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Frankincense Oil- Bladder Cancer Cells

Comprehensive gene expression analysis confirmed that frankincense oil activates genes that are responsible for cell cycle arrest, cell growth suppression, and apoptosis in bladder cancer cells If you

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Curcumin Surpresses Gastric Cancer, Enhances Chemotherapy

“Curcumin prominently inhibited gastric cancer cell proliferation and promoted cell apoptosis…Curcumin dramatically inhibited tumor growth, increased gastric pH…” In the age of

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Gastrointestinal endoscopic ultrasound

When Is Gastrointestinal endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) Necessary for a Newly Diagnosed Cancer of the Esophagus, Stomach, Colon, or Pancreas? If you have been diagnosed with either Esophageal, Stomach, Colon,

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Therapies to Prevent/Treat Depression

“All in all, in this very large group, the researchers figured exercise may have prevented 12% of the cases of depression (dep) from happening.”  Evidence-based but non-toxic therapies to

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Breast Cancer- Saving Nipples During Mastectomy Does Not Increase Risk of Relapse

“More women are requesting NSM because of the superior cosmetic results, but doctors don’t want to take any chances with breast cancer patients’ safety for the sake of cosmetic improvement” My

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Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer- Functionality, Practicality, Vanity

“Non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) treatment is most often effectively treated with Mohs micrographic surgery, but it’s not always a practical option” Non-melanoma skin cancer  (NMSC) are

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Re-Sensitize, Enhance Sensitivity of Lung Cancer to Chemotherapy

Curcumin sensitizes lung cancer (LC) to cisplatin, disulfiram re-sensitizes lung cancer to cisplatin- both non-conventional therapies increase the efficacy of lung cancer to cisplatin… Einstein supposedly

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Colorectal Cancer-Angiogenesis Inhibitors

Bevacizumab (avastin) was approved by the FDA in February 2004 for use in metastatic colorectal cancer when used with standard chemotherapy treatment (as first-line treatment)… The article linked

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Fish Oil, Lung Cancer Response by 60%

“Adding fish oil resulted in a greater response rate at 60% compared with 25.8% with the SOC…Overall survival at 1 year trended toward improvement with fish oil compared with SOC” If

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Pancreatic Cancer- Hyperthermia

Bathing your Pancreatic Cancer is hot chemo may be more effective than circulating chemo throughout your entire body… Makes sense to me.  Pancreatic Cancer is one of the, if not the most difficult

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Less is More- Stage III Lung Cancer

“For patients with stage III non-small-cell lung cancer, standard-dose chemoradiation therapy is better than high-dose treatment, with higher five-year overall survival rates” You’ve

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Site-Specific Chemo-Pancreatic Cancer For Surgical Removal

In a study of laboratory models of pancreatic cancer (PC), the researchers found the “site-specific chemo approach” was 12 times more effective in reducing tumor size than traditional IV drug

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