Radiation Treatment: Radiation therapy is one of the most common treatments available for cancer patients in Australia. But radiation therapy for prostate cancer increases the risk of erectile dysfunction in many men. You might not develop it instantly after the treatment but the effect of the ther...
0:45 | So the possibility of getting a cure, achieving a cure for the patient side with the combination, with a newer combination, and potentially also avoiding radical cystectomy that is also affecting the quality of life of the patients is is a major step, is a potential...
For cancer to develop, your immune system must be worn out and ineffective. Making it unable to kill cancer cells as fast as they develop. Or you must have been exposed to a great deal of cancer causing toxins, radiation or some such thing. These can increase the development of cancer ce...
Prostate Cancer Headlines, CAR-T Warnings and Laughter Therapy Alex Biese Brielle Benyon CURE® editors discuss last week’s biggest cancer headlines, from Dexter Scott King’s death to the potential of laughter therapy to boost quality of life. December 24th 2024 Ways to Organize Medical Bills...
Patients with inoperable metastatic cancer are also treated with palliative chemotherapy, which has also been shown to cure colorectal cancer. "Palliative chemotherapy has increased the survival time of patients with inoperable metastatic colorectal cancer by about 20 to 50 months," Choi said. "It is...
In cancer therapy, deterministic effects are sought to control tumours and are feared due to normal tissue complications (e.g., bone marrow, kidney, and salivary gland toxicities). The deterministic effects occur above a threshold absorbed dose of radiation. They occur days or weeks and up to ...
Although mastectomy is the standard treatment modality for breast cancer patients in Ethiopia, our previous study revealed that one in five patients do not receive the recommended procedure, half due to patient refusal or lack of returning to the hospita
Ease cancer pain Help with mouth pain in head/neck cancer if you’re getting radiation Hypnotherapy (hypnosis): May lessen pain, nausea, and fatigue after breast cancer surgery Manageanxietyin children before procedures Massage therapy: May reduce pain, anxiety, fatigue, and nausea ...
As a part of its “Speaking Out” video series, CURE® spoke with Meryl Uranga, on behalf of KidneyCAN, about the importance of working as a team with their clinicians and getting educated before making decisions. Read MoreWhat to Know After Receiving a Kidney Cancer Diagnosis: ‘Seek Spec...
"Current cancer therapies such as chemotherapy and radiation only target actively proliferating cancer cells," Wang explained. "If we can control how cancerousstem cellsremain dormant and how they are activated, we can cure cancer. The research is still in the very early stages but we have ...