Each year cancer research programs continue to grow: funding increases, new technologies make year-old discoveries obsolete, and more doctors and scientists contribute their ideas and methods to understanding and eradicating cancer. As these strides are made, more treatment options become available and fewer people are forced to endure painful and invasive treatments.Radiosurgery is a non-invasive, [...]
Chemotherapy refers to the use of drugs to kill cancer cells in the brain. The drugs may be given orally or through injection. Chemotherapy is done at regular intervals, with adequate time spacing to allow the patient to recover.
Sometimes, during surgery, the surgeon implants medicated wafer after removing the tumor. This wafer will eventually [...]
Cancer cells and normal cells are known to respond differently to nutrients and drugs that affect glutathione status.Numerous studies have shown that tumor cells have elevated levels of glutathione levels, which confers resistance to chemotherapy drugs.One of the challenges of cancer therapy is how to deplete tumor cells of glutathione, so as to make them [...]