Archive for May, 2008

Herceptin Prolongs Progression Free Survival Of HER2 Breast Cancer Patients

Friday, May 30th, 2008

The results of a phase III trial comparing Herceptin with chemo against chemo on its own showed that Herceptin helped women with aggressive metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer live nearly three months longer without their cancer progressing. The findings are being presented this weekend at the 44th annual meeting of the ...

New MRI technique could catch cancer early

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

LONDON - A new imaging technique that relies on naturally occurring baking soda in the body could help pinpoint cancer earlier and quickly gauge if drugs to kill tumors are working, British researchers said on Wednesday. The non-invasive method uses magnetic resonance imaging to measure changes in pH — or acidity ...

About Cancer

Monday, May 26th, 2008

If someone asked you to define cancer, could you do it? We all have heard the word "cancer" many times, however very few people understand the disease and how it develops.