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Two doses of nivolumab given about 1 month prior to surgery are well tolerated and reduces tumor size in about half of patients with squamous cell head and neck cancer If you have been diagnosed with head
Continue readingGrape Seed Extract selectively inhibited the growth and caused cell cycle arrest and apoptotic death in Head and Neck Cancer cells If you are diagnosed with cancer head and neck cancer, your first goal
Continue readingGene-expression profiling has identified 4 distinct genetic subtypes of head and neck cancer which show some parallels to lung squamous cell carcinoma biology… I am a long-term cancer survivor and
Continue readingEvidence-based, Integrative Therapy to Promote Apoptosis, Enhance the Efficacy of Chemo while Reducing Multi-Drug Resistance Bitter Melon extract (BME) kills breast, colon, ovarian, pancreatic, liver,
Continue readingAll I could think of were evidence-based but non-conventional therapies to reduce the risk of cancer. Several classmates of mine and I were playing poker the other night. As is often the case, the general
Continue readingMucositis prevention- Head & Neck cancer can keep the cancer patient on their therapy plan as well as enhance quality of life for the cancer patient. According to research, oral mucositis occurs is
Continue readingHead and neck cancer patients who undergo intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) are going to develop a side effect called mucositis or dry mouth. Well…not all patients but 98.6% of patients
Continue readingLiving in chronic pain is a fate worse than death in my experience. I say this because as a long-term cancer survivor, I suffer from chronic pain off and on depending on the source, the type, etc. In my
Continue reading“Recently, we identified procyanidin B2 3,3″-di-O-gallate (B2G2) as most active constituent of grape seed extract (GSE) for efficacy against prostate cancer (PCa).” They say that all men
Continue reading“…periodic fasting or fasting-mimicking diet techniques (short-term fasting) could become a tool in the arsenal to fight a variety of cancers.” At the outset, I must state that this blog
Continue reading“Patients undergoing cancer surgery have an increased risk of suicide compared with the general population, according to research published in JAMA Oncology…” Yes, a cancer diagnosis
Continue reading“Most women with ovarian cancer receive inadequate care and miss out on treatments that could add a year or more to their lives, a new study has found…” The article linked and excerpted
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