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Ovarian Cancer  A U.S. clinical study showed that the combination treatment (Avastin) and chemotherapy significantly slows the progression of ovarian cancer. Dr. Robert Burger of Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania East), who led the research, explained that this Phase 3 clinical trial, the first of its kind, has shown that blocking the formation of tumor and blood vessels significantly improves survival without disease progression in women with ovarian cancer or peritoneal very difficult to treat.
“The results of this trial showed that Avastin is an acceptable initial treatment for patients suffering from advanced ovarian cancer,” he said in presenting the results at the annual conference of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (AUC0) meeting this weekend in Chicago (Illinois, North). (more…)

Liver cancer may be primary or secondary (metastasis from other cancers).

It is a malignant tumor developed at the expense either of liver cells (hepatocellular carcinoma) or bile duct cells (cholangiocarcinoma) or blood vessels (angiosarcoma).

The primary liver cancer was rare in Europe and America, but its frequency is increasing rapidly (5000 cases per year in France) because of the hepatitis C epidemic and is more common in Africa and Asia.

- Hepatocellular carcinoma, or hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common liver tumors, and it occurs in 20% of a healthy liver, liver more frequently diagnosed with a pre-existing liver disease (cirrhosis, chronic hepatitis) . Unlike Europe, where alcoholic cirrhosis is the main cause of this type of tumor, in the countries of Africa and Asia, HCC is often linked to hepatitis B and C, sometimes to the pollution of food, including aflatoxin. (more…)

How to treat Leukemia?

The treatment for leukemia will vary depending on the following factors:

* Type of leukemia and specific characteristics of leukemia cells
* Extent of disease
* Prior to whether the disease has been treated, if such type of treatment
* Age of the people and general health condition
* Nature of symptoms

Leukemia can be treated either as follows:

* Chemotherapy – helps to kill leukemia cells using strong anti-cancer drugs
* Interferon therapy – to slow the reproduction of leukemia cells and enhance the immune system
* Radiation therapy – high amounts of radiation energy is used to kill cancer cells
* Transplantation stem cell (SCT) – is done to allow treatment with high dose chemotherapy and radiotherapy
* Surgery – is done mainly in two cases, for the removal of an enlarged spleen or for the purpose of installing a venous access device (removing blood samples and giving medications)

The chances of recovery from leukemia are improving by the day, scientists and medical professionals are constantly striving to find new and more effective ways to treat this disease.

Is usually treated brain cancers by a combined strategy of surgery, chemotherapy (anticancer drugs) and radiation, combined with the administration of drugs to control symptoms. It is frequently administered high doses of steroids to reduce any swelling caused by the tumor. Often this (more…)