chemotherapy

Jul 30, 2024

Multiple Myeloma, the second most common type of blood cancer after non-Hodgkin lymphoma, is characterized by the presence of malignant plasma cells in the bone marrow. The diagnosis involves identifying these highly abnormal and unstable cells, which proliferate aggressively and spread through the bloodstream and ...

Jun 01, 2021

FDA Validates Use of Amgen’s KRAS Inhibitor in Lung Cancer  In a pathbreaking move, Amgen has gone ahead to emerge as a trailblazer in the undruggable lung cancer space with the approval of its KRAS inhibitor, Lumakras. For eons, the researchers grappled to come up with an effective and potential drug to ta...

Feb 27, 2019

Patients suffering from Colorectal Cancer (CRC) usually gets affected with distant organ metastases spreading the tumor to other parts of the body. Patients with unresectable or borderline resectable Colorectal liver metastases (CRLM) are given Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy (NC) to limit liver resection and to lower dow...

Dec 07, 2018

The world of cancer cells is bewildering, very difficult in understanding. The behaviour of cancer cells is not only complex but also intriguing. Research has been unfolding mystery after mystery of the complex world of cancer cells, shedding more and more light into the mysterious nature of cancer cells. In a new t...

Nov 23, 2018

It is needless to mention that Chemotherapy has been the most dependable cancer therapy. But, a new area of research shows the possibility of technology taking over the role of dominant cancer therapy in the future and in the event of which chemotherapy will be pushed to redundancy, as speculated. There is an ongoin...

Oct 31, 2018

Subsequent malignant neoplasms (SMNs) are one of the most serious and potentially lethal complications of cancer and its therapy. Radiotherapy has been known to be a human carcinogen, however, a growing body bolsters the selective contribution of chemotherapeutic agents to SMN risk. Cisplatin binds to and destructs ...

Sep 18, 2017

Oral Mucositis is a commonly occurring, most debilitating complication of cancer chemotherapy and radiotherapy. It can be characterized by inflammation and ulceration in the oral cavity caused by the chemotherapeutic drugs and radiotherapy used in cancer treatment. Potential complications of oral mucositis include p...

Jun 07, 2017

In the quest for personalized therapies, most research has focused on how an individual’s genome controls their body’s responses to drugs. However, there is increasing evidence that a person’s unique microbiome — the population of bacteria and other microbes that live in their body — can be key to determining whethe...

Apr 21, 2017

Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) are severe side effects of cancer treatment which makes a patient uncomfortable and has to be dealt properly as many patients delay their chemotherapy cycles/ refuse further treatment due to fear of future nausea and vomiting. It is classified as Anticipatory, Acute, D...

Dec 19, 2016

In United States, Ovarian Cancer has become the leading cause of death in women. Each year approximately 22,280 women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer, and out of those 14,240 die. Women with strong family history of breast cancer or ovarian cancer or who have tested positive for inherited mutation in BRCA1 or BRCA...