Taste and Smell disorders in Chemotherapy alleviated by Lactoferrin Supplementation Taste and Smell disorders in Chemotherapy alleviated by Lactoferrin Supplementation Research shows that daily lactoferrin supplementation elicits changes in the salivary protein profiles in cancer patients – changes that may… Read More ›
Public Release: 17-Sep-2014 The findings prompt the researchers to suggest that adding ‘nutraceuticals’ to chemotherapy cycles may improve the effectiveness of conventional drugs, particularly in hard to treat cancers, such as pancreatic cancer. They base their findings on the effectiveness… Read More ›
Just a three-day course reduced the size of human prostate tumors grown in mice by an average of 50 percent within 30 days ‘Molecular grenade’ now in clinical trials for advanced cancer 12 JUL 2012 Scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer… Read More ›
– As researchers tested the GLA against cells with high levels of FASN, they found GLA inhibited about 85 percent of cell growth, while gemcitabine alone, the standard chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer, had a modest effect on cell inhibition. When… Read More ›
10 Feb 2012 “No mice survived in either case if treated only with chemotherapy” Fasting weakens cancer in mice New study finds that short fasting cycles can work as well as chemotherapy, and the 2 combined greatly improve survival Man… Read More ›
30 JAN 2012 Ovarian cancer is a major cause of death worldwide. Approximately 25,000 women will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer this year and 15,000 women will die from it in the United States alone. The novel anti-cancer drug diindolylmethane… Read More ›
PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 5-Jun-2014 While chemotherapy can save lives, it can also cause many side effects, including the depletion of immune cells. Also, even in the absence of chemotherapy, normal aging takes a heavy toll on the immune system, leading… Read More ›
Public release date: 6-Sep-2011 Patients who have received high doses of chemotherapy may find it harder to express themselves verbally, according to new research from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Speech difficulties among cancer patients who… Read More ›
Public release date: 22-Aug-2011 Researchers stress importance of implementing nurse safety measures around these highly toxic drugs ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Nearly 17 percent of nurses who work in outpatient chemotherapy infusion centers reported being exposed on their skin or… Read More ›
Research from the University of Southampton has shown a drug, used in combination with chemotherapy to treat advanced colorectal cancer, is not effective in some settings, and indeed may result in more rapid cancer progression.
Public release date: 19-May-2011 Thomas Carey, Ph.D. ANN ARBOR, Mich. — A primary reason that head and neck cancer treatments fail is the tumor cells become resistant to chemotherapy drugs. Now, researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer… Read More ›
Public Release: 28-Mar-2014 UNC researchers show cancer chemotherapy accelerates ‘molecular aging’ Physicians have long suspected that chemotherapy can accelerate the aging process in patients treated for cancer. Using a test developed at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center to determine molecular… Read More ›
– Between 20-50% of patients with incurable cancers undergo chemotherapy within 30 days of death. – although most patients with metastatic cancer choose to receive chemotherapy, evidence suggests that most do not understand its intent Researchers suggest more discussions about… Read More ›
HRR: Beware COI – The bark of the Amur cork tree (Phellodendron amurense) – In a paper published today in the journal Clinical Cancer Research, the researchers show that the extract blocks those pathways and inhibits the scarring that thwarts… Read More ›
Public release date: 29-Sep-2010 – gray matter changes were most prominent in the areas of the brain that are consistent with cognitive dysfunction during and shortly after chemotherapy. Gray matter density in most women improved a year after chemotherapy ended…. Read More ›
Highlights: – was also more potent than the chemotherapy we tested at one concentration.” – grape seed taken orally significantly reduced inflammation and tissue damage caused by chemotherapy in the small intestine, and had no harmful effects on non-cancerous cells… Read More ›
PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 13-Feb-2014 – was also more potent than the chemotherapy we tested at one concentration.” – grape seed taken orally significantly reduced inflammation and tissue damage caused by chemotherapy in the small intestine, and had no harmful effects… Read More ›
Contact: Phyllis Picklesimer p-pickle@illinois.edu 217-244-2827 University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences URBANA, Ill. – Celery, artichokes, and herbs, especially Mexican oregano, all contain apigenin and luteolin, flavonoids that kill human pancreatic cancer cells in the lab… Read More ›
Contact: Phyllis Picklesimer p-pickle@illinois.edu 217-244-2827 University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences URBANA, Ill. – Celery, artichokes, and herbs, especially Mexican oregano, all contain apigenin and luteolin, flavonoids that kill human pancreatic cancer cells in the lab… Read More ›
The discovery of Robo1 protein in the intestinal stem cells (depicted in yellow) leads to tolerance of higher doses of chemoradiation for cancer patients. (Credit: Dr. Wei-Jie Zhou) July 31, 2013 — Treating a cancerous tumor is like watering a… Read More ›