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Search Results for: Bladder Cancer
Green Tea- Apoptotis- Bladder Cancer
“Compared to control-treated cells, treatment with catechin agents significantly suppressed cell growth in a dose-dependent fashion…”Translation, green tea kills bladder cancer… According
Continue readingHydrogen Peroxide as Bladder Cancer Therapy
“The clinical effects of BCG on bladder cancer might be mediated by the production of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), according to new research published online in The Journal of Urology…” Hi David- What
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 readingEnhanced Cystoscopy for Early Bladder Cancer
Blue Light Cystoscopy (BLC) increases detection rates of carcinoma in-situ and papillary lesions over WLC alone and can change management in 14% of cases… Imagine that you are a newly diagnosed bladder
Continue readingFor 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
Continue readingMuscle-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
Continue readingBladder Cancer and BCG- side effects and relapse?
“Overall, our results suggest that curcumin potentiates the antitumor effect of BCG through the inhibition of NF-kappaB and induction of TRAIL receptors in bladder cancer cells…” According
Continue readingBladder Damage
Both chemotherapy and radiation can cause bladder damage. The article linked below talks mainly about radiation and prostate cancer but it’s important to cite the many different types of side effects
Continue readingColon Cancer Sch B Magnolia Berry
Non-conventional therapies for colon cancer can run the gamut from diet to supplements to sch B aka magnolia berry according to research linked and excerpted below. You’ve been diagnosed with colon
Continue readingProstate Cancer Treatments Side Effects
Prostate cancer treatments and the possible side effects that result depend largely on the specific treatment that the PCa patient undergoes. While that may sound obvious (duh…), the article linked
Continue readingAYA Cancer- Mental Therapies
AYA cancer survivors have more severe depression and anxiety than non-cancer survivors? Gee, remarkable findings. You mean that after living with short, long-term and late stage side effects AYA cancer
Continue readingCancer OverDiagnosis- Real or Not?
Does cancer overdiagnosis actually occur? According to the ACS, cancer incidence rates were down during the pandemic. Meaning, fewer people were diagnosed with cancer in 2020 during the pandemic, than
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