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2010 Mar 18 - 15:00It is the ultimate big chill: cryotherapy, a minimally invasive procedure that involves exposing cancer cells or other diseased tissue to extreme cold. Some researchers are saying that this approach may be an effective cancer treatment option for patients whose cancer has spread (metastasized) beyond its original site in soft tissues and in bone tumors, since these individuals often are not candidates for surgery.
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2010 Mar 17 - 16:46Trish Bieck, RN, senior nurse specialist at the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center at the University of Rochester Medical Center, noticed that skin issues were a source of anxiety for many patients who receive radiation as part of their cancer treatment. When conducting a thorough investigation of the routine advice given, she found that many patients were given inadequate advice on how to treat their skin.
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2010 Mar 16 - 01:39Sophie Atay and Layla Grace Marsh did not know each other, but they shared one common bond. They were both two year old girls whose lives were cut short by the pediatric cancer neuroblastoma.
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2010 Mar 13 - 03:06After using a combination of gold nanoparticles and laser light (photothermal therapy) that killed cancer in mice, researchers plan to further their studies in finding a nontoxic way to treat human cancer. Laser therapy, combined with gold that has been used for over a century to treat arthritis, proved successful for targeting and then killing cancer cells, leading the scientists to continue exploring what they call the golden bullet of cancer.
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2010 Mar 12 - 14:11Seaweed offers the widest range of minerals of any food, as well as plant compounds called lignans, which have cancer-protective properties. New research presented at a recent cancer conference notes that seaweed extract holds promise as a treatment for lymphoma, a disease classified into Hodgkin’s and non-Hodgkin’s types.
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2010 Mar 10 - 12:06For centuries, various cultures have claimed that papaya has anticancer abilities, with stories reporting remission after consuming papaya tea extract. Now scientists have shown that papaya leaf tea can fight tumors grown in the lab, including breast, cervix, liver, lung, and pancreatic cancers.
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2010 Mar 9 - 16:42In a study of over 2,500 people, researchers have found that men whose occupations exposed them to the greatest amount of sunlight were less likely to contract kidney cancer than men who worked indoors.
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2010 Mar 2 - 23:32A small but significant study shows that garlic could protect from cancer by stopping a process in the body known as nitrosation. Researchers have found a correlation between reduced risk of cancer among individuals who consume higher amounts of garlic.
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2010 Mar 2 - 12:49DHA (docosahexaenoic acid), an omega-3 fatty acid found in cold water fatty fish and fish oil supplements, may be the next treatment for cancer. A new study shows that DHA and its derivatives have the ability to kill neuroblastoma cancer cells.
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2010 Feb 19 - 20:06Senator Frank Lautenberg, 86, is reported by his office to have curable lymphoma of the stomach. The B-cell lymphoma will require six to eight chemotherapy treatments over the next few months.