Alternative Cancer Treatment

Cancer Therapy Advisor
FDA approves first cancer treatment for any solid tumor with a specific genetic feature
FDA.gov
This indication covers patients with solid tumors that have progressed following prior treatment and who have no satisfactory alternative treatment options and patients with colorectal cancer that has progressed following treatment with certain ...
FDA clears Merck's Keytruda based on cancer genetics, not locationKFGO
FDA Breaks New Ground with Expanded Keytruda IndicationMedPage Today
FDA OKs Merck's Keytruda to Treat Cancers With Genetic Defects -- UpdateFox Business
Healio -Cancer Therapy Advisor
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Daily Mail
Daughter begs for donations to fund cancer treatment
Daily Mail
Immunotherapy, also called biologic therapy, is a type of cancer treatment designed to boost the body's natural defenses to fight the cancer. It uses substances either made by the body or in a laboratory to improve or restore immune system function.

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The Alternative Daily (blog)
Can The Graviola Fruit Treat Cancer?
The Alternative Daily (blog)
In a quest to cure cancer, many people turn to alternative remedies. Graviola, although studied for decades, is making its rounds on the internet as being a natural cure for the deadly disease. But what does modern-day science say about this sweet ...

The Wire
Natural Saffron Molecules Inhibit Cancer Cell Growth
The Wire
That apart, their effectiveness decreases with time as cancer cells develop resistance to treatment. This has resulted in cancer researchers deviating from mainstream approaches to cancer treatment and look for natural molecules capable of derailing ...

The Hindu
IIT-H develops biodegradable nano-particles to treat cancer
The Hindu
A team led by assistant professor Aravind Kumar Rengan has been working on finding alternative ways to chemotherapy and radiotherapy for cancer treatment to minimise side-effects caused by these therapies. He designed a novel nano system which kills ...

Arizona Daily Star
Yoga, Meditation May Ease Some Breast Cancer Symptoms
Arizona Daily Star
"We have good evidence that [some] mind-body therapies -- such as meditation, yoga, relaxation -- can provide benefit to breast cancer patients during and after treatment," said study researcher Heather Greenlee. She's an assistant professor of ...

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WQAD.com
YOUR HEALTH: Cancer radiation alternative
WQAD.com
But it can still be a long road to recovery. For many it will require weeks of radiation after surgery. Doctors are trying out a new option that eliminates that extra treatment time for early stage patients like Judy Collins. She was 80 when she ...

The Hindu
IIT-H develops biodegradable nano-particles to treat cancer
The Hindu
A team led by assistant professor Aravind Kumar Rengan has been working on finding alternative ways to chemotherapy and radiotherapy for cancer treatment to minimise side-effects caused by these therapies. He designed a novel nano system which kills ...

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Mirror.co.uk
Mum battling breast cancer shuns traditional NHS treatments and opts to 'cure' herself with vegan diet
Mirror.co.uk
... radical alternative treatment including a sodium-free diet and consuming up to 20lb of fresh fruit and vegetables to "flood the body with vitamins and minerals" in an attempt to help his condition; Mum-of-four Sarah Valentine, 36, battling breast ...

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Metro
Mother with breast cancer shuns treatment and becomes vegan ...
Metro
A mother with breast cancer has turned down NHS treatment and is living a vegan and holistic lifestyle instead. Katie Britton-Jordan, 38, from Dalbury Lees, ...

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Early MRI may lower costs for prostate cancer treatment
Science Daily
A diagnostic MRI followed by one of three MRI-guided biopsy strategies is a cost-effective method to detect prostate cancer, according to a new study out of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical ...

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Laboratory Equipment
New Clinical Trial Framework Tests 'Natural' Cures for Cancer
Laboratory Equipment
The trial is the result of a series of CU Cancer Center studies demonstrating the promise of grape seed extract in preclinical models of prostate cancer, in collaboration with doctors at University of Colorado Hospital who treat the condition. In ...

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The Island Now
Great Neck foundation fights for alternative cancer treatments
The Island Now
Nearly thirty people from Great Neck donned umbrellas and white attire as they trekked through torrential rain on the Cross Island Parkway Trail in Bayside, Queens on Saturday, hoping to benefit a Great Neck resident and raise awareness for alternative ...

Bel Marra Health
Nano-drugs may be a better alternative for cancer treatment
Bel Marra Health
nanodrugs cancer treatment The treatment of cancerous tumors can be tricky and dangerous. These cancer cells divide and grow excessively in those affected, ...

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Express.co.uk
New clinical trial framework tests 'natural' cures for cancer
Medical Xpress
The trial is the result of a series of CU Cancer Center studies demonstrating the promise of grape seed extract in preclinical models of prostate cancer, in collaboration with doctors at University of Colorado Hospital who treat the condition. In ...
Prostate cancer treatment? New cure could be made from grapesExpress.co.uk

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Yahoo Health
Could Breast Milk Be the Next Cancer Treatment?
Yahoo Health
The breast milk compound targets cancer cells alone, offering an alternative to chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatments, which can damage both healthy and cancerous cells in the body. The scientists hope the breast milk compound could also help bowel ...

Rome Sentinel
Alternative treatments available for chronic gynecological symptoms
Rome Sentinel
“Except for patients with uterine cancer, there are alternatives treatments for most problems that we can try before considering a hysterectomy. I will give my patients all the information they need to make an informed decision,” Dr. Akl said. Although ...

Frederick News Post (subscription)
'Alternative hair': Frederick salon is home to new hair technology that is life transforming
Frederick News Post (subscription)
“I get referrals from the cancer treatment center here in Frederick. There are very few people that do what I do in Frederick, and that is custom work [implementing Renée's technology],” Knight said. “Our business is built from custom designed hair. It ...

AUA 2017: Comparative Assessment of Efficacies Between Two Alternative Therapeutic Sequences with Novel ...
UroToday
... that sequential treatment with androgen receptor-axis-targeted (ARAT) agents, abiraterone acetate (AA) and enzalutamide (Enz), has limited efficacy for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) patients who have failed Docetaxel ...

DutchNews.nl
Court rules 12-year-old David can refuse chemotherapy treatment for cancer
DutchNews.nl
He had undergone six weeks of daily radiation treatment last year, after the tumour had been successfully removed, but said he wanted to have alternative therapies instead of chemotherapy due to its side effects. The boy's parents are divorced, and ...

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