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Eleutherobin From Coral Fights Cancer Cells

...cer, oesophageal cancer, leukaemia, buccal mucosa, malignant lymphoma and thyroid cancer, besides breast cancer and cancer of the reproductive system. For mor information read: http://www.medindia.net/Patients/ PatientInfo/WomenAndCancer.asp...

Britney Spears Donates $50 000 To Support Cancer Patients

...cer, oesophageal cancer, leukaemia, buccal mucosa, malignant lymphoma and thyroid cancer, besides breast cancer and cancer of the reproductive system. For mor information read: http://www.medindia.net/Patients/ PatientInfo/WomenAndCancer.asp...

An Anti-cancer Smart Bomb delivered using a Nanocell

...e with Cisplatin in the treatment of patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma. Alimta blocks the enzymes necessary for DNA copying and cell division and the drug is supplemented with Vitamin B12 and Folic acid to minimize the side effects of skin rash and other effects. ...

Malignant Mesothelioma – A New Genetic Revelatio

...t for development of this tumor. Many people with malignant mesothelioma have worked or lived in places where ...osed to asbestos, it usually takes a long time for malignant mesothelioma to occur. In a report in the current issue of Lancet it is reported that mesothelioma h...

Malignant Mesothelioma – A New Genetic Revelation

...t for development of this tumor. Many people with malignant mesothelioma have worked or lived in places where ...osed to asbestos, it usually takes a long time for malignant mesothelioma to occur. In a report in the current issue of Lancet it is reported that mesothelioma h...

Skin tests confirms cancer

...on. By looking at skin warts, benign growths and malignant skin tumours in members of families with a history of HNPCC //- hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer syndrome - it may be possible to identify people at high risk. HNPCC has been linked to a defect in the repair mechanism for cells. Cells sho...

Malignant virus in polio vaccine combined to Cancer

...ccine in the early 50's in a common form of highly malignant human cancer that has mystically doubled in incide... the possible genesis of (this) important group of malignant disorders.'' The scientists added that their findings may also offer hope for new therapies for the...

MRI with nanoparticles highly sensitive in detecting prostate cancer metastases

...targeting normal cells rather than focusing on the malignant cells which always mutate ." The nanoparticles, which are being developed by Massachusetts-based Advanced Magnetics Inc. under the name Combidex, are in the final stages of approval by the US Food and Drug Administration....

Solarium use is associated with an increased risk of skin cancer

...ay and Sweden. The researchers found 187 cases of malignant melanoma diagnosed among the study group during the eight-year follow-up period. They found that women of any age or hair color who regularly visited tanning salons once or more per month increased their chance of developing melanoma by 55 percent.T...

Chocolate To Combat Cancer: So Indulge!

...ting the proteins involved in the proliferation of malignant cells (vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 537-46).Biting into the bar of chocolates is anyone’s delight. Chocolate with its various forms is a darling of one and all. Some time back lot of talk was towards its health harms, but today lot of research proves otherwise...

Combined modality approach for effective treatment and enhanced survival in bile duct cancer

...iver. Cholangiocarcinoma is a relatively uncommon malignant tumor that is often found in the lining of the bile duct. The cancer also is seen in patients with congenital bile duct cysts and bile duct stones. Most frequently, these tumors are located near the liver. Cholangiocarcinomas in this location are dif...

Broccoli Found to Block Cancer Progression In Both Animal and Human Studies

...ed development of benign (harmless) lung tumors to malignant tumors, compared to mice that did not receive the compound. In another study done looked at the effect of the same compound on human lung cancer cells, which were forced to grow quickly (as cancer does) because of insertion of a gene known to be in...

Optical Imaging Added To Ultrasound To Improve Imaging Of Breast Cancer

... women who undergo a breast biopsy actually have a malignant tumor, leading many women to experience unnecessar...e technique has great potential for distinguishing malignant and benign masses to reduce benign biopsies in a non-invasive way. In the study, 65 patients with ...

Gold Nanoparticles: Agents For Noninvasive Cancer Therapy

...e argon ion laser at 514 nm. It was found that the malignant cells required less than half the laser energy to ...articles at four times energy required to kill the malignant cells with anti-EGFR/Au conjugates bonded. Gold nanoparticles thus offer a novel class of selective ...

Monoclonal antibodies show promise in treatment of blood cancer

...gressively against B cell tumors. In 10 mice with malignant B cell lymphomas, the monoclonal antibody prevente...d at how effectively CD19 mAb-treatments prevented malignant B cell expansion," said Tedder. "Treatment of such tumors in mouse models is extraordinarily difficu...

Protective regimen for acute Graft-versus-host disease

...and Journal of Medicine, 37 patients with lymphoid malignant diseases or acute leukemia underwent an experiment...Potent antitumor effects in patients with lymphoid malignant diseases were shown by the change from partial to complete remission. In the transplant recipients w...

Radiation therapy effective against Eye cancer

...Forest University have been treating patients with malignant melanoma of uvea with radiation therapy. Uveal malignant melanoma// is a rare tumor that occurs in only six per one million people per year in the United Sta...

MRI as a diagnostic tool for breast cancer

...0 were premenopausal at the time of diagnosis. The malignant lesion was identified on mammography and MRI for a majority of patients. One third of premenopausal women had negative mammography but positive MRI findings. Findings from this study support a role for breast MRI in supplementing conventional mammo...

Novel Technique For Targeting Small-Cell Lung Cancer

... imaging techniques by increasing contrast between malignant and normal tissues. Fluorescence-based imaging provides safe, sensitive detection of malignancies. Targeted delivery of fluorophores increases sensitivity of endoscopic imaging. Conjugation of somatostatin analogs with fluorescent agents enables tu...

The potent anti-leukemia activity of Berbamine

...ion gene, has been shown to be responsible for the malignant phenotypes. Gleevec, which is an inhibitor of the bcr/abl tyrosine kinase, has been a remarkable success for the treatment of CML. However, a significant proportion of patients chronically treated with Gleevec develop resistance. Thus, new approach...

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