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Category Archives: Cancer
FDA Approved Afinitor for a Type of Advanced Pancreatic Cancer
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved everolimus (Afinitor) to treat patients with advanced pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pNETs). pNETs is a rare, slow-growing form of pancreatic cancer. In theUnited States, there are fewer than 1000 new pNET cases … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer
Tagged advanced renal cell carcinoma, Afinitor, Everolimus, FDA, mTOR, Nexavar, pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, pNETs, RADIAN-3, sorafenib, subependymal giant cell astrocytoma, sunitinib, Sutent, tuberous sclerosis
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New Monoclonal Antibodies Increased Survival in Lung Cancer Patients
A new study showed that non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients who have high level of Met proteins in their tumor can have their survival increase three-fold by receiving experimental antibody MetMAb in combination with erlotinib (Tarceva). In the trial, 137 previously-treated … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Lung Cancer, Non Small Cell Lung Cancer
Tagged erlotinib, Met, MetMAb, Monoclonal antibodies, Non small cell lung cancer, NSCLC, progression-free survival, Survival, Tarceva
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Another New Cancer Drug Crizotinib Shows Improvement in Survival
It looks like a number of new drugs might become available to lung cancer patients in the near future. Results of an early-stage study suggested that nearly two-thirds of patients with late stage non-small-cell lung cancer who received the experimental … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Lung Cancer, Non Small Cell Lung Cancer
Tagged ALK, anaplastic lymphoma kinase, Crizotinib, Non small cell lung cancer, NSCLC, Survival
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What should you do if you have Prostate Cancer?
You should check whether you are overweight or obese*. If you have prostate cancer and are overweight, you should try to lower your weight immediately. A new study presented at the American Urological Association inWashington,DCfound that overweight and obese prostate … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Cardiovascular disease, Prostate cancer
Tagged ADT, androgen deprivation therapy, BMI, body mass index, Cardiovascular disease, Obese, overweight, Prostate cancer
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How to prevent Breast Cancers?
A new study, presented at American Society of Breast Surgeons, indicated breast cancer patients have lower vitamin D levels than healthy individuals. They also found that vitamin D deficiency is associated with breast cancer subtypes that are most deadly, including … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Medicine, Breast cancer, Cancer
Tagged basal-like, Breast cancer, Breast cancer prevention, recurrence, triple-negative, vitamin D
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Latest Medical Consensus on Preventing Breast Cancer
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide, with the annual incidence estimated to be 1.4 million cases in 2008. Rates are highest in North American, Western Europe andAustralia, but the rates are also increasing in developing countries. … Continue reading
Posted in Breast cancer, Cancer
Tagged anastrozole, Arimidex, Aromasin, arzoxifene, Bisphosphonates, Breast cancer, Cancer prevention, COX-2 inhiitors, Evista, exemestane, Fablyn, Femara, lasofoxifene, letrozole, Metformin, Nolvadex, NSAIDs, raloxifene, retinoids, rexinoids, selective estrogen-receptor modulators, SERMS, tamoxifen
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Which is Best Chemotherapy Option for Advanced Bladder Cancer?
Transitional cell or urothelial carcinoma is the most common type of bladder cancer, accounting for more than 90% all bladder cancers. This type of cancer is sensitive to treatment with chemotherapeutic agents. This type of cancer is usually treated with … Continue reading
Posted in Bladder Cancer, Cancer
Tagged advanced bladder cancer, carboplatin, chemotherapy, Cisplatin, doxorubicin, gemcitabine, methotreaxate, MVAC, Transitional cell carcinoma, urothelial carcinoma, vinblastine
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Strawberries May Prevent Esophageal Cancer
Esophageal cancer is common inChina, with about 50% of the world wide cases of esophageal cancer reported inChinaalone. The important causative agents of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma are nitrosamine carcinogens, which are present in tobacco smoke. Now, a pilot study … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Medicine, Cancer, Esophageal Cancer
Tagged carcinogens, dysplasia, Esophageal Cancer, esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, nitrosamine, Strawberries
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