Neuroblastoma 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...
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Sympathetic Pediatric Oncologists
If you know of another pediatric oncologist who belongs on this list, please let us know. SYMPATHETIC PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGISTSContreras, Francisco, MDOasis of Hope, Playa de Tijuana, Mexico52 664...
Bone Sarcoma Research Resources
References to the Natural Treatment of SarcomasHere are some references to the natural treatment of sarcomas. Since sarcoma represents only about 1% of all cancers, the evidence for the...
An Honor Roll of Complementary Medicine
“If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.” —Sir Isaac Newton (1675) Pioneers in Science In a White House ceremony on December 23, 1971, Richard M. Nixon declared “War...
CAM and the American Society of Clinical Oncology (2011)
Every year, tens of thousands of the world’s oncologists gather in Chicago for the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). This huge meeting brings together cancer...
Discovery of Cancer Stem Cells
Certain Cancers are of Embryonal Origin Out of the innumerable articles written to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the National Cancer Act only a tiny minority mentioned one of the signal...
Agaricus Blazei Murill
An Edible Mushroom Grown in Brazil This is a more recently publicized member of the class of medicinal mushrooms. Commonly called “Agaricus,” it is an edible mushroom grown in Brazil and Japan....
Omega-3 Fatty Acids
Neuroblastoma Swedish scientists have published an important paper on the positive impact of omega-3 fatty acids (found mainly in fish oil) on a certain type of childhood cancer called...
Mistletoe Makes Further Gains
Immunomodulating as well as Direct Antiproliferative Effects One of the most obvious differences in the practice of oncology in the US and in Europe is the attitude toward mistletoe (Viscum...
Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors (TKIs) for Neuroblastoma
Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors (TKIs) for Neuroblastoma The biggest hint we have as to the best complementary treatment of neuroblastoma comes from the association of this disease with ALK gene...
Newcastle Virus Vaccine Therapy and Neuroblastoma
Newcastle Virus Vaccine Therapy and Neuroblastoma Scientists in the Department of Pathology, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, showed complete regression of human...
Are Metastases Partly Macrophages?
Wandering Cancer Cells If metastases are, at least, in part due to the activity of macrophages, then these cells already possess most or all of the key characteristics of wandering cancer cells....
Understanding Cancer Stem Cells (CSCs)
The Battle in the Body Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are like the generals who oversee the battle. They stand high above the fray while directing their troops. They are a minuscule fraction of the...
Cancer Stem Cells History
Cancer Stem Cells HistoryThe existence of cancer stem cells was suspected in the 19th century by the likes of Rudolph Virchow, Julius F. Cohnheim, and John Beard, D.Sc. These European biology...