Cancer Treatment:
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Aug 31st, 2009
A new study shows that chlorophyllin, a semi-synthetic substance derived from chlorophyll, a natural compound in plants, kills cancer cells. Chlorophyllin has been used in Chinese medicine, and taken before meals, is used to prevent liver cancer for those at high risk. Past studies suggest the role of chlorophyllin for treating cancer, finding it is non-toxic in high doses, and inexpensive.
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Aug 31st, 2009
Researchers have modified siRNA so that it can be injected into the bloodstream and impact targeted cells while producing fewer side effects. The findings, which were based on animal models of prostate cancer.
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Aug 29th, 2009
Scientists have shown that an early chemotherapy drug invented in the 1940s has the potential to work against a genetic fault called HNPCC which is linked to bowel and other cancers.
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Aug 27th, 2009
A new study substantiates the effectiveness of measuring the microRNAs present in saliva to detect oral squamous cell carcinoma.
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Aug 27th, 2009
Each year many medical exams involving radiation are done. These tests include x-rays, fluoroscopy, computed tomography (CT) scans, and nuclear medicine scans.
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Aug 26th, 2009
Complex skull base tumors are a challenge due to their encasement in treacherous areas of the brain where the slightest touch can result in major nerve damage.
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Aug 25th, 2009
Two of the most powerful approaches to cancer treatment — a stem cell transplant and an immune system-stimulating vaccine — appear to reinforce each other in patients with an aggressive, hard-to-control form of leukemia.
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Aug 25th, 2009
There is an available HPV vaccine (Gardasil and Cervarix) for the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus (HPV) which causes cervical cancer. It turns out it may also be effective treatment in preventing penile tumors as the same virus is to blame for half of all cases of penile cancer.
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Aug 22nd, 2009
Hospitals that treat more black cancer patients have worse survival rates on average for patients with breast and colon cancer, regardless of race.
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Aug 20th, 2009
Health Minister Edwina Hart has announced how £500,000 funding is to be shared between a number of Welsh organisations to help them improve cancer care and support under the National Cancer Standards.
