cancer treatment

Internet Research and Telling the Family

Of course, many patients will begin their search for more information via the Internet.  Most hospitals, research clinics and treatment providers offer news and resources through their web sites.  Also, organizations such as the American Cancer Society and the National Cancer Institute give visitors access to a wealth of information on how to manage the …

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Coping with Cancer

“You have cancer.” No patient is ever prepared to hear these words from their doctor. The diagnosis can lead the patient to feel overwhelmed with anxieties, worries and fear. In years past, these words were the equivalent of a death sentence. However, with numerous advances in detection, drugs and other treatment options, many patients can …

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Sarcomatoid Mesothelioma Treatment

Sarcomatoid mesothelioma is the least common histological type of mesothelioma, but it is the most aggressive. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20081811?dopt=Abstract Even more than epithelial mesothelioma, the sarcomatoid form is difficult to diagnose and to distinguish from other diseases. Just looking at the cells under a microscope is not enough, and doctors employ immunohistological tests to distinguish Sarcomatoid mesothelioma …

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Nanoparticles Communicate to Deliver Chemotherapy Drugs

Teams of researchers at opposite ends of the country have recently developed an improved system to deliver chemotherapy drugs to attack malignant cells. Scientists at both the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of California at Sand Diego have devised a method involving microscopic machines known as nanoparticles. Although cancer researchers have used nanoparticles …

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Personalized Vaccines May Help Fight Cancer

Individualized vaccines created from a patient’s own cancer tumor may help boost the immune system’s response to the illness, according to a study conducted at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. Early trials of the innovative new treatment option suggest that patient survival can be greatly improved through such vaccinations. For the study, researchers (led by Richard Barth …

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Scientists Attempt to Widen Range of Targeted Cancer Drugs

The development of new chemotherapy drugs that target cancerous tumor cells – while leaving healthy cells alone – has been a breakthrough in the cancer treatment field. However, these treatments have been shown to work only on a select few patients. Even when they do work, the tumor can create a resistance to the drugs, …

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