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Lupeol, a compound in fruits like mangoes, grapes and strawberries, appears to be effective in killing and curbing the spread of cancer cells in the head and neck, a study in the University of Hong Kong has found. The study, conducted by the university’s Faculty of Medicine, revealed that lupeol, a compound rich in fruits, [...]
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Bladder cancer is diagnosed in 55,000 – 60,000 individuals annually in the United States. Patients whose cancer has spread to deeper tissues in the bladder and/or nearby lymph nodes may be treated with a radical cystectomy, the surgical removal of the bladder and nearby lymph nodes. This approach may be able to cure the patient, [...]
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Results published at the annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, said that Abraxane in combination with Xeloda may be an effective treatment option for patients with metastatic breast cancer.Abraxane is a newer form of Taxol that uses albumin, a natural protein found in the body, to deliver high concentrations of the active ingredient into the [...]
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In a clinical trial conducted at the University of Nottingham, scientists gave a vaccine to 67 colorectal cancer patients before and after surgery to remove the cancerous tumors. The British researchers say they have developed a vaccine that stimulates the immune system to fight colorectal cancer cells.Vaccine trials are not new in the search for [...]
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A new technique has been developed at Singapore’s National University Hospital to detect cancer in its earliest stages, a team of researchers said on Saturday. Called an “optical biopsy,†the technique can detect so-called pre-cancers – collections of a few hundred malignant cells lurking among millions of healthy cells – that usually fly under the [...]
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An experimental vaccine may help colorectal cancer patients battle the disease. This vaccine developed in the U.K. stimulated the production of killer T cells in up to 70 of colorectal cancer patients. Researchers at the University of Nottingham cloned an antibody called 105AD7 from a patient with colorectal cancer who survived seven years with liver [...]
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In a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, doctors have announced that the addition of the chemotherapy drug epirubicin to standard chemotherapy can help more women to survive early breast cancer. Chemotherapy is given after surgery to patients suffering from breast cancer to destroy any molecules of cancer that might have spread [...]
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Results of a phase II clinical trial, published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, says that breast cancer patients who experience worsening of bone metastases during bisphosphonate therapy can improve pain control by switching to another bisphosphonate called Zometa (zoledronic acid).Researchers conducted the trial among 31 patients with metastatic breast cancer and wanted to see [...]
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Results from the largest study of men with prostate cancer treated with high-dose, intensity modulated radiation (IMRT) show that 89 percent of men were disease free eight years later. Patients were treated at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and classified into prognostic risk groups. After an average of eight years, 89 percent of the men in [...]
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Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States. Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) comprises the majority of lung cancers.According to the results presented at the 2006 annual meeting of the European Society for Medical Oncology, the combination consisting of Platinol (cisplatin) plus Navelbine (vinorelbine) improves survival among non-small cell lung [...]
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Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center specialists have figured out how to accurately test drive chemotherapy drugs to learn in advance which drug treatments offer each individual pancreatic cancer patient the best therapeutic journey.Test driving cancer drugs is used widely to test cancer therapies, the Hopkins design is personalized to each patient who has relapsed after [...]
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