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Mechanisms of action and classification of anticancer drugs

The agents used in cancer treatment affects both the normal and neoplastic cells, but they cause more damage to malignant cells than to normal tissues due to quantitative differences between the metabolic processes of these two cell populations.

The cytotoxic are not lethal to tumor cells selectively. Differences between the growth of malignant cells and normal cells and small biochemical differences observed between them probably combine to produce their specific effects.

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Know everything about Chemotherapy

Chemotherapy is the method that uses chemicals, called chemotherapy in the treatment of diseases caused by biological agents.

When applied to cancer, chemotherapy is called antineoplastic chemotherapy or chemotherapy antiblastic.

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Saving Your Time Can Make Your Life More Happy!

My friend Rafael wrote a interesting article about how to save your money by not wasting your time. And this gave an idea of an article about how saving our time by stopping doing some silly things can help us to be more happy.

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Some Pictures About Cancer (Strong Images, Please don’t see!)

This week one of our readers asked a picture about Lung Cancer. I think so in put more pictures about cancer in this blog. These are strong images and I advise you to don’t see them. But if even in this case you want to see them I have none responsibility! Read the rest of this entry »

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What You Need to Know About Prostate Cancer

The prostate cancer is the most common tumor in men over 50 years of age. With the progress of medicine and other areas that interfere with health, it is expected for the next decades a growing population of men reaching age well above that. It is, therefore, that more cases of prostate cancer will be diagnosed. Currently, there are several campaigns in the country for early detection of cancer (cancer).

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What You Need to Know About Pancreatic Cancer

The pancreatic cancer  is the type of cancer / cancer of the pancreas more common - 90% of cases of malignant neoplasm of the body. Currently, is the 5th cause of cancer death in the West. Data from the National Cancer Institute (INCA) to pose as 2% of all types of cancer and 4% of all cancer deaths. In the U.S., about 28 thousand people a year are diagnosed. It is a high mortality rate due to late diagnosis and its characteristic very aggressive. The median survival at 5 years is less than 0.4% after the diagnosis time of life is on average 4 to 6 months. If the tumor is ressecável the median survival at 5 years is less than 20% on average 13 to 20 months of life after surgery. Slightly more common in men and more in black. Rare before the age of 30, more common after 60 years.

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Aspirin Against Breast Cancer

American scientists to ensure that aspirin lowers the risk of developing breast cancer, in addition to the known anticoagulant properties that prevent the heart problems. In a study published by the Journal of the Medical Society of the United States, scientists at the University of Columbia in New York, say that women who consumed the painkiller and similar medicines once a week for six months or more had a 20% lower risk of suffering from breast cancer.

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Aspirin May Reduce Chances of Developing Cancer in the Digestive System

A study by the Pharmachemical Research Institute of Milan, Italy, indicates that the ingestion of aspirin may reduce the chances of developing different types of cancer in the digestive system.  The research involved nearly three thousand patients and concluded that regular consumption of aspirin for five years or more like 66% reduction in the chances of developing cancer in the mouth, throat and esophagus.

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Aspirin Combats Ovary Cancer!

She belongs to a group of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs that can block the effects of chemical Cox-2.  Researchers in the United States discovered that the protein helps in the growth of cancerous tumors of the ovary.  During a conference of the American Association for Cancer Research, the scientists said that these drugs such as aspirin, could combat the disease.

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Aspirin Reduces Risk of Colon Cancer!

Seven years with a search conducted by researchers from Dartmouth Medical School shows that a daily dose of aspirin may be effective in reducing the risk of colon adenomas - benign tumors that can turn into cancer if left in the intestine.

The multi-center study confirms indications of no statistical studies that low doses of aspirin may protect against cancer of the colon and rectum.

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