Chemotherapy and Alternative Treatments – 2

Relaxation techniques Relaxation techniques include some exercises which help in focusing your attention to calm your mind and relaxing your muscles. It is helpful in relieving , fatigue and improves sleep. Music therapy In music therapy it is not necessary to have any musical talent. Anybody can participate and listen to music, play instruments, sing [...]

Chemotherapy and Alternative Treatments – 1

Being a cancer patient you might go through chemotherapy and might feel helpless with some common sign and symptoms caused by cancer and cancer treatments. If you wish to try something that may help you to have a little control over your health, here are some alternative treatments that may help you. Acupuncture In acupuncture [...]

Distressing hair loss due to chemotherapy – 3

During treatment you should: • Be gentle and take care of your hair – Wash your hair with gentle baby shampoo and use mild conditioner only when it is needed, use a soft brush, sleep on a satin pillowcase. Rinse hair thoroughly, pat dry and avoid using any blow dryers, color and don’t get a [...]

Distressing hair loss due to chemotherapy – 2

What can be done to prevent hair loss? Unfortunately, there is no prevention or medication to prevent the hair loss during chemotherapy treatment. Attempts have been made to reduce the hair loss during chemotherapy which has been effective only to some people but for most of the people these techniques don’t work. Techniques that have [...]

Distressing hair loss due to chemotherapy – 1

Hair loss is one of the side effects of chemotherapy that is related to emotional aspect of a person. Chemotherapy can affect the hair on your head, face, pubic hair, eyelashes, eyebrows and body hair. Depending on the treatment some people suffer from thinning of the hair, while some lose all of their hair. What [...]

Diagnosing infection during chemotherapy

During chemotherapy, infection like fever which is the first sign of infection may prove to be life-threatening. A condition called febrile neutropenia means that you have a low white . If a patient on chemotherapy is suffering with febrile neutropenia it is recommended to record your temperature every day. Cancer patients who already have a [...]

Researchers have found the key to preventing chemotherapy resistance in ovarian cancer

A molecular pathway that may help preventing chemotherapy resistance and improving survival in ovarian cancer patients have been found by researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center. Johnathan Lancaster, the senior author in the study said, “Few clinical or biologic events affect survival for patients with ovarian cancer more than the way their tumors respond to chemotherapy. [...]

Study – tumor cells withstand chemotherapy and radiotherapy

As per the study published in the online version of the international scientific journal Oncogene, Nature group, researchers have identified the mechanism by which tumor change their appearance to adapt to new environmental circumstances. These changed tumor cells can protect themselves against chemotherapy and radiotherapy and attack neighboring organs causing metastasis. Researchers found that tumors [...]

Fatty acids in fish oil suppress chemotherapy

Dutch researchers found that the fatty acids found in fish oil supplements can weaken the effectiveness of chemotherapy. Omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids are found in fish oil supplements which people consume to boost heart and brain health. Omega-3 helps protect against heart disease, depression, dementia, cancer, arthritis and omega-6 helps in maintaining skin and [...]

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy in BRCA1 gene carrying patients

The research done in the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center states that the patients carrying BRCA1 gene irrespective of the cancer stage after neoadjuvant chemotherapy experiences a complete pathological response. BRCA1 and , known as tumor suppressors are class of human genes, mutation of which are inherited and increase a chance of woman [...]