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A combo of fasting plus vitamin C is effective for hard-to-treat cancers, study shows
Researchers have discovered that a fasting-mimicking diet could be more effective at treating some types of cancer when combined with vitamin C. In studies on mice, researchers found that the combination delayed tumor progression in…
Boosting Dendritic Cells Helps the Immune System Find Pancreatic Cancer
Dendritic cells are part of the immune system’s first line of defense against cancer and infections and is often used in immunotherapy to treat lung cancer. The question in study here is why immunotherapy tends…
PSMA PET-CT Accurately Detects Prostate Cancer Spread, Trial Shows
Traditionally, the most commonly used method of prostate cancer imaging is the CT scan or bone scan. The new use of PSMA PET-CT proved to be substantially more likely to detect metastatic tumors in men…
For Women with Breast Cancer, Regular Exercise May Improve Survival
A new study conducted by Rikki Cannioto, Ph.D., Ed.D., of Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in Buffalo, NY adds to the existing evidence linking physical activity with longer survival in women diagnosed with high-risk breast…
COVID-19: Fighting viruses with viruses
Dr. Alan Parker’s team at Cardiff University is studying how we can pit one viral threat against another and use viruses to destroy cancer cells. The idea of immunotherapy is not completely new, but the…
