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Search Results for: Melanoma
Melanoma- definition, treatment, survival rates-
“The incidence of melanoma, a deadly form of skin cancer, has increased by more than 250% among children, adolescents and young adults since 1973” The year the study, linked and excerpted below,
Continue readingMelanoma, Immunotherapy, Side Effects, Serious Collateral Damage
“These side effects can happen and, when they happen, they can be severe and lethal,” Ryan J. Sullivan, MD, Living with incurable cancer since 1994 has taught me that conventional oncology understates
Continue readingEnhance Immunotherapy for Melanoma… Naturally?
Melanoma is a Complicated, Aggressive Cancer That is Difficult to Treat. You Need the Best of Evidence-based Conventional and Non-Conventional Therapies Is immunotherapy, checkpoint inhibitors in your
Continue readingPreventing Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer Relapse
“There’s nothing like having surgery (for NMSC) on your face to make you really think, Okay, what’s causing this, and what can I do to prevent anything going forward?”…” If you have
Continue readingMelatonin and the Melanoma Cancer Patient-
“he study of synergistic relationships between melatonin analogues and anticancer drugs is a promising field, and these compounds could significantly strengthen the cytostatic and the cytotoxic effects
Continue readingMelanoma with Metastases to Lungs-
I agree that Immunotherapy Can Be Transformative. But Are Yervoy, Keytruda, Nivolumab, “Transformative” in anything but the high cost of cancer therapy? The media too often falls into the trap
Continue readingEliminate Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer Facial Scarring
The researchers found skin cancer scars, particularly those located on the head and neck that change physical appearance, tended to have a negative impact on patients’ psychosocial functioning You wouldn’t
Continue readingNon-Melanoma Skin Cancer Removal-
“More than 3.6 million Americans are diagnosed with basal or squamous cell cancers every year—more than all other cancers combined.” Non-melanoma skin cancer diagnoses dwarf all other cancer
Continue readingPediatric Cancer- Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer
Reduce the Risk of Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer Through Evidence-based, Non-toxic Therapies Pediatric cancer survivors have a much better chance of living a long life today compared to 50 years ago. Conventional
Continue readingCost-effectivness of Immunotherapy for Metastatic Melanoma-
Consider Evidence-based Integrative Therapies to Enhance the Efficacy of Melanoma Chemotherapy While Minimizing Toxicity Based on the Forbes article linked below, a chemotherapy called “Opdivo
Continue readingAngiogenesis, Starve Both Melanoma, Multiple Myeloma?
The tumor microenvironment of melanoma (and multiple myeloma)… is thought to stimulate angiogenesis through different mechanisms…“ I am a long-term Multiple Myeloma survivor of an MM
Continue readingCould Probiotics Enhance the Efficacy of Immunotherapy for Melanoma?
These results suggest that we could alter gut microbiota using probiotics, prebiotics etc. in order to improve response to anti-cancer immunotherapy for melanoma Immunotherapy for melanoma has shown real
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