Molecular Profiling of Melanoma Melanoma is a malignant tumor of melanocytes. The disease is the fifth most common cancer in men and the seventh in women with an estimated 76,380 new cases and 10,130 deaths in 2016 in the U.S. (ACS 2016). Melanoma is treated with a combination of surgery, traditional cytotoxic chemotherapy, targeted therapies,Continue reading “Melanoma genes”
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Cancer costs $895 billion annually, Vit D from sun as anti-cancer
Cancer costs $895 billion annually. Comparatively, heart disease costs $753 billion. Nothing else comes close, with traffic accidents and diabetes each costing about $204 billion. “The price for one year of life increased to $139,100 in 2005 and $207,000 in 2013.” The biggest financial impact is in terms of loss of life and productivity, inContinue reading “Cancer costs $895 billion annually, Vit D from sun as anti-cancer”
Cancer shield
When my father was diagnosed with last stage lung cancer, we juiced fresh green papaya and apples, since the strong papaya enzyme was believed to remove the coating of cancer cells so that the body’s immune system can attack them. The doctor said he would live for another 3 months, he lived for 9 more months atContinue reading “Cancer shield”