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  2. Targeted therapy - Wikipedia

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    Targeted cancer therapies are expected to be more effective than older forms of treatments and less harmful to normal cells. Many targeted therapies are examples of immunotherapy (using immune mechanisms for therapeutic goals) developed by the field of cancer immunology. Thus, as immunomodulators, they are one type of biological response modifiers.

  3. Chemotherapy - Wikipedia

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    There are a few possible causes of resistance in cancer, one of which is the presence of small pumps on the surface of cancer cells that actively move chemotherapy from inside the cell to the outside. Cancer cells produce high amounts of these pumps, known as p-glycoprotein, in order to protect themselves from chemotherapeutics. Research on p ...

  4. Cancer survivor - Wikipedia

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    Sculpture in a park with a theme of cancer survivorship. A cancer survivor is a person with cancer of any type who is still living. Whether a person becomes a survivor at the time of diagnosis or after completing treatment, whether people who are actively dying are considered survivors, and whether healthy friends and family members of the cancer patient are also considered survivors, varies ...

  5. Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine - Wikipedia

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    CEBM is the academic lead for Oxford University's Graduate School in Evidence-Based Healthcare, together with the university's Department of Continuing Education.The Graduate School includes a MSc in Evidence-Based Health Care [2] and a DPhil in Evidence-Based Health Care, [3] along with a range of short courses, including a course on the History and Philosophy of Evidence-Based Healthcare ...

  6. 6 Healthy Reasons to Finally Try Dry January In 2025 - AOL

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    A study in the British Medical Journal found that one month of abstinence resulted in marked positive health changes –improved insulin resistance, lower blood pressure, and a reduction in cancer ...

  7. Lung cancer screening guidelines updated, NY study finds ...

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    Average five-year survival rate for lung cancer patients is 25% because only 21% of lung cancers get diagnosed in early stage. How that could change Lung cancer screening guidelines updated, NY ...

  8. Spontaneous remission - Wikipedia

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    Spontaneous remission, also called spontaneous healing or spontaneous regression, is an unexpected improvement or cure from a disease that usually progresses.These terms are commonly used for unexpected transient or final improvements in cancer.

  9. Cancer treatment - Wikipedia

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    Cancer treatments are a wide range of treatments available for the many different types of cancer, with each cancer type needing its own specific treatment. [1] Treatments can include surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, hormonal therapy, targeted therapy including small-molecule drugs or monoclonal antibodies, [2] and PARP inhibitors such as olaparib. [3]