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Chemotherapy And Biotherapy - Articles
Recommendations for Colon Cancer & Chemotherapy
by
Ben L.
Posted
Thu 27 Aug 2009 9:43pm
Colon Cancer
What products sold by Healthegoods that you can suggest for someone that has stage 4 colon cancer and has done 3 chemo treatments?
Answer:
Hi Wilfred... acid, the active form of Folic acid, is a very heavily researched nutrient which is often used along with chemotherapy for colon cancers.
It is imperative that Folinic acid
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High dose vitamin C may worsen cancer chemotherapy results
by
Dr. John Z.
Posted
Wed 01 Oct 2008 4:12pm
1 Comment
AACR.org - In pre-clinical studies, vitamin C in higher doses appears to substantially reduce the effectiveness of anticancer chemotherapy, say researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
These new findings, published in the October 1, 2008 issue of Cancer Research, a publication of the American Association of Cancer Research (AACR), came from
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Locally advanced esophageal and GE Junction cancer: Chemotherapy and radiation
by
Mark Levin
Posted
Wed 24 Jun 2009 7:01pm
of the patients had squamous cell carcinoma. Patients treated with both chemotherapy and radiation therapy had a significantly better average duration of survival (14 months vs 9 months, p < 0.0001) and more of these patients were alive 5 years after treatment (27% vs 0 %, p < 0.0001). Combined chemotherapy plus radiotherapy became the new standard of care for patients
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Mullerian endometrial cancers: Chemotherapy for metastatic disease.
by
Mark Levin
Posted
Wed 26 Jan 2011 12:00am
to be equivalent to, and less toxic than, alternative chemo-therapy approaches in this clinical setting (e.g., cisplatin plus ifosfamide; ifosfamide plus paclitaxel).
Doxorubicin... with measurable disease have been treated on a series of Phase II studies by the Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG). In separate studies of patients previously untreated with chemotherapy
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Acupuncture proven effective for side effects of breast cancer chemotherapy
by
Dr. John Z.
Posted
Tue 23 Sep 2008 7:03am
Acupuncture is as effective and longer-lasting in managing the common debilitating side effects of hot flashes, night sweats, and excessive sweating (vasomotor symptoms) associated with breast cancer treatment and has no treatment side effects compared to conventional drug therapy, according to a first-of-its-kind study presented September 24, 2008 ...
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Chemotherapy, Round 2…or…The ABC’s of Chemo
by
Carrie D.
Posted
Sun 09 Mar 2008 12:00am
’t! It only took one attempt. I guess I was just being difficult today.
Here’s a picture of the nurses’ station in the chemo room, as seen from my chair….
…..the door... of water……which is why I visit the bathroom above several times during each visit. The Cytoxan that I get on chemo days is very hard on my bladder so my job is to try to flush
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A New Target For Cancer Drugs
by
Ed H.
Posted
Thu 11 Nov 2010 3:03pm
that play key roles in tumor cells’ response to DNA damage could be an enticing target for new cancer drugs, according to Michael Hemann and Graham Walker, senior authors of the two...
Suppressing cancer cells’ ability to cope with damage to their DNA could enhance dramatically the effectiveness of chemotherapy drugs such as cisplatin, according to a new
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