treatment as a "road map" for cancer patients. Following the "bird's-eye view," he expounds on individual subjects, including the origin of cancer, information gathering using diagnostic tests and staging studies, methods of evaluating treatment efficacy, and approaches in weighing long-term ...
Understanding Cancer: From Causes to Treatment At some point in our lives, we've all heard the term 'cancer'. It's a diagnosis that many fear, but what exactly is cancer? This article aims to shed light on the basics of cancer: its causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment options. O...
Understanding Cancer: From Causes to Treatment At some point in our lives, we've all heard the term 'cancer'. It's a diagnosis that many fear, but what exactly is cancer? This article aims to shed light on the basics of cancer: its causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment options. O...
Cancer cachexia is a metabolic syndrome that can be present even in the absence of weight loss ('precachexia'). Cachexia is often compounded by pre-existing muscle loss, and is exacerbated by cancer therapy. Furthermore, cachexia is frequently obscured by obesity, leading to under-diagnosis and...
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2. Stage 1:This describes a small cancerous tumor that has spread to nearby tissue but not beyond – such as the blood stream or lymph system. Doctors may refer to this as “early stage” cancer and insist on implementing immediate treatment protocol since, at this stage the prognosis is ...
The table below summarizes the VMMC’s long-term pancreatic cancer survivors diagnosis and treatment histories with additional details in the paper. At publication time, five long-term survivors survived. Of the remaining six, four died from sepsis not directly related to their tumor and the two ...
Greater Understanding of the Biology of NSCLC Propels Treatment Options Forward October 17, 2022 By Lisa Astor Publication Article Targeted Therapies in OncologyOctober 1, 2022 Pages: 67Prior to the 20th Annual Winter Lung Cancer Conference, Mark A. Socinski, MD, spoke with Targeted Ther...
A new study that uses an integrated single-cell transcriptomics approach to characterize cancer stem cell populations during treatment with molecularly targeted therapies offers insights into disease evolution and points to new therapeutic targets.
according to Saw. For example, after a breast cancer diagnosis, a pathologist will look at a sample of the tumor cells under a microscope to see their attributes and an oncologist will use these results to determine the best treatment options. Generally, the tumor types are organized into a ...