by drstegallio | May 5, 2017 | Cancer, Cancer Research, Cancer Treatment
Two infants diagnosed with a relapsed form of childhood cancer who had previously exhausted all other treatment options remain disease-free after receiving a first-in-human experimental therapy that uses genetically engineered T cells, a new analysis reports. Such...
by drstegallio | May 4, 2017 | Cancer, Cancer Treatment
The development of oral cancer drugs as a modality therapy over the last decade has highlighted the problem of non-adherence. Only cancer drugs that are taken can actually work. Contrary to what is expected, a significant share of cancer patients doesn’t take...
by drstegallio | May 1, 2017 | Cancer, Cancer Treatment
Esophageal cancer is the eighth most common cancer worldwide and the sixth most common cause of death related to cancer. In the United States, there are over 16,000 people diagnosed with the disease annually with an even higher prevalence in other parts of the world....
by drstegallio | Apr 21, 2017 | Cancer, Cancer Research, Cancer Treatment
EGFR (Epidermal Growth Factor Receptors) are involved in the development and progression of many types of cancer and bowel cancer (colon carcinoma) in particular. So-called anti-EGFR antibodies are used in the treatment of bowel cancer patients, to inhibit EGFR....
by drstegallio | Apr 14, 2017 | Cancer, Cancer Treatment
There is a significant difference between standard (x-ray) radiation treatment and proton therapy. If given in sufficient doses, x-ray radiation techniques will control many cancers. But, because of the physician’s inability to adequately conform the irradiation...
by drstegallio | Apr 12, 2017 | Cancer, Cancer Prevention, Cancer Treatment
Vaccines, also called vaccinations, are medicines that help the body fight disease. They help train the immune system to recognize and destroy harmful substances. There are 2 types of cancer vaccines: Prevention vaccines Treatment vaccines Cancer prevention vaccines...