As ubiquitous as it has become in our society, Cancer is still a terrifying disease. However, modern cancer patients have more to be optimistic about than ever before. Cancer causes and treatments are constantly being researched. The survival rates, as well as quality of life are improving in patients with prostate cancer, rare eye or bone cancers, and pediatric cancers. Proton Therapy Cancer treatment options are varied. Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy has been a powerful technique in the past. IMRT uses [...] Read more »
Anti-Cancer Benefits of Lycopene
The scientific community and public are growing increasingly aware that daily diet, activities, and personal choices can greatly affect one’s chances for and defense against cancer. The addition of lycopene to one’s diet can help strengthen the body against disease. What Is Lycopene? The scientific community knows it as a carotene; the public knows it as the pigment that makes certain foods, like tomatoes and grapefruits, its red, orange, or yellow pigment. Why Lycopene? Famous for its free radical-scavenging properties, [...] Read more »
Treatment of breast cancer – anastrozole
Anastrozole is a potent and selective non-steroidal aromatase inhibitor drug, used to treat breast cancer after surgery and for metastases in post-menopausal women. Aromatase inhibitor works by interrupting a critical step in the body’s synthesis of estrogen. It hinders the enzyme aromatase which block the synthesis of estrogen. These estrogens help in stimulating and maintaining the growth of many cancers taking place in the breast. Thus hindering the growth of estrogen is essential to suppress the growth of breast cancer. [...] Read more »
Breast Cancer: How to Prepare for Radiation
Radiation is used to kill cancer cells and can often be an effective treatment for those struggling with breast cancer. It can be administered alone, or with a combination of other treatments Read more »
Genetics and Malignant Mesothelioma
There has been some research on the relationship between genetics and the development of malignant mesothelioma. Some compelling evidences that genetic defects may result in a higher risk for the development of malignant mesothelioma. Read more »
Whey Protein to Minimize Chemotherapy Side Effects (Part 3)
Whey proteins are used in combination with glutathione to help in decreasing the concentrations of glutathione in cancer cells so that the cancer cells more vulnerable to chemotherapy. Read more »
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