_ Breast Cancer Treatment Options Side Effects Not a Problem for a New Class of Breast Cancer Drugs By Jane Farrell article A new class of oral drugs designed to treat breast cancer is generally well tolerated, according to new research. The … Read More→
_ Breast Cancer Exercise and Breast-Cancer Drugs By Jane Farrell article Breast-cancer patients who are taking hormone-therapy drugs known as aromatase inhibitors (AIs) can improve their health outcome through a combination … Read More→
_ Breast Cancer Cancer Center Undergoing Cancer Treatment Breast Cancer Drugs' Side Effects May Depend on Patient's Age By Jane Farrell article Two leading breast cancer drugs cause different symptoms depending on the age of the woman who is taking the drug, … Read More→
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_ Improved Delivery of Anti-Cancer Drugs By Jane Farrell article Scientists have taken a significant step in the field of nanomedicine, in which infinitesimal particles fight cancer by delivering a targeted drug to affected cells. Now, they have found out how to use nanoparticles to sequentially deliver the drugs to different parts of a cancer cell.
_ Medical Research Long-Sought Structure of Telomerase Paves the Way for New Drugs for Aging & Cancer By Sondra Forsyth article More than 30 years ago, when University of California, Berkeley researchers discovered telomerase – an enzyme that lengthens chromosome ends … Read More→
Medical Research Osteoporosis Drugs May Prevent Some Cancers By Jane Farrell article The most commonly used medications for osteoporosis worldwide, bisphosphonates, may also prevent certain kinds of lung, breast and colon cancers, … Read More→
_ Breast Cancer Getting Potentially Life-Saving Drugs to High-Risk Breast Cancer Patients Faster By Jane Farrell article By Tatiana Prowell, M.D. and Richard Pazdur, M.D. Researchers at an international oncology conference held in October in Spain reported … Read More→
Breast Cancer Some Cancers Respond to Anti-Inflammatory Drugs By Sondra Forsyth article Research done at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis raises the possibility that some cancer patients with aggressive tumors may benefit from a class of anti-inflammatory drugs used to treat rheumatoid arthritis. The investigators published their findings in a 2014 issue of the journal Cell Reports.
_ Some Breast Cancer Patients May Not Benefit from Chemotherapy By Jane Farrell article Postmenopausal women with hormone receptor (HR)-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative breast cancer that has spread to a … Read More→
_ Children's Health A Promising Discovery for Childhood Cancer? By Jane Farrell article Researchers have devised a new plan of attack against a group of deadly childhood brain cancers collectively called diffuse midline … Read More→
_ Men's Health Men with Breast Cancer Need More Treatment Options By Jane Farrell article Although breast cancer is a disease usually associated with women, men can get it too. Because male breast cancer is … Read More→
_ Nutrition During Cancer Care By Sondra Forsyth article Under most circumstances, sitting down to a nice meal is an enjoyable activityΓÇö but for patients undergoing cancer treatment, mealtime … Read More→
_ Breast Cancer Surgery: Avoiding or Minimizing Postoperative Nausea By Sondra Forsyth article In the first 24 to 48 hours following surgery, about one-third of patients undergoing surgery with general anesthesia suffer post-operative … Read More→
_ Undergoing Cancer Treatment Confronting The Side Effects of A Common Anti-Cancer Treatment By Jane Farrell article A new treatment approach is needed to deal with the side effects of aromatase inhibitors, drugs that are commonly given … Read More→
_ Health Care Scams Beware of Bogus Cancer Fundraisers By Jane Farrell article Crowdfunding for alternative cancer therapies has soared in recent years. But researchers fear that huge sums are being raised for … Read More→
_ Health Headlines Recalled Blood-Pressure Pill Shows No Short-Term Risk of Cancer By Jane Farrell article Products containing the blood pressure drug valsartan, withdrawn from the U.S. and European markets because some lots were tainted with … Read More→
_ Cancer Center Mushrooms of the Far East Hold Promise for Anti-Cancer Therapy By Sondra Forsyth article Mushrooms from the Far East area contain natural chemical compounds that could be used for the design of the novel … Read More→