UP TO DATE INFORMATION AND NEWS RELATED TO CANCER RESEARCH AND TREATMENT FOR CANCER PATIENTS AND COMMUNITY.
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Sunday, 23 December 2018
Friday, 16 November 2018
The use of biomarkers to target treatment improves patient outcomes by making earlier and more appropriate treatment selections, and the number of markers has increased dramatically in the past decade. Breast cancer was highly segmented even in the early 2000s, but the addition of the BRCA 1/2 genetic marker further isolates responders to specific treatments.
Friday, 9 November 2018
Monday, 5 November 2018
Interesting discovery: A dye will help neurosurgeons to get complete
resection surgeries for brain tumors.
A new
study in 99 patients with suspected high-grade (fast-growing) gliomas were colored
after given a drink containing 5-ALA before surgery. "The beauty of 5-ALA
is that neuro-surgeons can see where high-grade glioma is, while they're
operating.". The use of 5-ALA will
help to get complete resection of the brain tumors and increase the chance of
cur in these patients.
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-46073972#
Thursday, 1 November 2018
A most
recent comprehensive review found stronger evidence in support of
corticosteroids to decrease "early treatment failure" in addition to
the mortality benefit for severe pneumonia in adults. This was a controversial
topic for years leading to the discontinuation of steroids in this setting. Although,
this practice remained in Spain and there is a large number of oncologists
using the steroids to treat complex lung infections with great outcome in immunoc-ompromised
cancer patients.
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