New Cancer Therapies and Treatment
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This short article in the Times talks about a brand new prostate cancer treatment which doesn't even involve any new therapies. It's really a new combination of therapies when compared with the standard treatment. Men given a combination of radiotherapy and hormone therapy were 43% not as likely to die from the disease compared to those treated with hormones alone.
Cancer of the prostate is the UKs most common cancer among men, with about 36,000 cases diagnosed every year, up to a third which are in the advanced stages. Currently, fewer than half of men with advanced cancer of the prostate receive radiotherapy, with most having only hormone therapy or surgery.
A team from Cardiff University studied 1,205 men with locally advanced cancer of the prostate in the UK and Canada. All received hormone therapy and half were also given radiotherapy. After seven years, 90% of men given both treatments remained as alive, compared with 79% of these given only hormones.
There's also a new way to work on pancreatic cancer, according to this short article in the Daily Express. Of the cancers it has the lowest survival rate and only about 15% of patients live past annually. The actor Patrick Swayze died aged 57 from the disease this past year. By the time many people with pancreatic cancer realise anything is wrong, it's too late.
In Ann Clark's case though the tumour happened to create near her bile duct eventually creating a blockage as it grew and giving a life-saving early danger signal. Her whole body turned yellow almost overnight as the blockage caused jaundice.
She was told that they was among the 10% of pancreatic cancer sufferers who're suitable for a complex kind of surgery called Whipple's Procedure which involves elimination of the head of the pancreas, duodenum, a part of the stomach and ducts to the liver and gut. Conventionally this means major open surgery which has a risk of infection and involves many months recovery time. Another problem is that chemotherapy to eliminate the remaining traces of the cancer is usually delayed while the patient recuperates from the operation which typically leaves a 30cm scar around the ribcage.
But there is another option€¦Zak Rahman, Ann's consultant at the Royal Free Hospital in London, informed her about pioneering keyhole surgery. She became one of the first dozen patients in the country with an operation in which six small holes, of 1cm each and a bigger one of about 5cm are made to allow the Whipple's Procedure to become performed. Keyhole surgery is only a choice when the tumour hasn't spread, so early diagnosis is essential. After her surgery, she was up out of bed the following day and walking and eating normally within Two days.
The common theme with these two treatments is the hope these cancer treatments imply that people can get on with living their lives, so far as possible. This is great news, and hopefully makes it easier that you should enjoy a holiday, if you have cancer, in an effort to recuperate. For more information on travelling with cancer, or cancer travel insurance, take a look at these blogs.
This short article in the Times talks about a brand new prostate cancer treatment which doesn't even involve any new therapies. It's really a new combination of therapies when compared with the standard treatment. Men given a combination of radiotherapy and hormone therapy were 43% not as likely to die from the disease compared to those treated with hormones alone.
Cancer of the prostate is the UKs most common cancer among men, with about 36,000 cases diagnosed every year, up to a third which are in the advanced stages. Currently, fewer than half of men with advanced cancer of the prostate receive radiotherapy, with most having only hormone therapy or surgery.
A team from Cardiff University studied 1,205 men with locally advanced cancer of the prostate in the UK and Canada. All received hormone therapy and half were also given radiotherapy. After seven years, 90% of men given both treatments remained as alive, compared with 79% of these given only hormones.
There's also a new way to work on pancreatic cancer, according to this short article in the Daily Express. Of the cancers it has the lowest survival rate and only about 15% of patients live past annually. The actor Patrick Swayze died aged 57 from the disease this past year. By the time many people with pancreatic cancer realise anything is wrong, it's too late.
In Ann Clark's case though the tumour happened to create near her bile duct eventually creating a blockage as it grew and giving a life-saving early danger signal. Her whole body turned yellow almost overnight as the blockage caused jaundice.
She was told that they was among the 10% of pancreatic cancer sufferers who're suitable for a complex kind of surgery called Whipple's Procedure which involves elimination of the head of the pancreas, duodenum, a part of the stomach and ducts to the liver and gut. Conventionally this means major open surgery which has a risk of infection and involves many months recovery time. Another problem is that chemotherapy to eliminate the remaining traces of the cancer is usually delayed while the patient recuperates from the operation which typically leaves a 30cm scar around the ribcage.
But there is another option€¦Zak Rahman, Ann's consultant at the Royal Free Hospital in London, informed her about pioneering keyhole surgery. She became one of the first dozen patients in the country with an operation in which six small holes, of 1cm each and a bigger one of about 5cm are made to allow the Whipple's Procedure to become performed. Keyhole surgery is only a choice when the tumour hasn't spread, so early diagnosis is essential. After her surgery, she was up out of bed the following day and walking and eating normally within Two days.
The common theme with these two treatments is the hope these cancer treatments imply that people can get on with living their lives, so far as possible. This is great news, and hopefully makes it easier that you should enjoy a holiday, if you have cancer, in an effort to recuperate. For more information on travelling with cancer, or cancer travel insurance, take a look at these blogs.
