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Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Its History, Impact, and the Pink …
Sep 18, 2023 — National Breast Cancer Awareness Month began as a weeklong event in 1985. It was organized by the ACS and the pharmaceutical division of Imperial Chemical Industries, which later became part of ...
Extended Letrozole Prolonged Survival in Postmenopausal Patients …
Oct 18, 2021 — Extended treatment with letrozole significantly improved survival in postmenopausal patients with early-stage breast cancer, according to results of a phase 3 trial published in The Lancet ...
Magnesium and Cancer - Cancer Therapy Advisor
Aug 24, 2017 — Magnesium and Cancer. Andrea S. Blevins Primeau, PhD, MBA. |. August 24, 2017. Magnesium is a critical mineral that is involved in over 600 enzymatic reactions, including those important for brain ...
HCG-Secreting Tumor - Cancer Therapy Advisor
Jan 17, 2019 — Hyperglycosylated HCG is the principal form of HCG produced in a choriocarcinoma and is important for tumor invasion. The free b subunit is produced in many nontrophoblastic malignancies and is ...
Prostate Cancer Statistics for 2024 - Cancer Therapy Advisor
Aug 15, 2024 — In 2021, an estimated 3,399,229 men in the US were living with prostate cancer. 1. An estimated 299,010 new cases of prostate cancer will be diagnosed in the US in 2024, which will account for 14. ...
Very Low PSA Levels Associated With Increased Risk for Cancer …
September 16, 2015. Patients with prostate cancer who have low prostate antigen (PSA) levels ≤2.5 ng/mL or 2.6 to 4 ng/mL have a higher risk for cancer-specific death compared with patients ...
Shiitake Mushroom, Lentinan, and Cancer - Cancer Therapy Advisor
The evidence of beneficial effects for patients with cancer is limited and equivocal. Preclinical cell-line and animal studies, largely published by researchers in China, suggests that shiitake ...
Cancer Patients and Vaccines: Who and When to Vaccinate
Mar 28, 2024 — Patients should typically receive vaccines 2-4 weeks before cancer treatment, but non-live vaccines can be given during or after certain treatments. The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO ...
Adenocarcinoma - Diagnosis & Disease Information - Cancer …
Jun 17, 2024 — Adenocarcinoma is a type of cancer that forms in the glandular tissue lining certain organs. 1 It commonly affects the lung, breast, colon, rectum, prostate, and pancreas. 1 How adenocarcinoma is ...