A Canadian high school student has improved an ineffective experimental cancer therapy with a simple tweak—pairing it with antibiotics—earning accolades Tuesday from a panel of eminent scientists.
In 2006, the Union for International Cancer Control, a global organization that seeks to accelerate the fight against cancer worldwide, awarded the Philippine Society of Pediatric Oncology a 50,000-euro (about P2.5 million) grant to finance its “My Child Matters” awareness campaign.
Mussels secrete a powerful adhesive to hold tight on rocks swept by violent waves — and a synthetic version could prove critical for surgery and cancer treatment, researchers said Saturday.
Most people must have heard of or might actually have taken melatonin as a natural sleep aid, especially when experiencing jet lag. It’s a hormone being secreted by the pineal gland in the brain, and it regulates one’s sleeping and waking cycle.
Every year a weeklong celebration is held to make the public aware about cancer and its safe and effective care and treatment. This is the national cancer consciousness week celebrated by the Department of Health every third week of January.
Cancer experts and the government on Wednesday warned the public against herbal supplements that are advertised as cures for cancer, saying these were “voodoo medicine.”
Young cancer patients who couldn’t get a key medicine because of a US-wide drug shortage were more likely to suffer a relapse than others who were able to get the preferred treatment, doctors report. It’s the first evidence that a longstanding drug-supply problem probably has affected cancer treatment results in specific patients.
Researchers presented evidence Wednesday for the existence of cancer stem cells, with three different studies seeking to end a decades-old scientific dispute about how tumors grow.
Cancer has become a dreaded household word, with almost everyone having known a relative or friend suffering from the disease. Yet, focus has been directed largely at the cure rather than prevention. While there have been studies on the role of stress, lifestyle and environment in the trigger, onset and progression of the disease, that of diet has still been largely unexplored by mainstream medical science.
Billionaire Warren Buffett, who announced last month he had been diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer, on Saturday joked about his health and told shareholders: “I feel terrific.”
A balikbayan patient asked me recently about the anticancer effects of custard apple or sour sop. I was embarrassed to admit I didn’t quite know what the fruit was, but promised her I would request my research staff to search the scientific literatures about it.
Tycoon Warren Buffett announced Tuesday that he has early-stage prostate cancer, and indicated he had no intention of stepping down as head of his investment firm Berkshire Hathaway.
