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Stomach Cancer (Gastric) Treatment Guide

This diagnosis-specific guide explains current evidence on standard treatments, including benefits, risks, side effects and key questions to ask your doctors. It is based on independent research...

Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Treatment Guide

This diagnosis-specific guide explains current evidence on standard treatments, including benefits, risks, side effects and key questions to ask your doctors. It is based on independent research...

Why Learn About Other People’s Cancer?

Several Good Reasons There are several good reasons why you should concern yourself with types of cancer other than your own. First, there is a practical matter. The medical database housed at...

Drugs for Advanced Kidney Cancer

Do They Work? On July 27, 2006, the European Union (EU) followed America’s lead and gave conditional approval to Pfizer's new drug sunitinib (Sutent®) as a treatment for advanced kidney cancer....

The PREDICT® Nomogram

Gray Zone An invasive ductal carcinoma that does not have any obvious signs of aggressiveness creates a difficult “gray zone” of confusion. The big question is whether or not a patient needs...

Gleevec

Glee for Gleevec Each year, 26,000 of the world's oncologists parade their accomplishments at the  annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). In May, the  media was...

Beta-Glucans

Anti Inflammatory Foods for Gastrointestinal Mucosa If mucous membranes are inflamed, it is important to minimize stress on them. Doctors generally recommend a mild diet served lukewarmly. If you...

Cancer Genome Sequencing

Abnormalities Are Characteristic of Cancer Cancer genome sequencing means the analysis of all the genes in a cancer cell. Scientists first isolate tissues from the primary tumor, from metastatic...

Photodynamic Therapy (PDT)

Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a form of cancer treatment that uses light to destroy cancer cells that have first been pre-sensitized with a drug called a...

Cancer Stem Cells and Angiogenesis

Thousands of Studies on CSCsA key characteristic of malignant disease is the central importance of cancer stem cells in a long list of cancer types. CSCs were first characterized at the molecular...