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Managing Brain Damage in Head/Neck Cancer
In a pilot study of the association, Razak and colleagues found that nine of 10 survivors of head/neck cancer had deficits in various aspects of neurocognitive function two years after treatment…” When my
Continue readingDiagnostic test predicts outcome in head/neck cancer
Despite recent advances in the diagnosis and treatment of head/neck cancer, there has been little evidence of improvement in 5-year survival rates over the last few decades… Most head/neck cancer
Continue readingChemo For Breast Cancer? You Better Take these Antioxidants
Breast Cancer Patients, Consider My Mantra “If I Knew Then What I Know Now” Integrative Therapy to Enhance Chemo While Reducing Toxicity For breast cancer patients the more chemo and radiation
Continue readingAronia, Curcumin One-Two Punch Against Brain Cancer
When used together, both Aronia and turmeric appear to elicit a one-two punch defense against brain cancer. When diagnosed with brain cancer, the sad fact of the matter is that conventional (FDA approved)
Continue readingLymphoma-Herbs and Antioxidant Supplementation as Therapy
“Curcumin is the pigment of turmeric, a well-known chemopreventive agent that has been shown to suppress the proliferation of a wide variety of tumor cells, including lymphoma…” Years
Continue readingChemosensitivity Testing Improves Treatment of Leukemia
“A paper in the peer-reviewed journal Leukemia & Lymphoma showed that overall survival improved 250+ percent in leukemia patients when doctors used a chemosensitivity test to help determine treatment.” As
Continue readingEarly Prostate Cancer? Know Your Options-
Active Surveillance IS Treatment for Early Prostate Cancer Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most prevalent cancer diagnosis annually among men. The majority of PCa diagnoses are indolent or early stage diagnoses.
Continue readingSome Breast Cancer Patients Over age 60 can avoid adjuvant endocrine treatment-
“Breast cancer patients over the age of 60 with early-stage, hormone-responsive small tumors who forego adjuvant endocrine, also called hormonal therapy, are not at an increased risk of mortality
Continue readingProstate Cancer- Balancing Conventional and Evidence-Based Non-Conventional
Treatment of different prostate cancer cells with curcumin or α-tomatine alone resulted in growth inhibition and apoptosis in a concentration-dependent manner A growing number of articles and studies
Continue readingCryoablation Safe Effective Breast Cancer Therapy
“Cryoablation (also called cryosurgery) is a “new” treatment for breast cancer that has been waiting in the wings for decades. While fairly often used in prostate cancer, the use of
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