New research in Tel-Aviv university has found medical solution for cancer disease which will block blood supply to the tumor preventing it from spreading. This new treatment will allow living with cancer as chronic disease without the need to eliminate it within the body.
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Scientists from Monash University discovered new effective way of treating prostate cancer – the second most common cancer for men in the world. The new treatment deals with resistent cells which cannot be cured using existing treatments by activating the beta estrogen receptor in the prostate.
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New research in the U.S. show steady decrease in cancer death in the past three decades. The researchers said that this is a result of lot of improvements in cancer screening and better treatments. The decrease have shown in all age groups.
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New cancer treatment shows great hope on its first clinical trial in London. A drug name olaparib was given to 60 patients all of them with advanced breast cancer, ovarian cancer and prostate cancer and all of them had mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes associated with inherited forms of these cancers. The treatment decreases tumors’ size and did not damage healthy cells.
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A large scale clinical trial performed at the institute for research in immunology and cancer located in Montreol, Canada, has acheive improved results at treating Cancer patients with Ribavirin – a common anti-viral drug. The new treatment can be useful in 30% of Cancer diseases include the most common ones.
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This week, for the first time, the ‘Cyberknife’ will be used for cancer treatment in the UK. This machine follows the patients’ breathing movement and therefor can target the tumor with much more accuracy than usual.
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Jessica Keenan, a 34 years women who is fighting a stage 4 breast cancer, wished to get married. The Dream Foundation, which helps terminally ill adults with their last wishes, got a request from Jessica and decided to grant her wish.
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A new gene (Metadherin) discovered by researchers as related to the spread of breast cancer and to the drugs and treatments resistance of cancer cells can lead to a new drug against Metadherin which can reduce breast cancer appearances.
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Grape seeds extract found to assist leukemia cells to destroy themselves while leaving the healthy cells unharmed. This research was taking place at the University of Kentucky in Philadelphia. During the research, 76% of leukemia cells, which were exposed to the Grape extract died during a 24 hours period.
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