It is well known that tamoxifen (Nolvadex, Tamofen) is effective in reducing the risk of breast cancer returning after surgery.
Research suggests this is due to the drug’s anti-oestrogen effect, since oestrogen (a female hormone) seems to have a role in the development of the disease. Read more on Anti-oestrogens for breast cancer…
A new class of drugs, monoclonal antibodies, is now being used to target cancer cells without damaging the patient’s healthy cells.
Monoclonal antibodies work by recognising and linking themselves to the cancer cells in the body. Read more on Antibodies used to treat lymphoma…
A clinical trial is testing a new combination of chemotherapy to treat breast cancer that has spread to other parts of the body. Women from all over the country who have breast secondaries are being invited to enter. Read more on Treatments for secondary breast cancer…
After going through treatment for cancer, many people would like to have a holiday. However, it is possible that you may run into one or two problems when planning your trip. Luckily these problems can usually be overcome. Read more on Travelling abroad after a cancer diagnosis…
British and American researchers have adopted different approaches to trials into the drug tamoxifen as prevention against breast cancer. Why?
The Americans, finding tamoxifen gives a substantial benefit in protecting against breast cancer, stopped their trial. One result of this is that women who were taking placebo now have the chance to take tamoxifen if they and their doctors so choose. Read more on Info about Generic Nolvadex (TAMOXIFEN)…
A more targeted form of radiotherapy – known as three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3D CRT) – is being tested to see if it can help people with prostate cancer to live longer. Read more on More targeted radiotherapy…
The need for proper clinical trials with new cancer therapies has been clearly illustrated as a so-called miracle cure being used in Italy has failed to show any response when results of studies were analysed by independent cancer experts. Read more on Miracle cure for cancer fails independent assessment…
How wonderful to read Janet Mummery’s letter. This inner struggle she talks about is all too familiar to me.
Like Janet I have had sufficient setbacks to make me cautious. I had my diagnosis of primary breast cancer in 1999, followed by secondaries in the ovaries eighteen months later. Read more on It’s your life…
I must admit that I was in a state of shock when given the news that I had breast cancer, but I was greatly helped by the love of my family and friends.
I was very soon in surgery for a mastectomy. Beforehand I found great therapeutic value in writing. Whenever I had spare time I wrote, mostly about things that were going on around me. Read more on How I coped with breast cancer…
Every patient with suspected cancer will be seen by a hospital specialist within two weeks of referral by their GP.
This is the promise set out in the National Health Service White Paper, The new NHS. About 16 recommendations to speed the process are being made by a clinical working group which will be reporting to ministers in the next few weeks. These will be crucial to achieving the White Paper target. Read more on Fast track for cancer patients…
