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Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea, Vomiting
Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) is one of the most difficult short-term side effects resulting from undergoing all types of chemo regimens. Difficult by making the patient feel awful. Difficult
Continue readingCancer Clinical Trials Misleading-
Clinical Trials are misleading- in my experience anyway. I say this because I have been reading articles, synopses, etc. about clinical trials since I reached complete remission from my own cancer in 1999.
Continue readingSide Effects Defined- Chemo and Radiation-induced
Side Effects Defined- is a pillar page linking hundreds of chemotherapy and radiation-induced side effect-focused blog posts on PeopleBeatingCancer. If you care to learn more about any of the side effects
Continue readingCancer Diagnosis? Don’t Panic, Get Organized
A cancer diagnosis feels like a death sentence, and it’s easy to panic and make major life changes the moment you leave your doctor’s office. But now is not the time to lose your cool, and there are
Continue readingTraditional Chinese Medicine- Chemo-induced Cardiomyopathy
Chemo-induced cardiomyopathy is a serious short, long-term and even late stage side effect of cancer survivors. The purpose of this post is to present an evidence-based non-conventional Traditional Chinese
Continue readingRevolutionary Treatments: How Immunotherapy is changing the Cancer Game?
Cancer is a disease that affects thousands of people every year. Its not just about the terrible symptoms and side effects; it also affects your body’s ability to fight infections and slows down
Continue readingDysphagia – Pill Induced Esophageal Injury
Pill-induced Esophageal injury may present as erosions, kissing ulcers, and multiple small areas of ulceration with bleeding, mainly in the middle third of the esophagus. I never knew that pill-induced
Continue readingImmune Checkpoint Inhibitor- Hyperprogression, Death?
Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Hyperprogression, Death?!? Cancer patients only hear about the dramatic success stories of fellow patients who respond remarkably well from ICI’s. But the research linked
Continue readingChemotherapy-induced Nausea, Vomiting- Therapies
Serotonin and neurokinin antagonists, such as ondansetron and aprepitant, are highly effective in treating chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting… Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting can make
Continue readingGene therapy and acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)
“The immunotherapy, known as anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy, puts a patient’s own immune cells through a laboratory process that results in the number of T-cells being
Continue readingGrape Seed Extract- Prostate Cancer
“Recently, we identified procyanidin B2 3,3″-di-O-gallate (B2G2) as most active constituent of grape seed extract (GSE) for efficacy against prostate cancer (PCa).” They say that all men
Continue readingNon-alcoholic Fatty liver- cardiovascular events, women
“…we found that women with Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease are not more protected than men with NAFLD.” The takeaway from the study discussed below is that being female normally lowers
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