Nearly everyone is giving themselves cancer ever day by eating cancer-causing foods and using cancer-causing personal care products on their skin. When your body absorbs processed foods, beverages, air pollution and chemicals, all those toxins go into your blood (because your body makes new blood every day). This turns your blood into “cancer blood” that […]
To find better ways to tackle cancer tumors that do not respond to traditional therapies, scientists are now experimenting with a modified bacterial strain that could target cancer cells without harming healthy ones. A phase I clinical trial reveals that this bacterial therapy shows promising effects. A team at the University of Texas MD Anderson […]
The prospect of getting breast cancer is one of the greatest worries a woman faces. Among the different types of cancer, breast cancer remains the most common and is one of the leading causes of death among women. With only one in eight women developing the condition, there is still hope of avoiding breast cancer. […]
A hemicolectomy is a surgical procedure that involves removing a segment of the colon. It is typically performed to treat colon cancer or a bowel disease, such as Crohn’s disease or severe diverticulitis. During this surgery, the damaged section of the colon is removed and the healthy parts of the colon are reattached. he colon, […]
Published in the journal Cancer Prevention Research, the study describes how the pigment, called beta-cryptoxanthin (BCX), reduces the number of receptors required for nicotine to fuel lung tumor growth. Nicotine is an addictive chemical present in tobacco and some e-cigarette liquids. Study co-author Xiang-Dong Wang, of the Jean Mayer United States Department of Agriculture Human […]
Dr. Desiree van der Heijde, with Leiden University Medical Centre in the Netherlands, and colleagues elsewhere examined outcomes at week 204 in patients who were randomized to certolizumab pegol or placebo as part of the phase III RAPID-axSpA trial. The cohort included patients with radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) and non-radiographic-axSpA. Previous reports have shown that […]