Chemotherapy is one of the most common weapons in the cancer-treatment arsenal, but its side effects are well known. Hair loss. Nausea and vomiting. Mouth sores. Fatigue. The side effects a person ...

Overcoming tumor resistance to chemotherapy drugs has long been a challenge for oncology clinicians and researchers. Now, a new study suggests that blocking a key protein, p300, may force damaged ...

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Chemotherapy’s gut damage turns out to have a surprising upside. By changing nutrient availability in the intestine, it alters gut bacteria and increases levels of a microbial molecule that travels to ...

A Massachusetts mother who is battling cancer is pushing health insurance companies to cover a treatment that is often overlooked. Exactly one year ago this week, it seemed like all the pieces were ...

During and after cancer treatment with chemotherapy, up to 75 percent of people experience thinking and memory problems known as “chemo brain.” The cause of chemo rage can vary, says Dr. Cartagena, ...

"Whatever remains of my life, I'm going to live it the way that I want," Melissa Fouts says Wendy Grossman Kantor is an award-winning journalist who has contributed to PEOPLE for over 20 years. She ...

“Érase una vez una feria”, será el tema de la Feria del Condado de San Diego para el próximo año. A través de sus redes sociales, se anunció la temática para el evento que se realizará del 10 de junio ...

Chemotherapy-induced alopecia, or CIA, is one of the most common and distressing side effects of cancer treatment, affecting some 65% of patients. Scalp cooling is a treatment helping with hair loss. ...

As it does with other pathogens, your immune system sees drugs as foreign invaders to be expelled from your body. But exploiting this process could reduce the side effects of chemotherapy. When you ...

The “Control” singer—who in 2024 shared her diagnoses with lupus and a rare T-cell lymphoproliferative disorder, an umbrella term for diseases related to the overproduction of white blood cells—gave ...

Cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy may soon have a new option to try to keep their hair — a shampoo-like gel that could protect hair from falling out during chemo. Baldness from ...