Unnecessary loss of life, and how to avoid it - The potential of lung cancer screening
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Unnecessary loss of life – but not from COVID-19. At a time when the coronavirus infection is already inflicting a frightening death toll on the world from a previously unknown health threat, Europe cannot afford to tolerate another unnecessary and large-scale loss of life from a disease that has long been well recognized: lung cancer. But institutional neglect is causing unnecessary loss of life, according to oncologists, pulmonologists, radiotherapists, technology developers and patient representatives from across Europe. In a European Alliance for Personalised Medicine (EAPM) round table they focused on persistent delays in promoting the lung cancer screening programmes that could save thousands of life-years,
University of Maryland Senior Named 2021 Gates Cambridge Scholar
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University of Maryland senior Veeraj Shah was awarded a 2021 Gates Cambridge Scholarship, which he plans to use toward a Ph.D. in public health and primary care at the University of Cambridge. Shah will graduate this May from UMD with dual degrees in biological sciences with a specialization in neurobiology and physiology and individual studies majoring in health policy and technology. Following his Ph.D., Shah plans to earn his M.D. at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City.
Veeraj Shah, 2021 Gates Cambridge Scholar from the University of Maryland
FINDINGS
In a study of mice, researchers at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified a new approach that combines an anti-psychotic drug, a statin used to lower high cholesterol levels, and radiation to improve the overall survival in mice with glioblastoma. Glioblastoma is one of the deadliest and most difficult-to-treat brain tumors. Researchers found the triple combination extended the median survival 4-fold compared to radiation alone.
BACKGROUND
Radiation therapy is part of the standard-of-care treatment regimen for glioblastoma, often helping prolong the survival of patients. However, survival times have not improved significantly over the past two decades and attempts to improve the efficacy of radiotherapy through the use of pharmaceuticals have been hampered by the normal tissue toxicity of the drugs and the inability to penetrate the blood-brain barrier.
Oncology Firm Develops Test for Potential Pediatric Cancers Diagnoses
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Modern cancer diagnosis tests and treatments are based on what works for adults. A new technology, NV-VPAC1(™), may help doctors better and more accurately diagnose childhood cancers, according to developer NuView Life Sciences.
Last year, the National Cancer Institute estimated that over 11,000 new cancer cases would be diagnosed in American children.
Pediatric cancers are now more treatable than before. At the moment, we are trying to avoid late effects. PARK CITY, Utah (PRWEB) February 08, 2021 Last year, the National Cancer Institute estimated that over 11,000 new cancer cases would be diagnosed in American children.(1) In most cases, doctors don’t know what causes childhood cancers unlike adults, children haven’t been exposed to various cancer-causing substances over a long period of time, and they also aren’t subj
Maurice Iwu
Scientists have advanced more cures for COVID-19. Top on the list are: combination of ivermeticin, zinc and vitamin C; Andrographis paniculata, the key ingredient of IHP Detox Tea; extract of Artemisia annua, which interferes with replication of SARS-CoV-2; snake venom enzyme; metformin; colchicine, melatonin; and essential oils.
Reacting to the advances in traditional medicine as cures for COVID-19, the pioneer of natural cures for COVID-19 in Nigeria, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Bioresources Development and Conservation Programme (BDCP) and a professor of pharmacognosy, Maurice Iwu, told The Guardian: “The containment of the pandemic has not failed. It is rather a work in progress. We understand the virus better now. I believe that soon Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus type 2 (SARS CoV-2) will be like any other persistent virus and not so deadly.”