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Cancer treatment future: top cancer expert on precision medicine advances
What does the future hold for cancer treatment? What new insights will be translated into successful tumor treatments? Leading oncologist ...

Precision medicine cancer treatment. Top expert tells patient’s story
"Cancer is not a fixed disease, cancer adapts and evolves, and that's the challenge in treating cancer - but you ...

Breast cancer hormone resistance. New endocrine cancer treatments
Hormone therapy against breast cancer is often limited by developing resistance. Leading oncologist and precision medicine expert discusses new approaches ...

Klotho gene against aging and cancer. Top cancer expert – on new therapy
Cancer is increasing with aging, so there are key genes that affect both processes. Leading cancer researcher and clinical oncologist ...

Child cancer precision medicine treatment – patient’s success story
Precision medicine means we have to select targeted cancer treatment based on unique tumor mutations [and not on just tumor's ...

Child leukemia immunotherapy. Precision medicine in cancer relapse
Recurring or relapsed leukemia is a major treatment challenge. Leading pediatric cancer expert explains how genetic alterations in cancer cells ...

Why you must sequence every tumor: Child cancer precision medicine case
Treatment of cancer has shifted from treating tumors by tissue origin to selecting targeted therapies based on genetic and molecular ...

Leukemia precision medicine: Why sequence cancer AND normal cells?
Genomic sequencing [NGS, WES] of tumors is now common. But why do you need to sequence both cancer tissue from ...

Precision medicine in child leukemia: treatment options and progress
Personalized medicine or precision medicine? Top pediatric hematologist oncologist explains the difference and shares new insights into cutting-edge leukemia treatment ...

How whole genome sequencing can predict cancer risks: case story
Mutations that increase cancer risks often cannot be deduced from patient's family history or other screening tests. This includes breast ...

Cancer gene therapy progress: Viruses & HIV enzymes against tumors
Gene therapy as a magic bullet against cancer captures imagination but progress has been slow. Leading cancer expert and researcher ...
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Cancer risk screening by Next Generation Sequencing of DNA in your genome
Next Generation Sequencing, NGS, or, Whole Exome Sequencing, WES, allows more granular assessment of individual cancer risks and reactions to ...

Drug inventor who saved 4M babies:
“We will make an even better drug”
Curosurf co-inventor, Dr. Tore Curstedt, is still active in drug development and plans to bring to patients a new, synthetic ...

Macular degeneration – diagnosis and treatment principles. What works?
Leading ophthalmologist reviews advances in Macular degeneration treatment [AMD], including challenges and therapy update in "dry AMD" therapy: And there's ...

Gene-RADAR can let you diagnose illness and personalize wellness
"Real-time information about the DNA, about the gene expression patterns can now titrate the therapies, optimize the therapies and customize ...

‘Your DNA is like a piano’ – Lifestyle and environment ‘play’ your genes as a symphony
Two people with same two genes differ in risks of cancer or autoimmune disease - "nurture" constantly affects "nature". Precision ...

How Gene-RADAR helps doctors to diagnose infections and cancer in office
Real time diagnosis of infectious diseases and cancer in a physician's office can help to select best "precision medicine" treatment: ...

Gene-RADAR technology for fast diagnosis of infections [Zika virus]
Fast Zika virus diagnosis is especially important in pregnancy. Inventor of Gene-RADAR point-of-care testing explains how it helps fast diagnosis ...

Refractory epilepsy: 30% of patients with seizures have drug-resistant epilepsy
If two epilepsy treatment medications fail to work after correct dose and schedule, then seizures are said to be drug-resistant ...

Types of seizures and treatment options.
All epilepsy patients deserve real expert opinion
Many seizure types exist and some epilepsy symptoms are difficult to recognize. Generalized tonic-clonic seizures - violent shaking of the ...

Woman in her 80s suffered seizures all life due to wrong diagnosis & treatment. Clinical case story.
Imprecise diagnosis of epilepsy and wrong treatment can cause life-long seizures. Precise type of seizure diagnosis leads to correct epilepsy ...

Minimally invasive colon and rectal cancer treatment – who benefits most?
Harvard-trained cancer surgeon on benefits and risks of minimally invasive, robotic, and laparoscopic colon cancer and rectal cancer surgery: Minimally ...

Multiple Sclerosis new biomarkers – micro-RNAs and anti-lipid antibodies
Precision medicine treatment of MS starts with precise diagnosis at the molecular level. JC virus autoantibodies predict risks of natalizumab ...

Alzheimer’s disease nasal vaccine. New class of treatment & prevention
Alzheimers disease treatment at early stages with vaccine to prevent neurodegeneration is becoming a reality. Leading immunology expert: - Alzheimer's ...

Multiple Sclerosis treatment with new immune modulators targeting B cells
New therapies for multiple sclerosis target specific immune cells, like B-cells. Leading MS expert explains: - You are one of ...

Multiple Sclerosis: Innate and Adaptive Immune systems, and MS progress
Up to 65% of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis patients progress eventually to secondary progressive phase of MS. How changes in immune ...

How to break silos in medicine? Top lung expert
In era of precision medicine every patient must be evaluated by a multidisciplinary team of top-notch experts. This is the ...

Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension treatment – clinical case by top expert
Stem cells, mitochondria disfunction, right heart failure, and pulmonary hypertension - leading physician shows the complexity of precise diagnosis and ...

Shortness of Breath causes – patients wait 2 years & spend $150K to find diagnosis
Being short of breath, especially on exertion, is a common symptom. Real causes are often missed and can be hard ...

Gene therapy with immunotherapy for lung cancer?
Prominent lung cancer surgeon and gene therapy + immunotherapy expert explains progress and future in precision medicine lung tumor treatment: ...

What to do with small lung nodules?
‘That’s a real art’ – Leading cancer surgeon
Is it lung cancer? Do biopsy or serial CT scans to follow? PET CT? How often to image small lung ...

Lung cancer non-surgical treatment:
Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) and
Percutaneous ablation (‘hot’ & ‘cold’)
Some lung cancer patients may not tolerate surgery - when other cutting-edge therapies are indicated? Leading lung cancer surgeon explains: ...

Precision Medicine in cancer therapy – How to separate hype from reality?
Cancer treatment continues to rely on chemotherapy, with targeted cancer drugs selectively available for some tumors. Leading cancer expert: See ...

Individual cancer risk genetic testing [Angelina Jolie case]
Individual cancer risk genetic testing is getting widespread. Cancer genetic tests are moving into mainstream medicine. Rare mutations are not ...

Tegretol side effects in Asians
Tegretol side effects in Asians include Stevens-Johnson syndrome. It is a potentially fatal skin sloughing condition. One mutation increases risk ...

Multiple sclerosis – genetic risk factors
Multiple sclerosis genetic risk factors are determined by genetic ancestry at individual gene level. Person of African descent can have ...

Genetic ancestry tests and precision medicine
Genetic ancestry tests and precision medicine are becoming widely used in medicine. Genetic profiling of tumors helps to choose additional ...

How genes affect response to medication. Asthma. Plavix
How genes affect response to medication. Examples of individual variability in response to asthma treatment and Plavix (clopidogrel). Plavix is ...

Prostate cancer treatment: Index Lesion helps to determine best options
Prostate cancer - what is Index Lesion? How it helps to choose best treatment option for each patient? ...

Prostate cancer diagnosis in precision medicine era – how to do it right?
Prostate cancer diagnosis risks - can you overdiagnose and overtreat? ...

Chemotherapy Selection – Precision Medicine Treatment
How to select correct chemotherapy medication for use in Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC) "We have to move from anatomical organ-based ...

Future of Hematology treatments: Gene Therapy and Precision Medicine
Hematology advanced treatments. Gene therapy holds a lot of promise to advance blood disorders treatments. Genomics transformation leads to many ...

Colorectal cancer prognosis – Adaptive clinical trials predict personalized response to therapy
How to predict survival for each colorectal cancer patient? How precision medicine treatment of colorectal cancer can influence prognosis? How ...

Colorectal cancer staging – How new molecular classification helps to personalize cancer treatment
Precision medicine is here for colorectal cancer treatment. But current tumor classification is often not optimal for selection of correct ...

Best liver cancer metastases surgery treatment method from Japan
Leading Swiss gastrointestinal cancer surgeon discusses delicate liver cancer surgery technique that originated from Japan. Gentle resection of only liver ...

Liver cancer surgery method that preserves the healthy liver and prevents tumor re-growth
Leading Swiss gastrointestinal cancer surgeon discusses importance of healthy liver preservation in metastatic liver cancer or primary liver cancer surgery ...

Colon cancer best treatment – precision medicine and precision surgery
What advances in stage 4 colon cancer treatment can we expect? Education of doctors about benefits of liver (and lung) ...

Stage 4 colon cancer treatment options beyond surgery: SIRT, DEBIRI TACE, IRE
New technologies complement liver cancer surgery in treatment of metastatic colon cancer. What is selective internal radiation therapy, SIRT? Transarterial ...

Liver Metastases in Stage 4 Colon Cancer – Long-term Survival and Cure Possible
Treatment of metastatic stage 4 colon cancer to the liver frequently involves starting with systemic chemotherapy. Surgery to resect primary ...

Colorectal cancer treatment in personalized medicine era – The future is now!
Colon cancer treatment advances in precision medicine era: “In next few years we will do full molecular profiling of the ...

Advanced Stage 4 Colon Cancer Treatment – Paradigm Shift in Therapy Strategy
“I think we are living in a very interesting time for colon cancer treatment. Today I think I can cure ...

Colon cancer stem cells treatment | PRI-724 chemotherapy
Colon cancer stem cells (tumor initiating cells) are the culprits when metastatic stage 4 colon cancer treatment fails. “So we ...

Colon cancer precision medicine treatment.
Genetics of tumor and genetics of patient are inseparable
Both genetic profile of colon cancer tumor AND genetic makeup of the patient are important in treatment plan selection. Modern ...

Liquid biopsy of colon cancer guides cancer treatment in real time
“Liquid biopsy” for metastatic colon cancer diagnostics and treatment monitoring in real time. What is liquid biopsy? Why circulating tumor ...

Colon cancer immunotherapy. What is Molecular Escape of tumor?
Immunotherapy in colorectal cancer can help a select group of patients. “BRAF, microsatellite instability (MSI), KRAS and NRAS molecular tumor ...

Colon cancer tumor markers – precision medicine for every patient
Recent progress in colon cancer tumor mutations profiling. Up to 500 tumor mutations are now tested, including KRAS, NRAS, BRAF ...

Colorectal cancer prognosis and treatment toxicity prediction
Toxicity prediction in colorectal cancer treatment. Colorectal cancer gene profiling helps to identify patients who will likely experience significant toxicity ...

Cancer treatment options – top cancer surgeon on four trends in best cancer care
What are important trends in cancer treatment today? Why patients should know and follow these best cancer treatment practices? Leading ...

Best Cancer Chemotherapy Selection in Precision Medicine Age | Calculated treatment | Part 2 of 2
How to select chemotherapy for each individual patient? What is the best combination of medications to beat cancer forever? This ...

Best Cancer Chemotherapy Selection in Precision Medicine Age | Calculated treatment | Part 1 of 2
Current sequential chemotherapy in so-called "lines" is ineffective and outdated. Leading cancer genetics expert talks about new approach to choose ...

Colorectal Cancer Immunotherapy (Keytruda / pembrolizumab)
Leading Colorectal Cancer Expert on latest trends in colon and rectal cancer treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors. How to select ...

Colorectal cancer survival prediction by DNA methylation and micro-RNA levels
How epigenetic changes can predict cancer prognosis? How micro RNA can help select personalized therapy for colorectal cancer? Leading colorectal ...