Breast cancer treatment might be speeding up the aging clock. And radiation therapy may be the potential culprit, according to a new study from researchers at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH). Understanding this connection is vital as it sheds light on potential implications for patients’ long-term health and treatment decisions. How Cancer Therapies May…
Breast Cancer Treatments May Accelerate Biological Aging: Study
Breast cancer treatment might be speeding up the aging clock. And radiation therapy may be the potential culprit, according to a new study from researchers at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH). Understanding this connection is vital as it sheds light on potential implications for patients’ long-term health and treatment decisions. How Cancer Therapies May…
Artificial Intelligence Stopping Chemo Side Effects in Australian Research
Artificial intelligence is being used to help predict when a patient with colon cancer is likely to experience nasty side effects from chemotherapy. The technology can identify patients at risk of overdosing on medication which can lead to problems like infections, nerve damage, gastrointestinal issues and other side effects. About 70 percent of colon cancer…
Intermittent Fasting Combats Cancer, Reduces Toxicity of Chemotherapy: Current Research
On Sept. 10, 2020, Fred Evrard, age 48, was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer. The tumor in his body reached about four inches in length. As a strong, athletic martial arts instructor, such news came as a real surprise. His lifestyle and diet were very healthy. Overwhelmed by the bad news and excruciating pain,…
Is Leukemia Truly Incurable and Fatal?
Leukemia is a term that scares many people. It is commonly known as blood cancer and is a malignant disease involving the blood system. But is leukemia truly incurable and fatal? How has leukemia’s treatment method and its effectiveness progressed in recent years? The Epoch Times interviewed Michael Andreeff, a professor of medicine in the…
Most Patients Unaware Chemotherapy-Induced Vomiting Can be Prevented
Chemotherapy is often used to treat various cancers; however, nausea and vomiting (CINV) are common side effects that can seriously interfere with the daily life of a patient. What most patients do not realize is that CINV is preventable. Using CINV prevention in the first week of chemotherapy effectively reduces the risk of CINV occurring in…
Exercise During Chemo Helps Your Heart, Lungs Recover
When you are getting chemotherapy, exercise may be the last thing on your mind. Now, new research suggests it should be the first. Exercising during chemotherapy is safe, improves long-term cardiac and respiratory function, and may help ease some of the ravages of treatment, Dutch researchers report. If you can’t exercise during chemotherapy, then you should…
Israeli Students Identify Compound to Prevent Hair Loss in Cancer Patients
Israeli biology students are researching a new way to prevent hair loss caused by chemotherapy in an effort to produce it on an industrial scale. Students at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have been attempting to synthetically produce decursin, a hair loss deterrent, with the hopes of incorporating it into products such as shampoos, creams, and more. The team…
Tennis Hall of Famer Chris Evert Says She Has Ovarian Cancer
Former tennis star Chris Evert says she was diagnosed with an early stage of ovarian cancer. The 67-year-old Evert revealed the illness in a story posted Friday on ESPN.com; she is an on-air announcer for ESPN. She learned of the cancer last month and began chemotherapy treatments this week. “I’ve lived a very charmed life….
FDA Approves Merck’s Keytruda Combo for Early Breast Cancer Treatment
July 28, 2021
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Merck & Co Inc. said on Tuesday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved its immunotherapy Keytruda as a treatment for an early form of tough-to-treat breast cancer in combination with chemotherapy. The FDA approval is for treating triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), an aggressive form of the disease with an increased risk of recurrence….
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