Principal investigator Ing Swie Goping and her team discovered some breastcancer tumourshad low levels of certaingenes, and that those tumours didn't respond well to taxanechemotherapy, a common treatment used in breast cancer. "These tumours didn't shrink and were resistant to a commonchemotherap...
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“We wanted to know — does that matter for patients?” With Burkard, the team studied tumor samples taken from breast cancer patients who received standard anti-microtubule chemotherapy at the UW Carbone Cancer Center. They measured how much of the drugs made it into the tumors and studied...
Patrick Borgen, MD, chair and surgery director of the Breast Cancer Program at Maimonides Medical Center, discusses common symptoms of breast cancer in male patients. One of the key questions in male breast cancer is what symptoms men should look for, according to Borgen. The most common sympto...
Continuing her discussion, Kathleen highlights the most common adverse events she sees in patients treated with chemotherapy for advanced endometrial cancer who are unfit for surgery. EP: 1.Symptoms and Diagnosis of Endometrial Cancer EP: 2.Initial Consultation of Patients With Advanced Endometrial...
Breast cancerMassageAnxietyDepressionNauseaVomitingChemotherapyBackground and Objective: Anxiety, depression, nausea and vomiting are the most common side-effects of chemotherapy. This study evaluates the effects of massage therapy on these side-effects of chemotherapy.Subjects and Methods: This clinical ...
Chemotherapy.Like radiation therapy, certain chemotherapy drugs can also raise risk for a secondary cancer. Chemotherapy for ovarian cancer typically includes a platinum-based drug, such as cisplatin or carboplatin. Your treatment could also include another type of chemotherapy called an alkylating agent...
patients. However, we saw little or no difference between smokers andnon-smokersamong patients treated with the drug tamoxifen, radiotherapy or chemotherapy. More studies are needed, but our findings are important as manybreast cancer patientsreceive this type of treatment", says Helena Jernström....
“For the first time, our research has shown that without RAC1B, breast cancer stem cells can’t form tumours and become more vulnerable to chemotherapy, making the treatment even more effective. Positively RAC1B isn’t needed for healthy cells so targeting RAC1B with ...
Metastatic breast cancer can also start months or years after you've finished treatment for an earlier-stage cancer. This is called a distant recurrence. Treatments like surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy are good at removing or killing cancer cells. But sometimes, they can leave a few cancer...