Sentences with phrase «effects of cancer chemotherapy»

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Instead of being injected into the bloodstream and exposed to the rest of the body's tissue — with all the unpleasant side effects, as is the case with chemotherapy — these agents only target cancer cells.

It is hoped this means of treating cancer will be more successful and result in far less debilitating side effects than chemotherapy.

Many laboratory tests were performed and chemotherapy — requiring intravenous punctures — was resumed, even though studies had shown that this type of cancer does not respond significantly, if at all, to drug treatment, and even though complications and side effects from the drugs were expected.

A study published in January 2017 in Nigeria shows the hepatoprotective effect of virgin coconut oil when used with MTX cancer chemotherapy.

A particularly effective treatment against many cancers, platinum - based chemotherapy, has the unfortunate side effect of damaging the hair cells in the ear that are responsible for sensing sound waves, Goldrich said.

For years it has been used by cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy to battle the often debilitating effects of nausea.

And it has been found to interfere with the effects of chemotherapy in breast cancer patients.

There is also increasingly strong evidence of the very beneficial effects of cannabis as a safe, non-toxic treatment for chronic pain, multiple sclerosis and cancer - particularly the debilitating effects of chemotherapy.

Kelvin Tsai at Taipei Medical University and Valerie Weaver at the University of California, San Francisco, decided to investigate the effect of chemotherapy on fibroblasts, a major component of the stroma in desmoplastic tumors such as breast cancer and pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.

Frequent, low - dose chemotherapy regimens avoid this effect and may therefore be more effective at treating certain types of breast and pancreatic cancer, according to the murine study «Metronomic chemotherapy prevents therapy - induced stromal activation and induction of tumor - initiating cells,» which will be published online November 23 in The Journal of Experimental Medicine.

While testing the effect of many normal, non-cancerous, human cells on the sensitivity of cancer cells to chemotherapy, they found a specific sample of normal human skin cells that rendered pancreatic cancer cells resistant to gemcitabine.

To date, it was assumed that chloroquine increases the sensitivity of cancer cells to chemotherapy by means of a direct effect on the cancer cells.

For example, light - activated switches can fine - tune anti-cancer drugs, so they target only cancer cells and not healthy ones, thereby eliminating the side effects of chemotherapy.

Exploiting the same pre-clinical model used for their studies, the researchers are testing the efficacy of this kind of drug candidates against cancer stem cells, and the possibility of identifying combination regimens with standard chemotherapies with minimized toxic effects, with the perspective of their possible application for the treatment of human breast cancer.

Such a molecule might also be able to ameliorate the side effects of chemotherapy or radiation therapy of cancer patients.

«Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial of Mindfulness - based Stress Reduction for Breast and Colorectal Cancer Survivors: Effects on Cancer - related Cognitive Impairment,» published online in advance of print in the Journal of Cancer Survivorship, is the first randomized clinical trial to evaluate the effects of mindfulness - based stress reduction, known as MBSR, on fatigued breast and colorectal cancer survivors, the majority of whom had been treated with chemothCancer Survivors: Effects on Cancer - related Cognitive Impairment,» published online in advance of print in the Journal of Cancer Survivorship, is the first randomized clinical trial to evaluate the effects of mindfulness - based stress reduction, known as MBSR, on fatigued breast and colorectal cancer survivors, the majority of whom had been treated with chemothCancer - related Cognitive Impairment,» published online in advance of print in the Journal of Cancer Survivorship, is the first randomized clinical trial to evaluate the effects of mindfulness - based stress reduction, known as MBSR, on fatigued breast and colorectal cancer survivors, the majority of whom had been treated with chemothCancer Survivorship, is the first randomized clinical trial to evaluate the effects of mindfulness - based stress reduction, known as MBSR, on fatigued breast and colorectal cancer survivors, the majority of whom had been treated with chemothcancer survivors, the majority of whom had been treated with chemotherapy.

The diagnosis and treatment of female cancers are known to affect fertility for several reasons: some chemotherapy regimens can cause damage to the ovary, and this can occur at any age; radiotherapy can also compromise female fertility through effects on the ovary, uterus and potentially those brain centres which control the reproductive axis.

As next steps, Dr. Winocur will investigate these effects in cancer survivors who complain of chemo brain following chemotherapy.

«Identifying a cancer driver is crucial for cancer treatment because it allows the use of targeted therapies, which have less side - effects than conventional chemotherapy drugs, against a particular protein,» said Kurokawa.

Reflux can be a common side effect of chemotherapy or radiation treatment for head and neck cancer.

«Our new type of treatment only targets metastatic tissue, which enables us to avoid some of conventional chemotherapy's unwanted side effects,» said Zhao, who is a member of the Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center at UCI.

In a study appearing in the May 3 issue of JAMA, Pascal Hammel, M.D., of Beaujon Hospital, Clichy, France and colleagues assessed whether chemoradiotherapy improves overall survival of patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer controlled after 4 months of gemcitabine - based induction chemotherapy, and assessed the effect of erlotinib on survival.

Surviving neuroblastoma as a child can come with just as many challenges as the cancer itself, mainly because of the toxic effects of chemotherapy.

«Targeted chemotherapy shows early signs of slowing tumor growth with less toxicity: Mouse model research shows promising method of helping childhood cancer survivors avoid late effects of chemotherapy.»

Research by the Baruch S. Blumberg Institute's Pennsylvania Cancer and Regenerative Medicine Research Center suggests that the use of HIV drugs can allow for lower doses of chemotherapy in treating breast cancer, reducing side eCancer and Regenerative Medicine Research Center suggests that the use of HIV drugs can allow for lower doses of chemotherapy in treating breast cancer, reducing side ecancer, reducing side effects

Despite the tremendous progress in drug cancer chemotherapy, most of the drugs used today have a pronounced toxicity effect, killing normal cells along with cancer cells.

«These studies suggest the potential for dramatically reducing the dose of chemotherapy or radiation and thereby reducing the side effects of standard chemotherapy by enhancing the targeting of cancer therapies using HIV receptor blocking drugs.»

«Unlike standard chemotherapy, HIV - receptor blocking drugs have been proven to be safe and with rare side effects,» said Richard G. Pestell, MD, PhD, MBA, President of the Pennsylvania Cancer and Regenerative Medicine Research Center (PCARMRC).

Cardiac effects of pertuzumab and trastuzumab following chemotherapy in the neoadjuvant setting were limited for HER2 - positive breast cancer patients.

The side effects of immunotherapy are usually quite different from those of traditional cancer drugs used in therapies such as chemotherapy.

Our surgical oncologists provide the highest - quality cancer care to diagnose and remove tumors, debulk tumors to help make chemotherapy or radiation therapy more effective, and relieve symptoms or side effects of therapies.

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The researchers believe this approach can potentially be used to link hundreds of building blocks to create multidrug - carrying nanoparticles, and pave the way for entirely new types of cancer treatments, free from the damaging side effects that accompany traditional chemotherapy.

The last plenary session of the day tackled cardiovascular health and cancer survivorship, examining cardiotoxic effects of chemotherapy, radiation and hormone therapies.

Understanding genetic variation will improve dosing, increase the benefits of cancer chemotherapy and reduce side effects.

Immunosuppression is a common side - effect of most chemotherapies used in cancer treatment.

Relapsing patients tend to wait weeks before they see a doctor so they do not always get the best cancer care possible as they are already too sick to handle the toxic effects of chemotherapy.

Study of the effect of valproate on pulmonary cancer cells, in combination with chemotherapy agents.

By learning as much as possible about those unique changes, and developing specific drugs and therapies to target them, we at City of Hope believe many cancers can be defeated at the molecular level, often with fewer side effects compared to traditional chemotherapy and other treatments.

«Constant doctor's appointments, treatments, dealing with insurance, coping with side effects, all in addition to the «typical» everyday stressors like family and work takes its toll,» says New York City - based Scheinkman, who continues to treat her metastatic breast cancer, the only terminal form of the disease, with a combination of chemotherapy and targeted therapies.

Hanshaw says she didn't experience too many of the life - altering side effects that other cancer patients might experience from chemotherapy or radiation, but she did have dry lips.

Taken as a spray or capsule or inhaled as a vapor, CBD oil is used to treat either the cancer itself or the side effects of the disease or chemotherapy, says Dr. Frankel.

But research also showed that water fasting may slow or halt the growth of tumors, as well as improve the effects of chemotherapy and reduce the side effects, making it potentially beneficial when combined with conventional cancer treatments.

Studies have shown that fasting boosts the immune system, promotes the growth of new neurons, reduces side effects in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, eases autoimmune disorders and even... Read More»

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A 2015 article in the International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology sums up the findings of multiple studies on ketogenic diets and cancer with the following: «there is increasing evidence that the ketogenic diet may also be beneficial as an adjuvant cancer therapy by potentiating the antitumor effect of chemotherapy and radiation treatment.»

Researchers in India recently conducted cell studies showing that one benefit of Ashwagandha is that its extract disrupts cancer cells» ability to reproduce in certain types of cancers [1 - 7], and laboratory analysis indicates that Withania somnifera extract possesses some level of anti-tumor activity and may mitigate many of the negative effects of chemotherapy [1 - 7].

He's an expert on the specific nutrients within food that strengthen your immune system, help your body fight cancer, and minimize the side effects of chemotherapy and radiation.

It also sometimes happens a side effect of chemotherapy treatments and surgeries done to remove breast cancer, colon cancer, and prostate cancer.

After being diagnosed with breast cancer in September 2010 and receiving treatment in the forms of chemotherapy, bilateral mastectomy, radiation, reconstruction and hormone therapy, I was left with several residual side effects.