The study results have led to the approval of the use of Bortezomib for myeloma patients by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

The Cancer Center The University of Salamanca Spanish today introduced a new treatment for myeloma, based on the combination of three drugs for patients newly diagnosed over 65 years that until now could only be treated with chemotherapy. Read the rest of this entry »

Spanish doctor felt the need to implement prevention programs in Latin America overwhelmingly to prevent the spread of cervical cancer

The Head of the Epidemiology Research Program at the Catalan Institute of Oncology, Xavier Bosch, warned of the need to implement prevention programs in Latin America overwhelmingly to prevent the spread of cervical cancer. Read the rest of this entry »

The scientists who conducted this study say it is likely that those who developed this cancer has suffered a “redistribution chromosomal” known RET / PTC

The atomic bombs dropped by U.S. against the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 altered chromosomes in some survivors who developed thyroid cancer, according to a study by Japanese scientists. Read the rest of this entry »

Participants in the twentieth World Cancer Congress adopted a joint declaration on establishing a number of objectives to be achieved before 2020 in the fight against the disease.

The Declaration, which closed Congress, is an appeal to governments, international governmental organizations, the donors, development agencies, industry and civil society in which they give guidelines on how fight against cancer. Read the rest of this entry »

The Research Network Cancer Genome Atlas published today in the British science journal “Nature” a “comprehensive” analysis of the genetic causes of glioblastoma, one of the most aggressive brain tumors.

In this study, one that will compose the “pilot project” of the Atlas data are detailed genetic information from individuals with this cancer. Read the rest of this entry »

This brain cancer and pancreatic cancer. This study tumor is the most comprehensive assessment to date

Scientists have completed a genetic map of a type of brain cancer and other pancreatic cancer, both considered among the deadliest of the disease. Read the rest of this entry »

Explore the available treatments

If you have been diagnosed with breast cancer, it is advisable to get a second opinion and do more tests before starting treatment. Treatment options vary depending on the stage of cancer, in general, the larger the tumor, more advanced stage. Possible treatments include: Read the rest of this entry »

Learn how to recognize symptoms and explores the available treatments.

Breast cancer (or breast cancer) affects more than 178,000 women and nearly 2,000 men in the U.S. each year, according to the National Cancer Institute. In the Latino community any cancer takes so many lives like this. Each year there are approximately 90 new cases per 100,000 Hispanic people, the third highest rate of breast cancer after African-American and Caucasian women. Read the rest of this entry »

The treatment for breast cancer improves symptoms through local control of cancer and increase chances of cure, and / or prolongs the life of the patient. The expected benefits should be put in the balance regarding the potential risks that might entail. Read the rest of this entry »

When breast cancer returns, it can cause symptoms in the same place where he stayed the first time or even elsewhere in the body. Emotionally, relapse of cancer is devastating to the patient. Read the rest of this entry »