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Late Recurrence for ER--Positive Breast Cancer
Which breast cancer biomarkers provide statistically significant prognostic information in years 5 to 10?
Gene Editing Reverses Baby's Leukemia
Doctors in the United Kingdom have successfully treated a baby girl with incurable leukemia by using a gene-editing technique that had been tested only in the laboratory. WebMD shares the details.
Ask the Experts - Dermatomyositis and Ovarian Cancer: What To Do?
A patient with a 2-year history of severe dermatomyositis treated with azathioprine and prednisolone now has stage IV G3 ovarian cancer with rapidly reaccumulating ascites and declining performance status. What should I do?
Pain Measurement in Older Adults With Cancer & Comm. Impairment
Learn how various pain assessment tools fared when used with adults who had difficulties communicating.
Targeting the Epigenome in Ovarian Cancer
Learn more about the potential to alter epigenetic programming in cancer progenitor cells and provide a strategy for improving therapy of ovarian cancer.
Walking Hats to Prevent Head Skin Cancer
Walking early in the morning or in the evening should be safe for us to get our Vitamin D from the sun without the fear of skin cancer.However, in the heat of the very hot summer months everyone needs to protect their heads.Men who are privilege to have bald heads must be aware of protecting their s
Principles of Analgesic Use in the Treatment of Acute Pain & Cancer Pain
Pain is a subjective experience and pain management requires a comprehensive treatment approach and thorough evaluation of the patient's overall well being and level of functioning. Several treatment options are available for the management of pain, offering pain relief for all types and levels of p
Stratifying Anticipated Benefit From Anti-Cancer Therapies
Find out more about a new tool from ESMO that's used to determine utility for anti-cancer treatment.
Do Study Abstracts Inform -- or Misinform?
Can you stay current by reading abstracts? Not necessarily. Dr. Maurie Markman comments on a study that shows a lack of concordance between conclusions in peer-reviewed papers and their abstracts.
What Is a High Cancer Marker?
Doctors sometimes use cancer markers, or tumor markers, to help diagnose cancer, to follow a cancer patient's treatment progress, or to monitor a patient for cancer recurrence. If a cancer marker reading is in a higher than normal range, this can indicate to a doctor that he needs to administer more
P53 Antibody - Tumor Suppressor Protein
P53 is a tumor suppressor protein that has an important role in DNA repair if it is damaged. The article describes in detail what the P53 is about, what functions it has in the human body, and the pot
Metastatic Squamous Neck Cancer with Occult Primary Treatment (PDQ®): Treatment - Patient Informatio
About PDQPhysician Data Query (PDQ) is the National Cancer Institute's (NCI's) comprehensive cancer information database. The PDQ database contains summaries of the latest published information on cancer prevention, detection, genetics, treatment, supportive care, and complementary and ...
What is Mesothelioma?
Mesothelioma is a type of cancer found in the mesothelium, a covering that protects most of the body's internal organs.Although still considered uncommon, the disease often occurs to individuals who have been exposed to asbestos at work. At least about 70 to 80 percent of cases are caused by as
Mesothelioma Cancer Increases With Industrialisation
The major parts that are having most of the diseases occurrence in body are the pleura, peritoneum and also the pericardium or even the tunica vaginalis. These are the pivotal places of spreading the diseases.
Breast Cancer - Metastatic and Recurrent
Find WebMD's comprehensive coverage of metastatic and recurrent kinds of breast cancer including medical reference, news, pictures, videos, and more.
Chemotherapy Medications
Chemotherapy is the treatment used to kill or stop the growth of cancer cells. Chemotherapy drugs disturb the life cycle of cancer cells and prevent their reproduction. It may be used as single drug or in combination. Chemotherapy treatment may be used before, after or alongside with surgery, biolog
Caring for a Loved One and Yourself
Lung cancer, mesothelioma, and other major illnesses are not only painful for patients. Close friends and relatives of a recently diagnosed cancer patient also experience a good deal of stress, anxiety, and major life changes. ...
The Blood-Brain Barrier at Sites of Metastasis
Learn about making the blood-brain barrier more permeable for chemotherapy delivery -- at sites of metastasis.
Shark Cartilage for the Treatment of Cancer
Shark cartilage is a popular yet controversial alternative medicine for those suffering from cancer. Despite its popularity, there has yet to be conclusive findings on the effect of shark cartilage on cancer, or on how to administer it. It is not yet approved as cancer-fighting drug by the Food and