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Search Results for: Multiple Myeloma
HPV and Skin Cancer Risk
Understanding the Known Risks of Skin Cancer is the First Step to Undergoing Evidence-based, Non-Toxic Therapies to Reduce Those Risks As you can see below, the HPV virus is a risk factor for both melanoma
Continue readingWhy Does PeopleBeatingCancer Charge For Some Programs?
Multiple myeloma patients sometimes ask why PeopleBeatingCancer charges fees for some of their services. The reason is straightforward. I launched PeopleBeatingCancer because 4 years of aggressive conventional
Continue readingVitamin B Serum Blood Levels as Lung Cancer Therapy
“Conclusion-Serum levels of vitamin B6 and methionine were inversely associated with risk of lung cancer (LC).” If, as the study below states, serum (blood) levels of vitamin B (B2, B6, folate
Continue readingTeam PBC at the Cleveland Marathon 2016
Let’s face it. I couldn’t run PeopleBeatingCancer if it were not for donor support. Thank you everyone listed below. I am a long-term survivor of an incurable blood cancer called multiple myeloma.
Continue readingAlzheimer’s Disease- Curcumin, Resveratrol
In addition to mounting research on herbal compounds for the treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease, curcuminoids and resveratrol appear to be beneficial as anti-Alzheimer’s Disease agents. What
Continue readingOmega-3s-Enhance Chemotherapy
“Our study suggests that EPA and DHA (fish oil) induce selective cytotoxic effects in Multiple Myeloma and increase sensitivity to bortezomib” I was diagnosed with multiple myeloma (MM) in
Continue readingOvarian cancer- Curcumin as Synergistic, Integrative Therapy
For ovarian cancer, treatment with curcumin alone and combined with docetaxel resulted in significant 47% and 58% reductions in tumor growth, respectively If you have been diagnosed with ovarian cancer,
Continue readingBladder Cancer Therapy beyond Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG)
The agent (CG0070) yielded an overall 12-month complete response (CR) rate of 30% in a phase 2 single-arm trial in patients with BCG-unresponsive, high-grade Ta, T1, or CIS ± Ta/T1 non-muscle-invasive
Continue readingSalvage Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation
Despite advances in novel antimyeloma agents,1–4 the use of a salvage autologous stem-cell transplantation (sASCT) has continued to represent an option in well-selected patients with multiple myeloma
Continue readingBlood Cancer Treatment- Autologous, Allogeneic, Sibling Cord Blood
“Children needing a bone marrow transplant may find their best chance in umbilical cord blood from a sibling, even if the transplant is only partially matched to the recipient’s blood type…” Blood
Continue readingEsophageal Cancer- Antioxidants, Chemo
Hi David – My husband was just diagnosed with Stage IV Esophageal Cancer and had been taking diabetes meds prior to diagnosis. He is starting on FOLFOX Monday. I came across the journal studies
Continue readingProstate Cancer Diet- Mediterranean or Flexitarian?
I am a long-term survivor of a blood cancer called multiple myeloma. I am also a man nearing 60. I have two friends who have had prostatectomies (prostate removal). I have several other friends who have
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