Archive for the ‘Cancer News’ Category
Image Guided Ablation Alternate Treatment For Lung Cancer
A study shows that thermal ablation is a safe way of treating lung cancer. The research which studied 100 cases over a period of 10 years between 1991 and 2011 came to the conclusion that those lung c…
GPS Lack Accuracy in Spotting Skin Cancers: Study
A new study finds that when general doctors refer patients to a specialist to investigate a suspicious skin lesion, it's more often another lesion that turns out to be skin cancer, The findings su…
New Drug May Be The Cure For Skin Cancer
A new experimental drug for those dealing with melanoma, has been tested among 10 patients with remarkable results. The new developed drug called GlaxoSmithKline has shown positive results for individ…
Inconclusive Results: Mobile Phone Use and Brain Cancer Risk
The largest study who wanted to determine whether mobile phone use causes brain cancer, ended up to be inconclusive.
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) studied more than 10,000 …
Provenge, First Ever Cancer Vaccine Approved by FDA
The FDA has approved the first cancer vaccine ever, one that would help prostate cancer patients live longer with less of the harsh and debilitating side effects of chemotherapy, radiation, or surgery…
Tanning Tax Revenues Could Go to Help Skin Cancer Education
Skin cancer is the most prevalent type of cancer in the world, with over 1 million people affected yearly in the U.S. alone. Some groups and individuals feel it's time to make businesses contribut…
New Viral Cancer Treatment May Help Treat Deadly Lung Cancer
A new viral treatment that destroys cancer cells but leaves normal cells unaffected may help patients suffering from a particularly deadly type of lung cancer. The viral treatment Reolysin will be use…
Psilocybin, Mescaline, LSD, and MDMA May Provide Relief of Depression and Anxiety in Cancer Patients
NYU (New York University) and Johns Hopkins University are now conducting different studies to see how psychedelic or hallucinogenic drugs affect depression and anxiety in cancer patients. Some of the…
Omega-3′s Could Prevent Colon Cancer (And Many Other Health Woes)
We've all heard about antioxidants and omega-3 fatty acids and their benefits for almost any health related condition, perhaps to the point where we begin to doubt it as "hype", but ther…
Raloxifene and Tamoxifen Lower Breast Cancer Risk for High Risk Women
There is good news for women at higher risk for breast cancer. Two new drugs, tamoxifen and raloxifene have shown excellent results in reducing the risk of developing breast cancer in high-risk post-m…