Researchers are constantly working to find new and better ways to diagnose and treat breast cancer. Here, from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), is an overview of what the existing treatments are. Some treatments are standard (the currently used treatment), and some are being tested in clinical trials. A treatment clinical trial is a research… Continue reading Breast Cancer Treatments: An Overview
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Defeating Aggressive Cancers
Researchers are drawing closer to a drug that attacks cancer stem cells in some forms of the disease. That medicine could treat an element in tumors that is believed responsible for metastasis and drug resistance. The team of investigators, led by experts from the Cancer Research Institute at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), in… Continue reading Defeating Aggressive Cancers