We at the Brain Cancer Research for a Cure Foundation along with our collaborator Dr. Alfredo Quinones- Hinojosa have a passion for paralyzing brain cancer. Dr. Q ,as his colleagues call him, are in a daliy battle to find “less barbaric ways of treating brain tumors’” and finding tumor fighting vaccines. They can’t achieve their [...]
Dr. Sandeep Khandhar talks about minimally invasive surgery for treating lung cancer.
Mesothelioma is a serious cancer that advances quickly and aggressively. However the diagnosis of this type of cancer is not usually made until it has reached an advanced stage. This is mainly due to two reasons: 1-Mesothelioma has a very long latency period. In a typical case, between 20 to 50 years elapse between asbestos [...]
Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in women and the second leading cause of cancer deaths in American women. In 2009, approximately 194,280 patients are estimated to be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer, and 62,280 with carcinoma in situ. An estimated 40,610 will die of this disease. For a woman of average [...]
Medical science has tried to increase the life expectancy for mesothelioma patients for decades. Since there is presently no known definitive cure for mesothelioma, the goal of the presently available intensive treatment for mesothelioma patients is to help prolong their life expectancy or improve the patient’s overall quality of life. What are the factors that [...]
Meat lovers have been told all to often that regularly eating large quantities of red or processed meats ups your cancer risk factor. This is why so many of us are trying to limit the amount of red meat we take in. But if you love your steaks, is your only option banning them from [...]