When it comes to treating cancer, the first-line of attack from a conventional standpoint is to cut out the disease using surgery. One of the problems with surgery, however, is that
The ideal form of cancer therapy should be able to selectively destroy the cells making up the tumor while at the same time activating the immune system so that it can
Sometimes what doctors call “cancer” actually consists of many different types of the disease. This is certainly the case with head and neck cancer, a label that can
Surgery is a potentially curative treatment for tumors found in the bile ducts, the ducts that carry bile from the liver and gall bladder to the intestines. The
Bladder cancer has been called the world’s most expensive cancer, and for good reason: It has the highest lifetime treatment costs per patient of any cancer. Even after
One of the keys to the success of cancer surgery is to remove as much of the tumor as possible during the operation. Unfortunately this often results in major harm
Stomach cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide. Each year, over one million people are diagnosed with this dreaded malignancy, and in many cases the treatment
Prostate cancer is the most prevalent form of cancer among men in Europe, with an incidence that has increased rapidly over the past two decades. These tumors develop slowly over