Get's Vaccines: New Hope People with Breast Cancer

Experts from the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences starts clinical trial of a vaccine to prevent recurrence of breast cancer. According to Laura Hutchins, director of hematology and oncology, who was also the leader of the research, if successful, this vaccine is not to traditional treatments such as chemotherapy and radiation therapy to replace, but are used as additional treatment for patients. Thomas Kieber-Emmons has been developed, director of basic research of breast cancer in the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, said the vaccine under study, more than a decade studying the immune system. He said the most important...

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Cough Medicines vs. Cancer

Netherlands - Health experts at the Erasmus Medical Center in the Netherlands found the composition of the cough suppressant, dextromethorphan, could the level of metabolism of tamoxifen is used to treat breast cancer detect. The results show indirectly the effectiveness of the treatment on their own, more effective and reduce side effects. Tamoxifen for the treatment and prevention of breast cancer is metabolized by the body in endoxifen. Endoxifen cancer drugs work and affect the patient consumes. Two enzymes in the body metabolize CYP2D6 and CYP3A, tamoxifen and endoxifen and destroy cancer cells. "Well, all patients (breast cancer) in the Netherlands with dextromethorphan were at a dose of 20 mg treated to 40 mg. The composition is capable metabolism tamoxifen within three...

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Cuba Find Lung Cancer Vaccine

Cuba - Vaccines lung cancer was found by the National Coordination Center for Clinical Trials Cuba. This vaccine is reserved for patients with lung cancer progressed. Pedro Pablo Guerra tells a researcher that this drug one of the hopes of the Cuban Ministry of Health, is addressed to patients in need. "These drugs are immunogenic, which was from the Center for Molecular Immunology (CMI) is developed, in the fourth stage of the phase of clinical trials. This to be effective and to improve the quality of life of patients with proven lung cancer, " said an expert. Guerra said that this vaccine was stage clinical studies in hospitals and sometimes...

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Soybean | Prevent Breast Cancer Recurrence

Soybeans, which became the basis of some food ingredients such as soy sauce, tofu, and demonstrated the possibility of returning cancer cells, in particular, to prevent breast cancer. Soy isoflavones have a similar chemical structure to estrogen, so it can act like estrogen in the body tissue. The number of people who consume soy isoflavones in soy products has increased recently. And there was concern about the effects of soy consumption on estrogen and progesterone early receptor-positive cancer of the breast in women due to the development of tumors depend on estrogen. In a study in Cancer Hospital of the University of Medical...

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