October Breast Cancer Awareness Month
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month October is breast cancer awareness month and if it saves just one life it was worth it. Breast cancer gets a lot of attention but still the number of breast...
View ArticleStem Cells Reverse Chemo-Induced Infertility In Monkeys
According to a story released by the Canadian Press Toronto recent research shows there may be hope of preserving fertility in young males who undergo chemo treatments for cancer to still be able to...
View ArticleYour 10 Point Plan for Reducing Your Cancer Risk
Cancer of all varieties is one of the world’s most prolific killers. Cancer is also a disease that touches most of us at some stage in our lifetimes, with almost everyone either fighting a variant of...
View ArticleExciting Frontier Beckons For Cancer Treatment
The U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has created a new ‘breakthrough’ designation for cancer drugs, so that any that are deemed to be successful can effectively be fast-tracked through the trial...
View ArticleKyprolis for Multiple Myeloma, an Overview
Kyprolis, generic carfilzomib, is a new treatment specifically approved for multiple myeloma (MM) cancer, but with potential applications to other cancers. It works as a proteasome inhibitor and is...
View ArticleXofigo for Prostate Cancer
The Food and Drug Administration has very recently approved a new pharmaceutical, Xofigo, for the treatment of late stage prostate cancer. The drug is a new hope for the treatment of a kind of cancer...
View ArticleWhat Should You Do If You Are at Risk of Breast Cancer or Have Been Diagnosed...
Thanks to Angelina Jolie, breast cancer awareness in on the increase since news of her preventive mastectomies made headlines in mainstream press and media. Because her mother died of ovarian cancer,...
View ArticleIbrutinib Under Research as a Breakthrough Oral Drug to Treat Leukamia
Leukemia or blood cancer is of different types. Conventional treatment including chemotherapy, radiotherapy and intracethal chemotherapy wherein the drugs are directly injected into the spinal canal...
View ArticleChemotherapy for Children May Soon Have Better Outcomes
When children develop cancer and need chemotherapy it affects their physical and, at times, their mental development as chemotherapy is basically toxic. Chemotherapy does not usually differentiate...
View ArticleBreast Cancer Diagnosis Aided by New “Dye” Pill
Thousands of women with slow-growing cancers and benign breast nodules undergo needless invasive medical procedures every year. Currently, non-invasive medical diagnostic methods are not able to...
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