Malignant pleural mesothelioma is almost always fatal cancer of the pleura, transparent membrane that lines the lungs

Adding chemotherapy to active symptom control of patients suffering from mesothelioma not seems to improve survival rate or quality of life, according to an article published by the medical journal The Lancet. Read the rest of this entry »

Experts from 28 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, meeting in Mexico at a health summit on the prevention and control of uterine cancer, looking down the price of the vaccine so it can be included in national health programs in the region. Read the rest of this entry »

A study finds that use of antibiotics reversed damage caused by the H. pylori .

Prompt treatment of a common stomach infection reverses the damage that can lead to gastric cancer, according to tests on mice by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Read the rest of this entry »

ay factors affecting the increase in this type of cancer among men, and snuff consumption, exposure to environmental carcinogens or at work, sun exposure and some infectious processes. Read the rest of this entry »

It is well known that chemotherapy is one of the most used treatment modalities of cancer treatments. The wide variety of drugs used in these treatments produce a series of side effects including vomiting, hair loss, fatigue, blood disorders, temporary or permanent infertility, among others. Read the rest of this entry »

Oncologists hope that in five or ten years you may win the battle of cancer because they know the mechanisms by which stem cells out of primary tumors that after a while in silence, nested in other organs and metastasize. Read the rest of this entry »

The Flemish University scientists believe that the new molecule may be used in combination with conventional therapies, to stop both the primary tumor and the metastasis process. Read the rest of this entry »