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Breast Tumor May Be Treated By Freezing/Cryotherapy
There is fresh hope for breast cancer sufferers now as a new nonsurgical therapy for breast cancer is being explored. It is freezing of the tumor or cryotherapy that is being viewed as a possible alternative to surgery, and which could one day replace lumpectomy or mastectomy with a simple outpatient procedure.
It is being termed [...]
The Problem With Teen Cancers
When teenagers develop cancer it is often difficult to diagnose the condition which is why treatment may start too late. It is estimated that 1 in 333 children develops a malignancy by age 20, however it is the age group of 15 to 19 years that is most vulnerable and is seen to have the [...]
A Tumor Melting Virus? What’s That?
While most of us view the term ‘virus’ with distaste and distrust, here is now a virus that could actually be beneficial to human beings.
A recent study has displayed heartening results in human trials that a particularly virus can destroy cancer cells and leave normal healthy cells of the body unharmed.
The virus is seen to [...]
Occupational Sunlight May Cut Kidney Cancer Risk In Men
A study that is hitherto the largest on the subject, examined the link between occupational sun exposure and lowered kidney cancer risk.
This is with reference to occupational sun exposure or the kind of sun exposure that a man would likely have in the course of his occupation.
This is another study that illustrates the possible use [...]
Cancer Society Warns Against Over-Treating Prostate Cancer
There has long been debate about the efficacy or indeed the requirement of prostate cancer testing and now the American Cancer Society has issued fresh screening recommendations about screening for prostate cancer.
Durango Brooks, the society’s director of prostate and colorectal cancers called for informed decision making among doctors as well as patients as regards prostate [...]
Preventing Brain Cancer Recurrence May Be Possible
Now researchers at the Stanford School of medicine may hold out fresh hope for those who have a deadly form of brain cancer called glioblastoma. According to this report, the study has been carried out on mice and may be a significant development for humans as well.
This type of brain cancer is seen to show [...]
John Hopkins And A Different Perspective Over Cancer
After years of preaching that the chemotherapy is the only viable solution for cancer treatment, John Hopkins is ready to offer a new alternative for treating cancer.
The strategy addresses the general population and works with concepts, self consciousness and responsibility, a combination meant to simplify the process of getting rid of the cancer danger.
Every human [...]
Motherhood Possible After Ovary Transplant In Cancer Patient
In tale that will possibly give hope and courage to many, Denmark’s Stinne Holm Bergholdt, who was diagnosed with Ewing’s sarcoma, a type of bone cancer, has subsequently given birth to two babies.
According to the reports, she has become the first woman in the world to give birth twice after an ovary transplant.
When she learned [...]
