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New Therapy Shows Promise For Fighting Treatment-Resistant Cancer Cells
A gene radiotherapy system that detects and treats cancer cells that are resistant to traditional forms of chemotherapy and radiation showed success in the laboratory and could eventually prove beneficial for cancer patients, according to researchers at SNM’s 55th Annual Meeting. The new system targets oxygen-deficient hypoxic cancer cells that have activated a gene known […]
Children in Katrina trailers may face lifelong ailments
The anguish of Hurricane Katrina should have ended for Gina Bouffanie and her daughter when they left their FEMA trailer. But with each hospital visit and each labored breath her child takes, the young mother fears it has just begun.
“It’s just the sickness. I can’t get rid of it. It just keeps coming back,” said […]
iClin Solutions Launch New Therapy For Cancer Treatment
iClin Solutions, a supplier of intelligent solutions for cancer treatment, announced the launch of Electro Chemo Therapy - ECT - and the first treatment using the Cliniporator in Sweden. The treatment was performed at the Department of Oncology at Lund University Hospital under the supervision of Dr. Julie Gehl from Herlev Hospital in Denmark.
The Cliniporator […]
Cigarette Bill Treats Menthol With Leniency
he most widely used cigarette flavoring and the most popular cigarette choice of African-American smokers, is receiving special protection as Congress tries to regulate tobacco for the first time.
The legislation, which would give the Food and Drug Administration the power to oversee tobacco products, would try to reduce smoking’s allure to young people by banning […]