Metformin is an inexpensive, well-tolerated drug that is commonly used for the first-line treatment of type 2 diabetes. In recent years, this oral agent has emerged as a
Cervical cancer, or cancer of the cervix, is a common disease that poses a heavy burden to women’s health around the world. According to the International Agency for
Colorectal cancer, a malignant disease of the colon and rectum, gradually develops over the course of several decades and is a leading cause of cancer-related death in most
Lung cancer is a disease in which the cells of lung tissues divide and grow at a much faster rate than normal cells, eventually leading to the formation
The nasopharynx is the uppermost region of the throat (pharynx), located behind the nose. Cancer originating in this area is referred to as nasopharyngeal carcinoma, or NPC, and
Extramammary Paget’s disease (EMPD) is a rare, slow-growing, superficial form of skin cancer that occurs in the gland-bearing skin between the anus and the genitals in people over
Liver cancer, also known as hepatocellular carcinoma, is not very common in Europe and North America, and yet it is one of the most common and deadly cancers
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a clinically approved form of cancer treatment that entails the preferential accumulation of a photosensitizer, or light-sensitizng agent, in cancerous tissue. Upon illumination with