Drugs are only activated once inside the tumor, limiting damage to healthy tissue
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No More Chemo: Doctors Say It’s Not So Far-Fetched
There’s a revolution occurring in cancer treatment, and it could mean the end of chemotherapy.
New Drug May Be Best Treatment for Leukemia Yet
It’s called ibrutinib, and it’s a potential breakthrough in treating chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) that could leave patients with fewer side effects than chemotherapy.
Researchers Identify Genetic Profile That Predicts Cancer Survival After Chemotherapy
While more effective chemotherapy agents have improved cancer survival, not all patients benefit from the drugs.
How Chemotherapy May Trigger Tumors’ Resistance
Some 90% of cancer patients with metastatic breast, prostate, lung or colon cancers develop resistance to chemotherapy, and now scientists may have a clue as to why
Robin Roberts Has the Blood Disorder MDS: What Is It?
On Monday, Good Morning America anchor Robin Roberts announced to viewers that she has been diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome, a blood and bone marrow disease once known as preleukemia. Roberts, who beat breast cancer five …
Most Young Women with Cancer Don’t Try to Preserve their Fertility
Just 4% of women of childbearing age with cancer take steps to mitigate the risks of infertility inherent in many treatments.
Inside America’s Drug Shortage
The first in a two-part series investigating why critical prescription drugs are in short supply in the U.S.
A Gene Test to Identify Chemo-Resistant Ovarian Cancers
Ovarian cancer causes more deaths than any other reproductive cancer, largely because there is little doctors can do to prolong women’s lives after they are diagnosed. Surgery can remove the most obvious growths and chemotherapy …
Is It Murder If a Mom Withholds Cancer Treatment From Her Child?
(Updated) Imagine you are a single mother suffering from depression, overwhelmed with caring for an autistic, nonverbal and developmentally disabled son. If he were diagnosed with cancer, what would you do?
For Childhood Cancer Survivors, the Many Benefits of Breast-Feeding
Thanks to remarkable advances in both detecting and treating cancer, young children who are diagnosed with various forms of the disease have an 80% chance of surviving into healthy adulthood.
Cold May Spare Your Hair from Chemo: Who Knew?
Can you have chemo and keep your hair? According to the Washington Post, the answer is probably yes — that is, if you are willing to subject yourself to wearing icy caps set at a skull-chilling -30 Fahrenheit that can cost …
FDA Recommends Withdrawing Avastin’s Approval for Breast Cancer
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is recommending that the approval of Avastin for the treatment of breast cancer be revoked.