He adds that it is commonly used for "breast, colon, lung and ovarian cancers, including in cases where the cancer has spread ...

Traditional chemotherapy and radiation therapy can have limited efficacy and cause severe side effects, especially in cases of relapse or where there is resistance to therapy. The recent emergence ...

According to Drugmaker Roche Holding AG Xeloda oral chemotherapy is proving to be as effective as traditional chemotherapy to treat advanced stomach cancer. According to Drugmaker Roche Holding AG ...

Another groundbreaking use of nanotechnology is in hyperthermia therapy. This approach uses nanoparticles to heat and kill ...

The subtype is also defined by the fact that chemotherapy is the only primary treatment that is effective against it. But even traditional chemotherapy sometimes proves ineffective, as acquired ...

No need for chemo, no need for radiotherapy,” she ... Dr Hafizah Zaharah said less than five percent of her patients choose to go for traditional or alternative medicine after diagnosis.

We have been very fortunate with the advent of immunotherapy, to eliminate or at least, decrease, some of the older side effects that we saw with traditional chemotherapy. But unfortunately ...

Directing the chemotherapy directly to the cells that need it is a huge step forward from traditional chemotherapy, which comes with a host of side effects from radiation hitting healthy cells.

The research, led by Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, combines traditional chemotherapy with Camrelizumab, a novel Chinese-developed immunotherapy drug. The treatment helps shrink tumors ...

The drug has demonstrated an impressive ability to slow tumor growth in animals by 82% while selectively targeting cancer cells far more effectively than traditional chemotherapy agents.