Archive for the ‘cancer’ Category

What is Chemotherapy?

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 19,901 views

Chemotherapy, in its most general sense, refers to treatment of disease by chemicals that kill cells, specifically those of micro-organisms or cancer. In other words: Chemotherapy (also called chemo) is a type of cancer treatment that uses drugs to destroy cancer cells. In popular usage, it usually refers to anti-neoplastic ...

What is Mesothelioma?

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 65,189 views

Mesothelioma is a form of cancer (cancer of the mesothelium) that is almost always caused by previous exposure to asbestos. In this disease, malignant cells develop in the mesothelium. The mesothelium is a membrane that covers and protects most of the internal organs of the body. It is composed of ...

List of Anti-Cancer Drugs Aproved By the FDA

Friday, May 9th, 2008 31,636 views

Here are some anti-cancer drugs. We list here just the main drugs aproved by the FDA. In the near future we will link the name of all these drugs to one page explaining more about them.

What is Cancer?

Friday, May 9th, 2008 9,057 views

Cancer is the general name for a group of more than 100 diseases in which cells in a part of the body begin to grow out of control. Although there are many kinds of cancer, they all start because abnormal cells grow out of control. Untreated cancers can cause serious ...