Chemotherapy for lung cancer is used for different purposes depending on the type and stage of cancer you have. This includes achieving cancer remission, shrinking a tumor before surgery, killing ...

The ACCELERATE trial found no RFS improvement with chemoradiation addition in resected gallbladder cancer patients. Median survival was 52.7 months, with more deaths in the CRT plus chemotherapy arm.

Doctors have used chemotherapy (chemo) to treat cancer since the 1940s. The advantage of these drugs is they kill cancer cells throughout your body. One downside is the side effects they can ...

The James Beard Foundation today announced its semifinalist nominees for 2025, officially kicking off restaurant awards season across the country. Widely known as the “Oscars” of the food world, the ...

Kate thanked staff at the Royal Marsden Hospital As she thanked staff and comforted patients at the hospital, the royal also opened about her "really tough" chemotherapy and joked about becoming ...

An important question is whether perioperative chemotherapy is preferable to preoperative chemoradiotherapy. In this phase 3, multicenter, randomized trial, we assigned in a 1:1 ratio patients ...

A cancer patient has spent more than 14 years receiving unnecessary chemotherapy, hospital bosses have admitted. Lawyers representing the man claim they know of 12 more patients - all in Coventry ...

Chemotherapy uses anti cancer drugs to destroy cancer cells. Sometimes doctors use the word cytotoxic to describe the way chemotherapy works. Cytotoxic means toxic to cells. Some people may have ...

A combination of two existing chemotherapy drugs has been used to fight bladder cancer successfully for the first time in Singapore. This new union of the two “off-label” drugs – gemcitabine and ...

There are health concerns about mixing chemo and alcohol. Chemotherapy medications can interact with alcohol, worsening some of the side effects of drinking. In addition, alcohol may affect how chemo ...