Doctors specializing in mesothelioma treatment frequently adopt a multimodal approach: they treat a patient with a combination of therapies. Due to the relative lack of effectiveness of single-modality treatment in affecting patient survival, the multimodal combination of treatments holds more promise for survival of malignant mesothelioma patients. For an over view of single-mode and multimodal […]
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Acne laser rosacea treatment is being offered by many cosmetic outfits and many people have opted for such treatments. Acne rosacea occurs in people within 30-50 years of age. The cheeks and the nose are most common areas affected by this inflammatory disease. The chin, forehead, chest, scalp and ears may also get affected. First […]
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Welcome to the latest edition of the Cancer Carnival: Your monthly carnival of news cancer care, treatment and latest research. Thanks to Ben for the logo design.
Giovanna di Sauro gets us started off with a compound that’s been in the news lately: Bisphenol A. She provides a nice literature review about the xenoestrogen and it’s […]
The decision of NBA superstar Yao Ming to head to China to seek traditional Chinese medical treatment for his stress fracture has orthopedic physicians and traditional medicine experts at odds over whether the healing techniques will do any good.
Basketball star Yao Ming has returned to his home country of China, reportedly to seek […]
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Cancer. It’s perhaps the most frightening word in the English language. Although our medical system has made tremendous advances in the last few decades the grand prize of them all, the holy grail of medical science - a cancer cure - continues to elude researchers.
A cancer diagnosis is serious business. This disease claims over […]
A very deceptive cancer that affects the prostate, does not start early, but does grow fast once it does start. This cancer like many can be life threatening as well as very damaging. Many people afflicted with this type of cancer do not even realize anything is wrong until it becomes a nightmare.
Prostate cancer affects […]
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The treatment options for mesothelioma cancer are 3 main types, mesothelioma surgery, the mesothelioma chemotherapy and mesothelioma radiation. mesothelioma diiagnosis is very very hard according to researches the symptoms of malignant mesothelioma take long time to start to appear, another thing which make the diagnosis of malignant mesothelioma is very hard is the fact […]
Forbes has an interesting story about the discovery of a gene (called Olig2) that triggers the growth of stem cells during early brain development and is also important to the growth of deadly adult brain tumors. Here is a brief excerpt:
Olig2 “is specific to growth in the brain, and if you are […]
Karen’s doing well. She had her third Erbitux dose today. Dosage days are iffy but the largest side effect is a skin rash which is proving bothersome but tolerable. CPT-11 will be given next week (the 28th) which will knock Karen out for a few days. Other than that the regime is going ok (easy […]
You can’t tell whether a material contains asbestos simply by looking at it, unless it is labeled. If in doubt, treat the material as if it contains asbestos or have it sampled and analyzed by a qualified professional. A professional should take samples for analysis, since a professional knows what to look for, and because […]
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