

by User avatar gayler1314205781

Chemotherapy may cause memory and other cognitive problems

Many cancer survivors have been found to suffer from memory and concentration problems as well as confusion. Brain scans of women who were treated for breast cancer 5 to 10 years before showed that the chemotherapy might have had produced long-term changes in the memory part of the brain. The...

by User avatar Miia2818

Cervical cancer vaccine should be available soon

Cervical cancer is a major worry for women nowadays. Even if it isn’t, it certainly should be considering that each year 13,000 new cases of cervical cancer appear only in the USA and the numbers are rising. Trials on both women and men are being conducted for effectiveness and safety of the...

by User avatar Mark