AVEO Achieves Enrollment Target Ahead of Schedule for Pivotal Phase 3 Trial of Tivozanib in Patients with Advanced …
AVEO Achieves Enrollment Target Ahead of Schedule for Pivotal Phase 3 Trial of Tivozanib in Patients with Advanced …
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—-AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. , a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing cancer therapeutics, today announced that it has achieved its enrollment target for TIVO-1, its global Phase 3 clinical trial for its oral, triple VEGF receptor inhibitor, tivozanib, in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma .
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Novartis Vaccines Begins Shipment of Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Fluvirin(R) to U.S. Market to Help Protect Ahead of …
Novartis Vaccines Begins Shipment of Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Fluvirin(R) to U.S. Market to Help Protect Ahead of …
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New Light Ahead for Breast Cancer Patients
Among all other diseases, the most common disease that makes a number of women to suffer these days is the breast cancer. Not only that it makes women suffer but it is also increasing the number of womens death rate yearly. Because of this increasing rate, people who are experts when it comes to medicine have developed a lot of ways to examine if they have early stages of cancer to prevent it.
Aside from breast cancer examination, experts in the medical field tries to develop new treatment methods in order to help lower down womens death rate because of breast cancer. For more than several years, lumpectomies and mastectomies have been the undisputable way of treating cancer. However, they can have their own benefits and also disadvantages for women. As an example, lumpectomy will still need to require several days or weeks of post-operative treatments or procedures through radiation or therapy. Mastectomy on the other hand, has several complications during the operation.
But new treatments for breast cancer are already available in the market these days because of the advancement of medical sciences. Medicines have been developed in order to keep women safe from potential hazard from breast cancer.
The first drug is Abraxane. This is being used for chemotherapy and is considered to be more effective than the others. The medicines used for chemotherapies in the past are having some problems being diluted in water. Because of this, they should be given to the patients in the form of solvent which increases the side effects such as rashes and others. With this, the patient will be able to continue with the medication and get treated with cancer.
The next medicine is going to take care of the genes itself called Herceptin. One of the main reasons why breast cancer is growing is because of genes that are making breast cancer cells grow uncontrollably. This medicine can be incorporated with chemotherapy or not have proven that they have been a good help for women who have cancer because they have controlled the gene and thus stopping the multiplication of cancer cells.
Radiation therapy is also available for women who are suffering from breast cancer. They are offering precise treatments for patients by targeting down the cancer cell and prevent them from growing. However, even though it is a very precise process of eliminating the cancer cells, it is undeniable that even normal cells can also be affected and damaged. There are also other medicines that can be optional inclusion for chemotherapies. In this way, you will definitely increase the chances of the cancer cells to be treated totally.
Because of these treatment options, the patients need not despair about getting treatment. They can just go ahead with it in order to stop the growth of the cancer cells and thus increase the survival rates of the patients. And with all the new technology, it will be possible that new treatments will then again be developed for the benefits of the patients surviving this disease.
Breast Cancer Treatment Options: Facing Your Fears And Moving Ahead
After breast cancer diagnosis, time is of the essence to ensure recovery. Digest the news; then start learning, so you’re comfortable with your informed choices for breast cancer treatment.
Building Your Team
Before choosing surgery, you build a breast cancer treatment team. You need surgeons, oncologists, anesthesiologist, and radiologist. If you’re able, you are the leader of this team. You have to live with the choices made.
Breast surgeon – recommends and performs breast surgery such as mastectomy or lumpectomy under general anesthesia, and a sentinel node biopsy.
Oncologist – also recommends which surgical option is best. Recommends chemotherapies and follows treatment.
Anesthesiologist – usually on hospital staff, unless you want to choose your own.
Radiologist – performs the sentinel node biopsy (where 2-3 lymph nodes in the armpit or breast are surgically removed) is also on hospital staff.
Plastic surgeon – performs reconstruction if you want it, during or well after mastectomy.
Radiation oncologist – manages radiation therapy. Wait till after surgery to find.
First Breast Cancer Treatment: Surgery
Lumpectomy – usually recommended when there is a single, small lump. The lump and the margin around it are surgically removed under general anesthesia.
* Advantage: You have a small scar, usually.
* Disadvantages: You undergo radiation therapy afterwards; because radiation can cause lumps, you may have more biopsies in the future.
Mastectomy – removes breast tissue, comprised mainly of fat, under general anesthesia. Surrounding tissues are undisturbed.
* Advantages: You need no further biopsies on that side; you probably avoid radiation therapy if cancer is detected early.
* Disadvantages: You have asymmetry, and this may temporarily affect sex life or self-image. With psychological adjustment or reconstruction, these disadvantages can disappear.
Breast reconstruction – during/after a mastectomy using techniques such as DIEP, where abdominal fat and skin are transferred to the chest, to shape a new breast. This is not cosmetic surgery; it’s part of treatment.
* Advantages: feeling and looking restored; getting a tummy tuck and a breast lift on the other breast.
Breast Cancer Treatment After Surgery
The oncologist considers the information from the various tests. The oncologist stages the cancer, and recommends various breast cancer treatments. The oncologist can refer you to a psychologist or support group to allay anxiety about treatment.
Radiation therapy – usually started after recovery from lumpectomy. It is precisely administered to the breast (and perhaps lymph nodes) in order to kill cancerous cells, while avoiding damage to the rest of the body. Sessions are a few minutes, once a day, 5 days a week, for 6 weeks.
* Short-term side effects: fatigue, breast soreness, redness, swelling.
* Long-term side effects: breast shrinkage, tanning, lumpiness.
Chemotherapy – started after all radiation is complete. Drugs which kill or disable cancer cells are given cyclically, with time off between treatments, for 3 to 6 months. The chemotherapy visit usually is outpatient, lasting 1 to 6 hours. Some drugs are taken orally at home, sometimes as a permanent regime.
* Side effects: hair loss, nausea/vomiting, nerve or muscle pain, infection, weight gain, fatigue, difficulty sleeping.
Hormone Therapy – taken orally at home; both treats and prevents recurrence in some cases.
Exercise, diet and lifestyle changes help recovery significantly.
Survival After Therapy
With 2 million breast cancer survivors in America, breast cancer is beatable. Breast cancer treatment requires internal fortitude to reach recovery. You emerge with relief, gratitude and hope.