Alternative Cancer Treatment

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Pueblo Chieftain
For those battling life-altering illness, supplemental treatments a critical aid
Pueblo Chieftain
Still, he said he sees several dozen patients who aren't nearing the end of their lives but who are seeking additional comfort treatment for potentially life-threatening conditions such as chronic pulmonary disease, cancer or heart disease ...

Nano-therapeutic cancer immunotherapy using hyperthermia-induced heat shock proteins: insights from mathematical ...
Dove Medical Press
Consequently, it is critical to attain an alternative tumor-killing mechanism to circumvent these challenges. Studies have demonstrated that extracellular heat shock proteins (HSPs) activate ... Materials and methods: In this work, a predictive model ...

Study to Test Cannabis in Head-to-Head Trial with Fentanyl to Find Alternative for Severe Pain
Good News Network
Fentanyl is used as a treatment for “breakthrough pain”: a specific kind of “severe pain that erupts while a patient is already medicated with a long-acting painkiller.” This usually occurs in connection with cancer. RELATED: Suicide Rates at Japanese ...

OncLive
Study Explores ADT Alternative in Localized Prostate Cancer Recurrence
OncLive
Joshi said approximately half of patients with localized prostate cancer are treated with RT as first-line therapy and that 5% to 10% of these men will experience local disease recurrence. Historically, most patients have received ADT after biochemical ...

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Forbes
What Is Traditional Chinese Medicine and What Can It Treat?
Forbes
With the recent trend of functional and alternative medicines, including Traditional Chinese Medicine, patients are looking beyond the walls of traditional clinics to reverse current conditions and prevent more significant ailments. But what is ...

Labiotech.eu (blog)
Finding The Best Match: RNA Sequencing for Cancer Therapy Decisions
Labiotech.eu (blog)
To get NGS ready for routine diagnostic applications, researchers at GenXPro developed an alternative RNA sequencing strategy called Massive Analysis of cDNA Ends, or MACE-Seq. With a background on genomic analysis of cultivated plants that often ...

Kent Online
Mum who survived London bombings struck down with cancer
Kent Online
Nicky is now hoping to raise £17,500 so she can continue her treatment, and ideally, go to an alternative cancer clinic in Mexico. “It was working. They have got a totally different approach to building up your body and immune system. “It's a mix of ...

Cancer Therapy Advisor
R-THP-COP a New Therapeutic Alternative for Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma
Cancer Therapy Advisor
Results showed that the overall response rate (ORR) was 88% among patients who received R-CHOP and 90% among those treated with R-THP-COP; both treatment groups achieved complete response (CR) rates of 85%. Differences in response rates were ...

Breast Cancer News
Talazoparib, Potential Treatment for Metastatic Breast Cancer with BRCA Mutations, Up for US and EU Approval
Breast Cancer News
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) have agreed to review Pfizer's application for talazoparib, a candidate for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer in patients with inherited BRCA mutations. The ...

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Cancer Network
The Use of Surgery and Radiotherapy as Treatment of Regional Nodes in Breast Cancer Patients
Cancer Network
[8,9] Two recent randomized trials have demonstrated that omission of ALND in many patients with node-positive breast cancer treated with breast conservation surgery (BCS) and adjuvant whole-breast radiation therapy (WBRT) does not compromise oncologic ...

KTVH
Kalispell hospital offering breast cancer test that saves lives
KTVH
Radiation wasn't a walk in the park but was definitely better than the alternative,” said Prussen who has now been cancer-free for nearly two-years. More than 170 women with breast cancer received treatment at Bass Breast Center at KRMC in 2017 ...

OncLive
New Mutations in Lung Cancer and Other Solid Tumors
OncLive
From a historical perspective, decisions regarding cancer therapy have been based largely on histologic considerations. For example, lung cancers have typically been categorized into small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) ...

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NEWS.com.au
Alternate medicine giving hope after mum's shock diagnosis
NEWS.com.au
... truck and this year she received a daunting cancer diagnosis. But an unconventional treatment has given her hope. .... At the moment Kerry-lee is undergoing high intensity chemotherapy and radiation treatment to try and ensure that the cancer doesn ...

Duke Chronicle
Duke researchers find new use for failed cancer drug in fighting tuberculosis
Duke Chronicle
Drugs called matrix metalloproteinase inhibitors were found to increase the potency of antibiotics designed to treat tuberculosis, according to a study published April 26 in PLoS Pathogens. The paper paves the way for a possible alternative to the ...

High Times
Surgeon General Skeptical of Medical Marijuana as Opioid Alternative
High Times
“We know that exposing the developing brain to marijuana can prime the brain to addiction and have potential negative consequences including promoting cancer,” Adams said. Because of the ... Again, multiple evidence-based treatments. Now, Jonathan ...

Breast, Lung Cancer Genetics Highlight Mutations Linked to Drug Response, Prognosis
GenomeWeb
Still, they said, "treatment with afatinib appears to be a reasonable option as second- or third-line therapy dependent on the initial treatment regimen" for ERBB-mutated lung squamous cell carcinomas, particularly when alternative targeted treatments ...

The Lund Report
Commentary: Rep. Walden Reflects on Federal Healthcare Priorities
The Lund Report
The Childhood Cancer Survivorship, Treatment, Access, and Research (STAR) Act will help advance both research and treatments for pediatric cancer, and I was proud to help send this bill to the President's desk. The Childhood Cancer STAR Act ...

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KPAX-TV
Kalispell hospital offering breast cancer test that saves lives
KPAX-TV
Radiation wasn't a walk in the park but was definitely better than the alternative," said Prussen who has now been cancer-free for nearly two-years. More than 170 women with breast cancer received treatment at Bass Breast Center at KRMC in 2017 ...

SpaceCoastDaily.com
MEDICAL SPOTLIGHT: Effective Cancer Treatments Available in Florida, Many New Procedures Can Help
SpaceCoastDaily.com
There are so many new treatments available to help, including alternative treatments to extend your prognosis and to help you survive. Changing Diet Can Make a Big Difference. Evidence in books like Nutrition and the Cancer Patient has demonstrated ...