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All posts by David Emerson

Green Tea Extract Inhibits Breast Cancer Relapse

we discuss the mechanisms by which green tea components suppress the development and recurrence of breast cancer (BC)… Green Tea (EGCG) inhibits a relapse of breast cancer. Chemotherapy and radiation

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Garlic Kills Breast Cancer

I found the following article while researching garlic as a possible supplement for reducing blood clots.  It is an Egyptian study that shows a garlic constituent (DATS) "might offer a novel

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Axillary Node Dissection in DCIS Offers Little Prognostic Information

I was stunned when I first found out that lymph nodes were being sampled for those with many forms of DCIS.  The axillary node dissection which was used in the earlier years of this study has a high

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Myeloma Therapy- Dichloroacetate (DCA)

“The findings of this study shed a new light with respect to some of the novel mechanisms underlying the antitumor action of Dichloroacetate (DCA) and thus may have immense clinical applications.” “It

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Axillary node dissection – positive sentinel node: necessary?

“In this article, they are not considering women with such obviously advanced cancer, but there is some indication that at least some forms of chemotherapy might “sterilize” the nodes and allow

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Bisphosphonates Reduce the Risk of Postmenopausal Breast Cancer

This is one of two recent studies investigating whether or not the use of bisphosphonate drugs such as might lead to a lower incidence of breast cancer.  Both studies are interesting, but they reach

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Pain following Breast Cancer Surgery?

An article titled "Breast Cancer May Be Gone, but Pain Lingers" details a research study that shows a high prevalence of pain after treatment for breast cancer. http://health.usnews.com/heal...

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Omega 3, Breast Cancer Risk in the VITAL Cohort.

Fish Oil was shown to be related in some way to a percentage decrease in invasive ductal breast carcinoma in a group of 35,000 post-menopausal women who completed a 24 page questionnaire between 2000 and

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Multiple Myeloma Therapy- Before, During, After

Cancer patients who’ve been told to rest and avoid exercise can – and should – find ways to be physically active both during and after treatment, according to new national guidelines...

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Curcumin, Aromatase Inhibitor Sensitivity, Breast Cancer

“curcumin reverses chemo-resistance and sensitizes cancer cells to chemotherapy and targeted therapy in breast cancer” Aromatase Inhibitors (Tamoxifen, anastrozole, exemestane and letrozole

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Cryotherapy for Lung Cancer Mets to the Lung

Lung Cancer Patients May Need Effective Therapies to Manage their Lung Cancer if it Metastasizes (spreads) Lung cancer is one of the most aggressive cancers and depending on the stage at diagnosis, can

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