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.

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Breast Cancer Drug Used Against Prostate Cancer

A group of researchers came to finding that a drug used to treat breast cancer can be used for treating prostate cancer as well. One case of prostate cancer showed that the growth of the tumour was reduced by 97% when the drug used for breast cancer treatment was given before radiation therapy. The...

by Mark over a year ago

over a year ago by Mark

Laparoscopic VS Radical Prostatectomy

Hi, I suffer from prostate cancer. I should choose between laparoscopic and radical prostatectomy. Which method is more efficient in dealing with prostate cancer?

by Guest over a year ago

over a year ago by brandenburger2515

sexual dysfunction related to cancer therapy?

Hello. My husband was diagnosed rectum cancer. He should start with his treatment, but he is worried that cancer therapy might cause sexual dysfunction. His treatment option is abdominoperineal resection. What do you know about this? I would really appreciate your advices. Your help is more than...

by leanor50264278 over a year ago

over a year ago by hobard162464277

is tamoxafin tolerant with alchohol

I have advanced secondary bone cancer. I have completed 8 courses of Zometa,and was changed to a daily oral tablet of Bondronat approx 6 weeks ago. I have been taking tamoxafen for about 8 months. Can the combination of these drugs cause an intolerance of alchohol, I find if I drink just one vodka...

by dorothyobrien over a year ago

over a year ago by dorothyobrien116309

PROTON RADIOTHERAPY IN RECURRENCE OF SYNOVIAL CELL SARCOMA T

I AM 42 YEAR OLD FEMALE.I WAS OPERATED FOR SPINDLE CELL SYNOVIAL SARCOMA IN JULY 2006.INTERSTITIAL BRACHYTHERAPY WAS GIVEN POSTOP.SIZE OF TUMOUR WAS5.5CM.NOW 16 MONTHS LATER IN OCTOBER A 2.5CM RECURRENCE WAS DETECTED.IT HAS BEEN EXCISED,MARGINS Are CLEAR WITH NO METASTASES.SIZE WAS 2CM.IS THERE ANY...

by Guest over a year ago

over a year ago by Guest

Radiation therapy vs Abdominoperineal resection for anal cancer?

Hello, folks. My close friend is diagnosed anal cancer. I am not sure which treatment option he will choose. His options are radiation therapy or abdominoperineal resection. I wonder which option is better. I would appreciate if anyone could reply me. Thank you in advance to all who reply. Bye,...

by angus40916 over a year ago

over a year ago by chev182053619

Cancer Patients Not Taking Their Drugs

Researchers from the University of Dundee report that many breast cancer patients are risking their lives by failing to take the tamoxifen they had been prescribed. The British Journal of Cancer study shows that 50% of women fail to finish the five year course of the drug needed in order to...

by Jenny3481 over a year ago

over a year ago by hoseclamps83901

Is Chemo Worth It?

Hello, My mum is 67 and was diagnosed with lung cancer. She smoked in her twenties, but “only” 10 years. When she had her first child, my brother, she stopped. Doctors leave her no more than 3 months, and advise chemo therapy, which might prolong her life for additional 3 months. A simple...

by Guest over a year ago

over a year ago by Guest

Researchers Found New Drug Target In Treatment Of Breast Cancer

Researchers found a new target for drugs that could help in treatment of breast cancer which is a most common cancer type in the world. Target seems to be a kind of switch that enables tumor to develop its own supply of the blood. In many cases tumors are very large in the time they are diagnosed...

by lucky29 over a year ago

over a year ago by lucky29