Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States and worldwide, according to the book "Clinical Oncology." There are two major types of lung cancer: non-small-cell lung cancer and small-cell lung cancer. Chemotherapy, the...
If you have received a breast cancer diagnosis, you may be talking with your oncologist about chemotherapy. According to the Breast Cancer site, there are several choices available that vary the mix of medications. The choice of therapies is...
The American Cancer Society reported in July 2009 that mantle cell lymphoma, a specific type of cancer that affects B lymphocytes, accounted for only 5 percent of all non-Hodgkin's lymphoma cases. B lymphocytes, white blood cells that produce...
Newly diagnosed leukemia patients eagerly turn over every stone in the search of cures and treatments. Under these circumstances, you can protect your health by putting research into perspective. Citrulline was briefly evaluated as a diagnostic...
Chemotherapy is the use of drugs to kill cancer cells and is often used in the treatment of breast cancer. It may be given after surgery to kill any remaining cancer cells, or prior to surgery to help shrink the tumor. According to the American...
The leading cause of cancer death in the United States remains lung cancer. The disease is classified into two groups--non-small-cell lung cancer and small-cell lung cancer, according to the Chemotherapy Source Book. Chemotherapy treatment varies...
According to Medline Plus, mesothelioma is the cancer that affects the tissue that lines the internal organs, such as the lungs, heart and stomach. The main treatments for mesothelioma cancer are surgery, radiation, chemotherapy or a combination...
Metastatic rectal cancer is cancer arising from the rectum that has spread beyond the rectum, usually to the liver, lungs, ovaries and elsewhere in the abdominal cavity. According to the American Cancer Society (ACS), treatment options at this...
According to the National Institutes of Health, bladder cancer is the sixth most common cancer in the United States. The treatment options for bladder cancer include surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Chemotherapy, or "chemo," involves using...
Cancer of the esophagus is a rare, but very serious form of cancer. Approximately 15,500 people are diagnosed with the disease each year in the United States, according to Merck Manuals Medical Library. Symptoms usually develop late in the course...
Mesothelioma is a type of lung cancer that is caused by exposure to asbestos or other harmful agents. It is an aggressive cancer that is hard to treat. Surgery, radiation and chemotherapy may be used to treat mesothelioma.
Mesothelioma is a cancer that starts in the lining of the chest cavity or the lining of the abdominal cavity. The lining in the chest cavity covers the lungs and is called the pleura. Pleural mesothelioma is when mesothelioma forms in this tissue.
Hodgkin's disease refers to a type of cancer that starts invading the lymphatic system, a special system in the body responsible for carrying white blood cells that fight infection. The University of Maryland Medical Center says that Hodgkin's...
Non-small cell lung cancer in stage IIIB involves cancer of any size that has spread to lymph nodes above the collar bone or the opposite side of the chest and/or to any of the other structures in the chest cavity like the heart, major blood...
Chemotherapy, Medline explains, describes treatments that use drugs to poison cancer cells. Many chemotherapy drugs work by causing DNA damage. DNA-damaging drugs affect fast-dividing cancer cells because their DNA is exposed. Other medications...
There are many treatment options available when cancer patients choose to undergo chemotherapy. These can vary significantly depending on the stage, type and location of the cancer. Some patients may opt for multiple types of treatments that...
The colon is the first six feet of the large intestine. Cancer arising in the colon is curable if caught in the early stages, says the National Institutes of Health. According to the National Cancer Institute, options available in the treatment of...
Chemotherapy is a drug usually administered intravenously and works by destroying cancer cells. There are more than 100 drugs used today for chemotherapy treatment, often in combination forms. Each drug works on different phases of the cell cycle...
Chemotherapy--using toxic drugs to kill fast-dividing cells--is a common cancer treatment. Upon entering a cancer cell, chemotherapy drugs can damage essential molecules such as DNA, inhibit cellular metabolism, and directly induce cancer cell...
Alimta (also known as pemetrexed) is a chemotherapy drug marketed by Eli Lilly. Alimta is used together with other chemotherapy agents to treat lung cancer.
Lung cancer is a devastating disease with a five-year survival rate of just 14 percent, according to "Murray & Nadel's Textbook of Respiratory Medicine." Treatment is often based on the stage of the cancer which corresponds to its spread...
Breasts are specialized sweat glands developed to produce milk to feed newborn children. Breasts are comprised of connective tissue, glandular tissue and fatty tissue. Swelling and tenderness of breasts can be caused by physiological factors and...
According to the Mayo Clinic, chemotherapy is a method that uses potent chemicals to destroy cancer cells of many different types of cancer. The chemotherapy drugs a doctor uses for a particular cancer patient depend on the type and stage of the...
Breast cancer affects both men and women. The spread of the cancer beyond the breast is called metastasis. Breast cancers typically metastasize to the lungs, liver, brain and bones, says the American Cancer Society (ACS). Metastatic breast cancer...
The National Cancer Institute estimated that esophageal cancer will cause 14,500 deaths and 16,640 new cancer diagnoses in the United States in 2010. Esophageal cancer is a form of adenocarcinoma, and the cancer develops within mucous-producing...
Colon cancer is the third leading cause of death in America. According to the American Cancer Society, approximately 150,000 Americans will be diagnosed in 2010, and 50,000 will not survive. Treatments can include surgery, radiation, chemotherapy...
In 2009, 22,070 people were diagnosed with brain cancer, and 12,920 people died from the disease, according to the National Cancer Institute. Brain cancer, or a malignant brain tumor, can start in the brain as a primary tumor or from another...
Neuroblastoma is a cancer originating from immature nerve cells typically found in an embryo or fetus, according to the American Cancer Society. It is usually diagnosed in children, and it usually starts in nerve tissue in the adrenal gland, neck,...
Germ cell tumors are uncommon neoplasms that develop from the primitive cells that give rise to eggs and sperm. These tumors most commonly develop in the ovaries and testicles but may occur anywhere in the body, including the brain. Germ cell...
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