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Biology of Cachexia Abstract About half of all cancer patients show a syndrome of cachexia, characterized by loss of adipose tissue and skeletal muscle mass. Such patients have a decreased survival time, compared with the survival time among patients without weight loss, and loss of total body prote...

Bone Metastasis and Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC): Microenvironment and Possible Clinical Implications Abstract Patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) develop bone metastasis (BoM) in more than 50% of cases during the course of the disease. This metast...

Abstract Radiation therapy (RT) continues to play a central role as an effective therapeutic modality for a variety of tumors and vascular malformations in the central nervous system. Although the planning and delivery techniques of RT have evolved substantially during the past few decades, the stru...

Hi Martin
Good to hear from you.
I’d consult Dr Drewes in Germany to see the likelihood of resection the tumors with the laser technique.
Are the tumors in both lungs or just one lung ?

Abstract Thyroid hormones take major part in normal growth, development and metabolism. Over a century of research has supported a relationship between thyroid hormones and the pathophysiology of various cancer types. In vitro studies as well as research in animal models demonstrated an effect of th...

https://www.rockefeller.edu/news/28096-first-evidence-inherited-genetics-can-drive-metastasis/#:~:text=Now%20researchers%20have%20shown%20for,existing%20genetics%20can%20promote%20metastasis. Sometimes cancer stays put, but often it metastasizes, spreading to new locations in the body. It has long b...

Dear Olga, Thanks for following up - what you say all makes sense. Trying to control the bone met (13cm long) with cryotherapy would seem difficult though, and radiation is not an option anymore. Elisa did start the Nivolumab + Ipilimumab combination and has received three rounds so far, which she ...

Ivan and family ,
Incredibly happy news !!
Sharing in your joy with you today and always .
Love ,
Debbie and family

Hi Sandra
How are you doing? Did you change back to the 12mg, Anlotinib?
When’s your next scan ?
Thinking of you today.☺️

Love,

Hello, Hope everyone is doing good.Just wanted to update on my treatment changes.So basically I had my MRI Brain and Bone scan in July and they came out clear.But the CT chest post VATS showed multiple nodules including some new tiny mets.So the VATS didn’t give the outcome we were expecting and sy...

Chemotherapies are the centerpiece of many cancer therapies. For patients, receiving chemotherapy is associated with great hopes, but also great physical and emotional strain. This is also because chemotherapy is not always as effective as it should be in every case of cancer. Chemosensitivity testi...

Hi Cindy !
Wow the reduction and disappearance of tumor masses , is incredibly good news !!

How big is the mass at this time ?

Thank you for the update and do let us know how Sam is doing .. especially after his surgery on the 20th of October.

Love ,

Hi Cindy , Josh has always used an oatmeal mixture of raisins & nuts for a boost to calories for weight gain , since 2015. So that definitely is a fiber usage . Is Sam’s weight disproportional to what he should be , for his height ? If that’s the case it maybe time to reduce his weight to help h...

Hello Sandra,
Are you still on a trial ?

Next Generation Sequencing Reveals Pathogenic and Actionable Genetic Alterations of Soft Tissue Sarcoma in Chinese Patients: A Single Center Experience Abstract Background: Next generation sequencing (NGS) has systematically investigated the genomic landscape of soft tissue sarcoma (STS) in Western ...