[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Carcinoid cancer is a type of slow-growing neuroendocrine tumors that form (usually) in the lungs and gastrointestinal tract, from the esophagus to the rectum. They are the most common cancer found in the appendix. While typified as a cancer of the elderly, women are more...
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_single_image image="27042" img_size="large" css=""][/vc_column][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_column_text css=""]In what could be a major breakthrough, scientists at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in South Korea claim to have identified the cellular origin of glioblastoma, a fast-growing type of central nervous system tumor that...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] [caption id="attachment_26746" align="aligncenter" width="1050"] Melinda Bachini (second to left) with her husband and 6 children.[/caption] On December 1, 2009 at age 41, I was diagnosed with Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma, aka Bile Duct Cancer—a very rare, aggressive and difficult to treat type of cancer. Just 20 days...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="25256" img_size="full" css=""][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]While it may not be an extremely common cancer, multiple myeloma, awareness of which is highlighted throughout the month of March, remains a severe, life-threatening disease. Multiple myeloma is a cancer affecting plasma cells within the bone marrow. With the cancer...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="24494" img_size="full" alignment="center" css=""][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]Approved in June 2017 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and launched commercially in-country in October 2018, 5-Aminolevulinic Acid (also known as 5-ALA, and composed of aminolevulinic acid hydrochloride) is an optical imaging agent for use in patients with...
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