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Conventional chemotherapy or radiotherapy is still the most common treatment for solid cancers. DNA damage and other insults associated with these therapies can trigger therapy-induced senescence (TIS) in cancer cells and in other intratumoral cells, such as endothelial cells and fibroblasts20. The sen...
A growing shortage of common cancer treatments is forcing doctors to switch medications and delaying some care, prominent U.S. cancer centers say.
The treatment can take various forms depending on the type of cancer, including pills, an IV, creams, injections and more, theMayo Clinic says. In the most common scenario, chemotherapy is given as an infusion into a vein, usually by inserting a tube with a needle into a vein in the a...
"Chemotherapy is one such type of treatment that uses drugs which particularly act on rapidly dividing cells, for example, cancer cells, and kills such cells." Does it work better on certain groups? Andrew Beggs, MRC Senior Clinical Fellow and Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, University of B...
Preoperative radiation plus chemotherapy may not be superior to the chemotherapy alone in the early-onset LARC. Our findings provide insight into the treatment of early-onset LARC by interrogating the aggressive treatment and alternative regimens. This is a preview of subscription content, access via ...
TC chemotherapy (docetaxel and cyclophosphamide) treats early-stage breast cancer by killing cancer cells and reducing recurrence risk, with manageable side effects.
Chemotherapy is sometimes used as a targeted treatment for cancer cells that are contained within a specific area of the body. During regional chemotherapy, high doses of chemotherapy are delivered into or near the cancerous cells – for example, an organ or body cavity with the tumor, or an...
Is Pertuzumab Plus Trastuzumab Without Chemotherapy a Reasonable Treatment for ERBB2-Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer? Ryan Sun, PhD1; Lee-Jen Wei, PhD2 Author Affiliations JAMA Oncol. 2024;10(4):537. doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2023.6957 related...
The US National Cancer Institute defines chemotherapy as a treatment relying on killing cancer cells or inhibiting the process of cell division (mitosis). However, the currently available treatments used in a clinical setting are ineffective and cures are relatively rare [6]. Most patients treated ...