Colon cancer drug finds new use in treating eye problem (Prostrate cancer)
Good news to diabetics who are suffering from eye problems, especially with the retinas of their eyes: A drug approved for colon cancer treatment, called Avastin, is now here to treat advanced stages of diabetic eye disease.
Dec. 20, 2005. Mark Ingle can't forget that date. He'd likely just as soon forget the memories associated with it. But he never will, he says with certainty. It was on that Tuesday, just five days from Christmas, that the Texas A&M University student underwent his last chemotherapy treatment for testicular cancer. Four more months and another major surgery would pass before Ingle's life would ...
Hattiesburg resident Dawn Gillis, a breast cancer survivor, is grateful that she was not placed on hormone replacement therapy after her surgery nine years ago.
The Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition is hailing the news that United States breast cancer rates dropped drastically in 2003, as first reported by the Associated Press in a 12/14/2006 article. The report indicates a 7.2 percent decline in breast cancer diagnosis in 2003. [click link for full article]
Rates of the most common form of breast cancer dropped from August 2002 to December 2003, researchers reported.
Research sees promise in drug combinations New breast cancer findings support the idea that patients in the future may be treated with combinations of new, targeted medications that are kinder and gentler than conventional cancer drugs, researchers reported Friday.
A synthetic version of the active ingredient in marijuana, a legal treatment for nausea in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, also helps symptoms like pain, anxiety and depression, according to research presented on Friday.
Dec. 20, 2005. Mark Ingle can't forget that date. He'd likely just as soon forget the memories associated with it. But he never will, he says with certainty. It was on that Tuesday, just five days from Christmas, that the Texas A&M University student underwent his last chemotherapy treatment for testicular cancer. Four more months and another major surgery would pass before Ingle's life would ...
Hattiesburg resident Dawn Gillis, a breast cancer survivor, is grateful that she was not placed on hormone replacement therapy after her surgery nine years ago.
The Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition is hailing the news that United States breast cancer rates dropped drastically in 2003, as first reported by the Associated Press in a 12/14/2006 article. The report indicates a 7.2 percent decline in breast cancer diagnosis in 2003. [click link for full article]
Rates of the most common form of breast cancer dropped from August 2002 to December 2003, researchers reported.
Research sees promise in drug combinations New breast cancer findings support the idea that patients in the future may be treated with combinations of new, targeted medications that are kinder and gentler than conventional cancer drugs, researchers reported Friday.
A synthetic version of the active ingredient in marijuana, a legal treatment for nausea in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, also helps symptoms like pain, anxiety and depression, according to research presented on Friday.
