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Immunotherapy: could it be the cure for cancer?

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

The body's own defences could be the key to defeating the disease, reports Roger Highfield It sounds like a hippy approach to medicine: everyone has the power within them to heal cancer and all we have to do is to find a way to unlock our inner potential. Oncologist Dr. Steven Rosenberg ...

Curcumin Temporarily Slows Pancreatic Cancer

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

Curcumin, a compound in the spice turmeric, temporarily stopped advanced pancreatic cancer growth in two patients and substantially reduced the size of a tumor in another patient, according to a small study published July 15 in the journal Clinical Cancer Research. Significance of results In the Phase II M. D. Anderson study ...

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 ...