Cancer
Childhood leukaemia: is it ...
Leukaemia is a cancer of the early blood-forming cells, most often involving white blood cells. It starts in bone marrow (a connective tissue where blood cells are formed) and quickly moves to the ... more »
Lung cancer: a preventable ...
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in both men and women. That’s why it is so important to be aware of risk factors that can lead to the development of lung cancer and ... more »
Advances in the prevention of skin ...
Research on non-melanoma skin cancers is yielding encouraging results in the prevention and treatment of these types of cancer. The most advanced research on the causes of non-melanoma skin cancers ... more »
Skin cancer
The immune system plays an important role in protecting human body against the development and metastatic spread of neoplasias. It performs this function through two main mechanisms: by eliminating cancer cells before they establish a tumor or by attacking cancer cells after they become established as a tumor. In rare cases the immune system alone is sufficient to completely eliminate an established cancer and bring about ... more »
Prostate cancer risk
Although scientists don’t know the exact causes of prostate cancer, they do know that certain circumstances (risk factors) increase the chance of developing it. Prostate cancer risk assessment is important in identifying men who might be at ... more »
Breast cancer awareness
Breast cancer affects 8-10% of women in their lifetime. Although most cases of breast cancer are diagnosed in women over 40, younger women are occasionally diagnosed with it as well. After lung cancer, breast cancer is the second leading cause of ... more »
Pain treatment in cancer patients
Chronic cancer-related pain is one of the most challenging problems physicians face today. It is not simply a symptom of the cancer process, but it is a disease in itself and has to be treated like one. Not only chronic cancer pain causes obvious ... more »
First Use Of Antibody And Stem Cell TransplantatiTo Successfully
For the first time, researchers have reported the use of a radiolabeled antibody to deliver targeted doses of radiation, followed by a stem cell transplant, to successfully treat a group of leukemia and pre-leukemia patients for whom there previously ... more »
Green Tea Shows Promise As Chemoprevention Agent For Oral Cancer
Green tea extract has shown promise as cancer prevention agent for oral cancer in patients with a pre-malignant condition known as oral leukoplakia, according to ... more »
Statins May Prevent Blood Clots In Patients With Cardiovascular Disease
New research shows that patients with atherosclerosis receiving statin therapy had a significantly reduced risk of developing venous thromboembolism -- a collective term for DVT (blood clot) and pulmonary embolism -- than patients not on statin ... more »
