Checkpoint Inhibitors: Unleashing Your Immune System to Fight Cancer
Checkpoint Inhibitors: Unleashing Your Immune System to Fight Cancer Have you ever heard of checkpoint inhibitors? They are a fascinating type of cancer treatment that helps your immune system perform its best—fighting off invaders, including cancer cells. Here is a...
Immunotherapy: A New Way to Treat Cancer
Immunotherapy: A New Way to Treat Cancer What is Immunotherapy?Immunotherapy is a cancer treatment that helps your body’s immune system fight cancer. Your immune system normally finds and destroys harmful invaders like bacteria and viruses. However, cancer cells can...
What Is Mesothelioma?
Mesothelioma is a type of cancer originating in the mesothelium, a thin layer of tissue that lines and safeguards organs such as the lungs, abdomen, and heart. This cancer is predominantly associated with asbestos exposure, a mineral that was commonly applied in...
Immunotherapy for Lung Cancer – A Hopeful Approach
Lung cancer, including non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and small cell lung cancer (SCLC), can feel overwhelming, but immunotherapy is bringing fresh hope. This treatment uses your body’s immune system to target and destroy cancer cells, often with impressive...
The role of physiotherapy in oncology patients
Advances in treatment have gone a long way in assisting people live longer after being diagnosed with cancer. However, many people experience a decline in their quality of life both during and after treatment. Physiotherapists play a unique role as part of the cancer...
Herpes
Herpes Zoster, commonly called Shingles, is characterized by a painful rash with blisters. It is caused by the dormant varicella zoster, also known as chickenpox, becoming active again, often years following the initial incidence of the infection. The dormant virus...
Cannabinoids in Oncology: A Growing Role
An article by MedPage Today, June 13, 2019 At the 2019 ASCO annual meeting in Chicago, Mellar Davis, MD, of Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pennsylvania, discussed the interactions of cannabis with cancer therapies, the use of cannabis in older cancer...
Conditions Treated With Cannabis Often Lack Good Evidence
Marcia Frellick February 04, 2019 Many conditions that are considered qualifying conditions for cannabis use under state laws have no or insufficient evidence of efficacy, and some have evidence of inefficacy, according to an analysis published online February 4 in...
Extreme Diets: Fads and Facts
A Medscape Oncolgoy article by Steven Rourke; Reviewed by Anya Romanowski, MS, RD Sylvester Graham's Diet The Presbyterian minister Sylvester Graham (1794-1851) approached diet as moral education, combining his strict religious beliefs with themes common to the...
Antioxidants & Treatment
by Oncology Nutrition Question: Is it safe to take antioxidant supplements during chemotherapy and radiation therapy? Does this concern extend to foods containing high levels of antioxidants, such as an orange or orange juice, which contain a high amount of vitamin C?...