[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] “Can I get a second opinion?” is part of the popular lexicon; having branched out from a doctor-patient query, the phrase can now be used in just about any situation involving a potentially bad outcome. But if we get back to the saying’s origin, and...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] [caption id="attachment_29833" align="aligncenter" width="800"] During Stomach Cancer Awareness Month we hear from Amy Rehm who experienced an 'emotional rollercoaster' to reach her stomach cancer diagnosis. Her Doctor considers her the "luckiest unlucky girl."[/caption] [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=""] Though it’s the fourth most common type of cancer worldwide, there...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Waiting for medical results is like watching a pot that doesn’t want to boil. When diagnosing lung cancer, many people are left waiting for what seems like an eternity. And once the results are in, the waiting doesn’t necessarily end. Those diagnosed with lung cancer...
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_single_image image="28941" img_size="medium" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="custom_link" link="/scientists/wei-zhang/"][/vc_column][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_column_text] “The essence of precision medicine, in particular precision oncology, is to make cancer management more precise based on genomic mapping and molecular characterization of the unique tumors for each patient,” says Dr. Wei Zhang. “The cancer management...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="44151" img_size="full" alignment="center" css=""][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]There is a necessary truth about a surgical procedure: It’s not “neat.” There will be blood. There will be stitches. There will be some pain, discomfort, and a recovery period. In the case of cancer, there might also be a...
[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...
[caption id="attachment_24161" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Mechanism of action of aromatase inhibitors in post menopausal women and in breast cancer[/caption] While recent medical discoveries, from drugs to imaging techniques, continue to revolutionize cancer care, none of them would be possible without foundations having been laid years, or even...
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_single_image image="23034" img_size="large" alignment="center" style="vc_box_shadow_border"][/vc_column][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_column_text css=""]You wouldn’t think it, but the science cannot be denied: One of the newest and most promising drug candidates for cancer was actually developed all the way back in 1972. For malaria. “There were some hints in the literature,...
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