Adding Chemo to Cancer Immunotherapy... Roche Win Boosts Case for Adding Chemo to Cancer Immunotherapy November 20, 2017 — Cancer doctors struggling to work out the best way to use modern immunotherapy drugs now have further evidence of the benefits of adding them to chemotherapy, despite earlier skepticism.
First-of-a-kind Test for Cancer Gene Profiling... FDA Approves First-of-a-kind Test for Cancer Gene Profiling December 01, 2017 - U.S. regulators have approved a first-of-a-kind test that looks for mutations in hundreds of cancer genes at once, giving a more complete picture of what's driving a patient's tumor and aiding efforts to match treatments to those flaws.
The hope is for patients to get all the checks they need under one roof... 'One-stop shops' set to speed up cancer diagnosis 3 April 2018 - "One-stop shops" aimed at speeding up cancer diagnosis are being introduced across England.
Cost Effective to Test for All Lung Cancer Mutations at Once... Study: Cost Effective to Test for All Lung Cancer Mutations at Once May 16, 2018 — Testing advanced lung cancer patients for all of the possible genetic mutations that could be driving their cancer at once is more cost effective than testing for one or a limited number of genes at a time, U.S. researchers reported Wednesday.
My husband is getting the immunotherapy for stage 4 lung cancer. The results have been so encouraging, It had spread to his adrenal gland and his lymph nodes and brain, The brain sounded the scariest to me but radiation has a 90% recovery rate. It’s np it brain cancer but a different cancer that metastized..it’s different That’s what Jimmy carter had Last visit his adrenal gland was perfectly normal and his cancerous lymph nodes have shrunk. The amazing thing about my husband does not one hint of a symptom that he is not well. Luckily they found it early because he had fallen while jogging and they discovered that in shock and trauma .... Each infusion is about $15,000!We have Medicare and what Medicare doesn’t pick up our secondary does
Thanks...he is an amazing man! He is also very funny and he’s milking the cancer bit to get whatever he wants.
Granny uses cabbage fer roughage... How the humble cabbage can stop cancers 14 Aug.`18 - Scientists say they have discovered why some vegetables - including cabbage, broccoli and kale - can reduce the risk of bowel cancers.
