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The relentless pursuit of a cure for one of humanity's most devastating diseases took a rather large leap with a very small invention recently as Harvard develops cancer-targeting nanorobots that seek out cancer cells and kills them.
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A new two-part therapy combining a modified sugar molecule with two cancer killing drugs causes many types of cancer cells to "commit suicide" by apoptosis, a type of programmed cell death, researchers at UC San Diego and Kyushu University wrote.
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Drug manufacturer Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. received the U. S. stamp of approval on Friday to manufacture and market the first drug medication to extend the lives of patients suffering from melanoma.
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Chemotherapy, a standard form of cancer treatment, has a bad reputation. So bad, that quite a few people prefer to forgo it. But is it really that bad? The indomitable world-renowned James Randi talks about his experiences in a video clip on YouTube.
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Preliminary findings showing that anti-psychotic drugs could help in the treatment of cancer have been published in the online issue of the International Journal of Cancer
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The new treatment, according to Nature Biotechnology, works by using mutant bacteria generated minicells, which contains siRNA, a cytotoxic drug, to destroy cancer cells.
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Cancer is a word that strikes fear and takes most people a sentence to express. But it can be expressed by a single word: "can. Some professionals in the medical and support groups are proving that right now.
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In a twist that seems unlikely arsenic is being used to treat patients with a rare form of leukemia. Arsenic has been used for over 2,000 years in China but now the West sees that in this case it works.
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In a time when the waiting times for cancer treatment are at an all time high Toronto's Princess Margaret Hospital has decreased the wait for its radiation therapy. Patients routinely have to wait for treatments in Canada. It's one of the shames of the m
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Elderly cancer patients denied treatment 'based on age'
Ryan Kennedy, 9, told his mother he was "done" with cancer treatments.
Scientists report promising results for an experimental pancreatic cancer drug treatment.
President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela has returned home following 11 days of cancer treatment in Cuba - declaring that the radiotherapy has been a success.
New study raises questions about the most effective prostate treatments.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who has been battling cancer, appeared on national television with a shaved head.
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The UK government has launched a new consultation on potential plans to introduce a new system of health labelling for...
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