From the BBC:- It may be possible to “soften-up” cancers before hitting them with chemotherapy drugs, researchers suggest. A study, published in the Cancer Cell, uncovered how tumours can become resistant to commonly used drugs. The University of Manchester team suggest drugs already in development may be able to counter this resistance to make chemotherapy
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Personalised medicine is becoming precision medicine n the fight against cancer. The present concern is with combining the several drugs that the patient may require into a cocktail to fight their disease. How these drugs interact with each other and how they then affect the patient as a result, is unknown. Lab tests only go
Early treatment with a chemotherapy drug extends the lives of patients with advanced prostate cancer by nearly two years, a major study shows. Docetaxel is normally given after hormone treatment has failed. But results, to be presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology, will show earlier treatment can extend life expectancy from 43 to
World Cancer Incidence Will Grow 75% by 2030, WHO Says … The researchers reported their findings in the journal Lancet Oncology. The team found that cancers typically associated with infections–such as cervical, … www.americanscientist.org/science/pub/world-cancer-incidence-will-grow-75-by-2030-who-says Slipping Past Cancer’s Barriers » American Scientist Nowadays oncology textbooks report more than 200 cancer types, with a diverse spectrum of diseases even within individual organs.
May 29 – June 2, 2015; McCormick Place, Chicago The Annual Meeting brings together 30,000 oncology professionals from around the world. Educational sessions feature world-renowned faculty discussing state-of-the-art treatment modalities, new therapies, and ongoing controversies in the field. Science sessions present the latest ground-breaking research in oral and poster format. www. http://am.asco.org/
Training our own immune system to fight cancer is proving to be a very useful tool. A short article on how Immunotherapy works, from Popular Science:
Our own bacteria seem to be offering future keys to more effective cancer treatments. Bacteria can affect cells in several ways, even change the DMA of cells and affect how much they reproduce, their immunity and metabolism. Apparently understanding has increased so that now it is possible to engineer bacteria to trigger the immune system
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