Radio immunotherapy is commonly used to treat blood cancer. In this treatment method, a hybrid molecule that is obtained by combining antibodies to toxin molecules is injected into the patient’s body. Cancerous cells produce a specific protein to which the antibody gets attached to and delivers the toxin...
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A new technique to screen for prostate cancer has been discovered by researchers working at the Northwestern University. This method significantly reduces the number of false positives. The standard method for detecting prostate cancer measures blood levels of a chemical called prostate-specific antigen or PSA. This protein is...
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A new study indicates that a little aspirin could prevent bowel cancer and that too without any serious side effects. A five-year retrospective study conducted by Malcolm Dunlop of the University of Edinburgh, UK, compared the aspirin habits of 2800 patients suffering from cancer and 3000 cancer-free patients....
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Liver Cancer Liver cancer or hepatic cancers occurs when cells of the liver start dividing uncontrollably. Just like many other cancers, liver cancer doesn’t present visible symptoms in its early stages. However, as the disease progresses various symptoms start to appear. Because of the late onset of symptoms,...
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A few decades ago, smoking was not considered harmful. Now, we know that smoking causes cancer and cigarette packets have to carry that warning. Is the same thing happening to cell phones? There are many who believe that using cell phones causes cancer. Some scientific studies have even...
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Alcohol and Cancer: Does Alcohol Cause Cancer So can alcohol cause cancer? EVEN a daily tipple is dangerous and can cause cancer, warns one of the country’s leading health agencies. The Cancer Council is advising Australians that alcoholic drinks are carcinogenic to humans, with no safe drinking levels....
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The health benefits of tea have been known since several thousand years. Ancient Chinese texts mention the use of tea to treat conditions like tumors, bladder disease and overall body weakness. In recent years, several studies have been conducted to scientifically prove the health benefits offered by tea....
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Researches claim that they have discovered a better test diagnosing mesothelioma. The test was developed by a team of researchers at Oxford University. Mesothelioma can be diagnosed by detecting the levels of a cancer-related protein in the fluid around the lungs. Mesothelioma causes pleural effusion i.e. build-up of...
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Breast cancer patients/survivors are at a higher risk of developing skin cancer. Part of that BRCA complex of diseases is melanoma. So there is higher risk for melanoma. For this reason, breast cancer patients/survivors should be checking their skin and probably seeing a dermatologist at least once a...
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Patients whose advanced lung cancers bear the EGFR mutation survive two to three times longer if given initial treatment with Tarceva, a Chinese study suggests. A Japanese study reported earlier this year suggests that a similar drug, Iressa, may also be most effective if given prior to standard...
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