In order to know if you may be a victim of blood cancer it is important to know what the blood cancer symptoms are. Although there are various types of blood cancer there are some symptoms that are similar in each type. To be able to properly diagnose the specific type you may be afflicted with it is important to know which symptoms you are experiencing. Some of the symptoms that may be experienced with all types of blood cancer include night sweats, weight loss that you can’t explain, numbness in your legs, fever without other signs of illness, swollen or tender lymph nodes, pain in the bones and joints especially in the areas of the back, head and ribs, unexplained bruising, elevated levels of calcium present in the blood caused by bones deteriorating, excessive or free bleeding and  [...]

Wilms’ Tumor is treated employing the prevalent approaches of surgery, radiation and chemotherapy on the basis of the staging of the cancer and the overall health of the child. Surgery This widely used treatment in case of Wilms’ Tumor is conducted in any of the below mentioned ways: Partial Nephrectomy The method involves the surgical removal of the cancer and a section of the kidney just adjoining the cancer. It classically is performed solely in exceptional situations like in a scenario where there has been damage to the other kidney or has previously been taken out. Simple Nephrectomy This method involves complete removal of a kidney after which the second kidney would be donning the task of blood purification process. Radical Nephrectomy This method is carried out  [...]

Varied kinds of treatments are employed for varied forms of NHL or non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma that is dependent on several factors like: The staging. The form of lymphoma. The type of treatment one would be undergoing would be dependent on whether one is having B-cell or T-cell lymphoma and if it is swiftly or gradually spreading. The extent of the tumor and if it is above ten centimetres. The location and which organs have been affected also play crucial role. The person’s overall health condition. If one has previously been diagnosed with lymphoma (relapsed condition). Though lymphoma which has relapsed could be brought under control, it mostly is not treatable. Preliminary Line of Treatment Treatment suggestions which could be apt when one is initially detected with non-Hodgkin’s  [...]

Scientists from the Univ. Of Rochester Medical Center have evolved a new-fangled animal model that reveals 4 widely employed chemotherapy drugs which impede the formation of novel brain cells and that this situation could be reverted partly by the use of the IGF-1 growth factor. This study holds relevance for the sections of those individuals who have survived cancers but regrettably endure an aggravating plummet in cognitive functioning subsequent to chemotherapy sessions, a condition also called as the chemo brain. The key researcher of the study, Robert Gross, M.D., Ph. D., proudly mentioned that their team were the pioneers in citing that the investigational insulin similar growth factor, IGF-1 could prove advantageous in treating the lately identified condition, Chemo brain. With  [...]

A pioneering novel, remedial ice cream created by Fonterra and The University of Auckland appears to hold immense potential for warding off some of the disagreeable side effects experienced during chemotherapy. The ice cream dubbed as ReCharge, is being tested in the second phase of the clinical studies held in New Zealand for evaluating its efficacy against CID or Chemotherapy induced Diarrhoea and anaemia. This ‘sweet dish with a twist’ could additionally lower weight reduction and harm done to the immune system when undergoing chemotherapy. About 7 cities in New Zealand where the Oncology centres are located are partaking in the trial. About two hundred entrants have been recruited for the trial wherein each of them would be consuming about hundred grams container of strawberry  [...]