Inflammatory breast cancer is a very aggressive form of breast cancer that is very different from the other forms of breast cancer and one which is very important to know.
Archive for January, 2010
Inflammatory Breast Cancer
January 30th, 2010 by RemwesMedical
Breast Cancer Stage
January 30th, 2010 by RemwesMedical
There are four key and most important things to remember and to have in mind when it comes to breast cancer. The first is to know if the woman with the breast cancer is still having menstrual periods or not. Breast cancer behaves differently in women who are as yet having regular periods compared with […]
An exciting new discovery for Prostate Cancer
January 27th, 2010 by RemwesMedical
There has been a recent discovery of a way to tell the difference between prostate cancer in a man which will grow slowly and will behave in a sleepy and quiet manner from prostate cancer in a man which will grow very quickly and powerfully and will kill the man if it is not treated […]
In the treatment of lung cancer does it help to receive chemotherapy after surgery? – YES!
January 24th, 2010 by RemwesMedical
A key factor when it comes to treating lung cancer is that if the lung cancer is found early in its growth, it may be possible to remove it surgically. To remove a lung cancer by surgery is the BEST CHANCE for cure that a patient with lung cancer can have. Unfortunately, there are many […]
Does treatment of Lung Cancer with Tarceva help after treatment with Iressa stops working?
January 20th, 2010 by RemwesMedical
In the treatment of lung cancer, Tarceva (also known as Erlotinib) and Iressa (also known as Gefitinib) are relatively new medications which have been a wonderfully welcome new addition to the weapons available to us in the fight against this difficult disease. A key question has been: What do we do when one of these […]
Posted in Lung Cancer, What's New 
Tags: EFFR Mutation, Erlotinib, Failure, Gefitinib, Iressa, NSCLC, tarceva, Treatment failure 
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January 17th, 2010 by RemwesMedical
There is a new test being developed which promises to help doctors find lung cancers at an early point in the growth of the cancer. If this test indeed is as successful as it promises to be, this could be an enormous breakthrough in the care and treatment of lung cancer.
Vadimezan: Promising new drug for Lung Cancer
January 17th, 2010 by RemwesMedical
There is a new chemotherapy agent for the treatment of Lung Cancer which appears to be very promising. This new agent, which is known as either Vadimezan or by the experimental name of ASA404, is still in the experimental / testing stages of development; however the early results of studies with this new drug are […]
BSI-201 Experimental Breast Cancer Drug
January 16th, 2010 by RemwesMedical
Exciting news! There is a new drug for the treatment of Breast Cancer that is now being tested and is showing wonderfully promising results. In fact, the US Food and Drug administration has felt that the early results with the testing of this new medicine were so promising that it has granted this drug what […]
Radiation Prostate Cancer
January 16th, 2010 by RemwesMedical
When Prostate Cancer is initially discovered and it is found to be pretty much still located only in the prostate gland itself (in other words, it has not spread far into the body), there are basically three options that are available as treatment. The treatment that is chosen depends on A) how much cancer is […]
Prostate Cancer Stage
January 16th, 2010 by RemwesMedical
One of the most important factors in the care and treatment of any form of cancer, is to know how much of the cancer is present at the time when the cancer is first discovered. The way that doctors are able to know and communicate with each other about much cancer is present at the […]
Posted in Prostate Cancer Tags: Advanced Prostate Cancer, Back Pain, Prostate Cancer, PSA, PSA Level, Stage of Prostate Cancer No Comments »