Category Archives: cancer drugs

Older Folks, Who Are More Likely To Get Cancer, Are In Fact Mostly Excluded From Clinical Trials

March 30, 2009 – 7:19 am

Fact: The majority, or about 60%, of people who are diagnosed with cancer are aged over 65. What you probably did not know: Many major cancer studies exclude this very group of people! This was revealed in a study which was published in The International Journal of Clinical Practice.
National Cancer institute (NCI) statistics reveal that [...]

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Bone Loss - A Side Effect of Conventional Cancer Treatment

March 10, 2009 – 9:59 am

The detrimental side effects of conventional cancer treatment are numerous. Many are devastating, too. It is indeed a travesty that so many people have to suffer the adverse effects of such poisons masqueraded as treatment or therapy.
Here, this study describes the potential of certain cancer treatment protocols to cause bone loss. Do read it with [...]

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Cancer Drugs Used To Shrink Tumors In Fact Promote Their Growth

December 29, 2008 – 2:27 am

In conventional cancer treatment, the focus is almost totally on the tumor - killing it via burning (radiation) or poisoning (chemotherapy), or removing it using surgery. Cancer drugs are also used to attempt to shrink tumors. Little, if anything, is usually done to improve the nutritional status, overall health, immunity and outlook of the person.
This [...]

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Cancer Drug Avastin Increases Risk of Blood Clots When Taken with Chemotherapy

December 26, 2008 – 12:42 pm

Recent research at the Stony Brook University Cancer Center has revealed that Avastin, the cancer drug, increases the risk of blood clots in the veins by some 33% when it is taken together with chemotherapy.

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