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Check breast cancer like drinking and driving: breath detector capable of diagnosing various diseases

When it comes to the breath detector, everyone will think of the thing used by the traffic police to check drinking and driving. For those who drink and drive, they will lose their temper when they see the breath detector. In fact, the gas exhaled by the human body has many characteristics. It can not only detect alcohol, but also reflect the health of the human body and detect some diseases. This breath detector introduced in this article can detect breast cancer, diabetes, lung cancer, Parkinson's disease, asthma, schizophrenia, kidney and liver failure and other diseases.

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Cutting-edge 'peptide' shows promise in stopping breast cancer metastasis!

It is estimated that ninety percent of deaths from breast cancer are caused by complications from metastasis, so how to effectively stop breast cancer metastasis has long been a hot topic in cancer research.

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Integrative Oncology: Acupuncture And Acupressure May Relieve Surgical Pain And Anxiety In Cancer Patients

For patients undergoing surgery for ovarian and endometrial cancer, pain and anxiety are often experienced. Recently, a new study has shown that acupressure before surgery may help reduce anxiety and that acupuncture during surgery may reduce severe pain. The study was published online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society.

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UK Launches First Clinical Trial Of Proton Beam Therapy For Breast Cancer To Help Patients Reduce The Risk Of Heart Problems Caused By Radiotherapy

The clinical trial (PARABLE) will take place at 22 sites across the UK and is planned to recruit 192 patients at higher risk of developing heart problems. the PARABLE trial is led by researchers from the Royal Marsden Hospital, the University of Cambridge, and the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) UK, and is managed by the Clinical Trials and Statistics Unit, funded by Cancer Research UK, at the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR). was conducted.

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How to prevent cervical cancer? Let's see what gynecologists say

Cervical cancer is one of the most common gynecological malignancies. Its incidence rate is second only to endometrial cancer worldwide, and it ranks first in developing countries and regions. According to statistics, there are 450000 new cases of cervical cancer worldwide every year. The occurrence and development of cervical cancer usually go through a relatively long process, so it is possible to prevent this disease.

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Approved! With Just One Oral Dose Per Day, This Type Of Breast Cancer Patient Gets a New Drug

The US FDA has approved Elacestrant, the first oral selective estrogen receptor degrader (SERD), for the treatment of patients with advanced or metastatic breast cancer who are estrogen receptor positive, HER2 negative and have an ESR1 mutation. Results of the trial showed that patients treated with Elacestrant had a 45% reduction in the risk of disease progression or death.

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K-Drug Approved For Adjuvant Treatment Of Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Significantly Extending Cancer-Free Survival Of Patients!

The US FDA has approved pablizumab (Keytruda) as an adjuvant treatment for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer. In the trial, pablizumab (Keytruda) significantly prolonged cancer-free survival in patients compared to placebo.

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Neratinib Included In NCCN Guidelines For Specific HER2-Negative Breast Cancers

In recommendations released on 2 February 2023, the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) recommends that doctors consider neratinib for patients with HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer, regardless of their estrogen receptor status.

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Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Reduces Colon Cancer Recurrence Rate By 28%, With Fewer Post-Operative Complications, Study Shows

Preoperative oxaliplatin-fluoropyrimidine chemotherapy given to colon cancer patients did not increase the risk of perioperative complications in colon cancer patients and did reduce postoperative recurrence rates, according to the results of the international phase 3/4 FOxTROT trial.

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Do I Have Breast Cancer?

More than half of all women will have a lump or nodule in their breast, but most lumps and nodules are not cancer