Thirty years ago, cancer research was about doing more, not less. In one sobering example, women with advanced breast cancer were pushed to the brink of death with massive doses of chemotherapy and bone marrow transplants. The approach didn’t work any better t...
Cancer patients need treatments that help them to live longer, or at the very least to have a better quality of life during the time that they have left. In this light, we need stronger evidence standards, to be sure there are real health benefits when new cancer drugs are approved for ...
Organoids could ultimately be used in the clinic to predict how a patient will respond to treatment. However, researchers say that more work to speed up and standardise the process of producing and testing organoids is needed before this is possible. In the short term, organoids are likely ...
Objectives:Well-being care is widely offered and delivered in patients with cancer. However, very few studies have rigorously evaluated its benefits. The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of four well-being treatments (foot reflexology, socio-aesthetics, sophrology and singing) ...
Radiation therapy is usually used along with other treatments, such as surgery or chemotherapy. It can be given before, during or after these treatments to help them work better. Side effects from radiation therapy include nausea, mouth sores, throat problems and fatigue. ...
Genomic profiling of tumours can help tailer treatments to the patient, however, it often fails to accurately predict therapeutic outcomes. Here, the authors combine molecular and functional characterisation via BH3 profiling to identify therapeutically targetable vulnerabilities in glioma. ...
In future, it may allow doctors to use a simple test to identify the kind of endometrial cancer that a patient has. As a result, some women might not even need surgery if they had a very slow growing cancer. On his part, Dr Lim ZiYi, a senior consultant in haematology,...
She said the study will look at two kinds of treatments. One that starts patients on a low dose that increases if the patient does well. The other starts the patient at a high dose and then lowers if side effects are too...
As much as a patient wants to believe the world revolves around their treatment, I’ve learned that’s definitely not the case. I’ve had to correct doctors and nurses or remind them about something they’ve forgotten or overlooked plenty of times. On both the conventional and holistic side...
If the video above resonates with them, then my site will be a huge help. It is critical for the patient to take control of their health and become a seeker of information. They have to be in the driver’s seat of their healing journey. I talk about this in more detail in my ...