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Cachexia (Weight Loss) and Its Treatment

The Hypermetabolic State Weight loss can occur for various reasons. For example, people who go on a rigorous diet may of course lose weight. But if they resume their previous food regimen, they...

Modified Fractionation Schemes

Hyperfractionation These are innovative schedules that adjust the time frame in which radiation is delivered to decrease the toxicity of treatment and increase the total amount of radiation...

Does CHOP cause Metastases in NHL?

The Problem of Second Cancers Along with increased survival as a result of increasingly effective treatment in NHL, there is growing evidence that some treatment regimens themselves cause cancer....

Chemo for Life?

Long Term Treatments There is an emerging trend in oncology to keep patients on anticancer drugs for longer periods, even years at a stretch. This concept was given support from two studies...

Molecular and Genomic Testing

An Essential Topic in Oncology Molecular or genomic testing is among the essential topics in oncology. The fundamental question is whether or not one can analyze live, frozen, or preserved tissue...

Why Immune Surveillance is an Important Factor

What is Immunotherapy? Immunotherapy is a kind of treatment that uses the body’s own immune system to attack cancer. There are many different kinds of immunotherapy. This includes: The insertion...

Cellular Adoptive Immunotherapy

Using T CellsThe U.S. government at cancer.gov defines cellular adoptive immunotherapy as follows:“A type of immunotherapy in which T cells (a type of immune cell) are given to a patient to help...

Irritation of Immune System Blamed for Cancer

How Does Cancer Get Started? Mainstream medicine believes that most cancer originates because of mysterious processes taking place in our genes. Environmental theories have fallen on hard...

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....

The Immune System and the Role of Immunotherapy

A Healthy Immune System is Primed One thing that almost all cancers have in common is that they are related to the immune system. A healthy immune system is primed to attack ”non-self” as opposed...

Nature Of Lymphocytes

 The Basis of the Immune SystemLymphocytes are one division of the white blood cells (WBCs) that form the basis of the immune system. There are three major kinds of lymphocytes: B cells, T...

Fundamentals of Immunotherapy

Fundamental Methods of Immunotherapy Action Active specific immunotherapy (ASI) involves immunizing the patient with tumor cells and/or cell extracts, either alone or in combination with an...

Will Immune Treatment Work For You?

Evaluating Your Compatibility Score One of the most important questions is who will respond to the new type of immune treatment, immune checkpoint inhibition. A very important paper...

Blocking Cancer Stem Cells Naturally

Phytochemicals that Block CSCsPhytochemicals (also called nutriceuticals) comprise several different kinds of agents. Resveratrol, soy isoflavones, sulforaphane, curcumin, and EGCG/green tea are...

AMERICAN CANCER DOCS FAVOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA

American Cancer Docs Favor Medical Marijuana

Widespread Acceptance A few years ago I toured Israeli cancer hospitals and clinics. I was happily surprised to find a widespread acceptance of medical marijuana (MM), especially in the pediatric...