Thyroid, Kidney and Liver Cancer- Toxic/Non-Toxic Angiogenesis Inhibitors

Sorafenib (co-developed as Nexavar), don’t work for everyone,” Landau says. They work well in certain cancers, but not in others (for example, breast cancer). They can also wear off as time goes on.

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For Bladder Cancer Cystectomy, Less Is More

Maguire…was diagnosed with muscle-invasive bladder cancer this year. He was resigned to losing his bladder and having doctors fashion a “neobladder” out of his intestines… The article linked

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Frequent Basal Cell Cancer (BCC) May Mean More Cancer

A total of 40 randomized trials comparing 18 interventions in 9 categories were identified and included in the study. A meta-analysis of mostly low-risk BCC patients was then conducted…” Non-melanoma

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Sugar Feeds Non-small Cell Lung Cancer?

Kim and his collaborators initially set out to investigate differences in metabolism between two major subtypes of non-small cell lung cancer—adenocarcinoma (ADC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SqCC) Is

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Prostate Cancer- 3-3 Gleason, 5.3 PSA, Biopsy- Proton-Beam Therapy?

Hi Cancer Coach- I have been diagnosed with prostate cancer. I am considering proton-beam therapy. According to my diagnosis, I have Gleason score of 3/3, PSA of 5.3, and 2 of 26 needle biopsy sites showing

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Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC)- Promising Remedies?

Thereby, the codelivered nanoassemblies of sorafenib and curcumin provided a promising strategy to enhance the combinational therapy of HCC.” Hi David, I’ve read your article, I have heard before about

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Risk of MGUS in Relatives of MMers

“We and others have shown increased risk of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) in first-degree relatives of patients with multiple myeloma (MM)…” If you are a first-degree

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DCIS Lumpectomy- Atypical Hyperplasia, Clear Margins. Suggestions?

“However, anti-hormonal therapy (tamoxifen, anastrozole) in DCIS causes an increased morbidity without a reduced mortality” Hi Cancer Coach- I was diagnosed by sterotactic biopsy with Ductal

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Stage 3 Esophageal Carcinoma-Conventional, Integrative, Complimentary

Curcumin combined with 5-FU led to the lower cell viability and higher apoptosis than 5-FU treated alone. In a human Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma xenograft model, curcumin or 5-FU alone reduced the

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Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer- Integrative Chemotherapy

Platinum-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy has been shown to improve survival outcomes in muscle-invasive bladder cancer patients… Dear Cancer Coach- my dad has stage 2 bladder cancer- it’s in the

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How to Identify Skin Cancer in 5 Steps

Remember A,B,C,D,E When Checking your Body for Possible Skin Cancer. Consider Evidence-based, Non-toxic Therapies to Reduce Your Risk of Skin Cancer- Checking your skin regularly for possible Non-Melanoma

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Neurointerventional Radiology – How this Treatment May Be Able to Help

For those with diseases of the spine, neck, and brain, neurointerventional radiology can be an intriguing and promising route to take. With so much focus on creating treatments and procedures that not

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