Lobular Breast Cancer
Patrick Swayze left at 57
Dirty Dancing star, Patrick Swayze, died from his illness last Monday, September 14, 2009, at the age of 57. The actor was diagnosed to have been suffering advanced stage four pancreatic cancer in January 2008. Nevertheless, despite the diagnosis, he continued to work still, putting together a memoir with his wife [...]
Vitamin C Consumption May Disrupt Mesothelioma Cancer Therapy
Copyright (c) 2008 Katie Kelley
According to research published in the medical journal Cancer Research, approximately 30 to 70 percent fewer cancerous cells were being adequately treated during chemotherapy treatments when a patient consumed vitamin C.
Patients who have developed mesothelioma cancer and who are undergoing chemotherapy should avoid consuming [...]
Mesothelioma Cancer Researchers Eye Biomarkers for Treatments
Copyright (c) 2008 Katie Kelley
A study from the Department of Molecular Pathology at the Polytechnic University of Marche in Acona, Italy recently found that biomarkers within the body may offer early warning signs for mesothelioma victims.
The study focused on biomarkers of mesothelioma cancer and found that biomarkers often form [...]
Breast Cancer Types
Breast cancer type
Breast cancer type is categorized by whether it begins in the ducts or lobules, the organs responsible for breast milk production. Medullary carcinoma accounts for 15% of all breast cancer types. This breast cancer type represents 5% of all diagnosis. IPR015525 Breast cancer type 2 susceptibility protein Header EBIDatabasesInterPro Search Open [...]
Ancient Chinese Healing with Marijuana Seeds
Months before Jade Goody’s death from cancer, the tabloids pictured her tucking into a bag of marijuana seeds. Jade had heard that they had been used in ancient Chinese medicine as a cure for cancer and feeling that she had nothing to lose, decided to try munching hemp seeds in [...]
Car Donation: Donate a Car and Save on Taxes
Do you have a used car that you do not drive anymore? That old vehicle may be filling up and using up so much space in your garage. No matter how you assess it, you cannot think of any other good use you can have for the [...]
Cancer Research and Funding
Besides this, his cancer was caught in the later stages after it had already metastasized. He had a couple of things going against him back then. However, there is no doubt that had he faced this problem today, he would still be alive. That, alone, just goes to show you how much [...]
Scientists Conduct Clincial Trials of Peritoneal Mesothelioma Treatment
Researchers recently published the results of a study in the Journal of Clinical Oncology detailing a potentially new treatment for patients of abdominal mesothelioma that will likely improve the condition for patients.
The study found [...]
Can You Recognize Breast Cancer Symptoms?
If you learn to recognize what the breast cancer symptoms are, you empower yourself to find out what’s going on with your body. You might find out it’s not cancer. You’ve lessened the burden of worry because you recognized a possible symptom, and bravely forged ahead to get [...]
Lifestyle changes are causing Cancer! by Medimanage.com
What do female rockers Sheryl Crowe and Kylie Minouge have in common with the late television actrors Priya Tendulkar, Jade Goody, Patrick Swayze and cycling legend Lance Armstrong, other than the fact that they are famous? They all have been victims of Cancer at some or the other time [...]