Naturally, patients opt to have alternative treatment to cure herniated discs. Chiropractic care is a natural choice to manage disc herniation. Many patients prefer this approach for back pain therapy. Chiropractic care is presently the world's third largest health care provider and had become popular in the back care industry.People often ask, "What is herniated disc?" It is a general term for intervertebral spinal disc which has either ruptured...more
Most of what is on your plate at every meal should be from plants, and very colorful ones at that. Darkly pigmented fruits such as blueberries, blackberries and raspberries are antioxidant powerhouses. Colorful vegetables such as carrots, sweet potatoes or red cabbage and vegetables with dark green leaves like kale, chard or spring mix for salads are great. The Brassica family of vegetables, well represented by broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower,...more
Cancer is certainly a very dreadful word to hear. A lot of people are still wondering with regards to the treatment options for cancer. It's true, it is already a common fact that there is still no specific cancer treatment to cure all or perhaps most types of cancer. This is the exact reason why virtually all individuals dread cancer so much. Actually, aside from the unavailability of cancer treatment that we fear the most, we also fear cancer for the reason that early detection and diagnosis is not so easy to do.Cancer treatment and researchThough a lot of research has been going on in the field of cancer treatment, the solution (ie fail-proof cancer treatment) has been evading the researchers till now. Yet this does not mean that researchers have failed in all the studies they did. Developments for the treatment of cancer are currently being utilized and some of them have provided good results; but, a complete cure for most types of cancer is not yet available. In order to have proper and correct diagnosis and treatment of certain types of cancer, the development of cancer diagnosis procedures is also currently done. After all, successful diagnosis is the first step towards...more
One interesting study is called, Translation of Microarray Data into Clinically Relevant Cancer Diagnostic Tests Using Gene Expression Ratios in Lung Cancer and Mesothelioma by Gavin J. Gordon, Roderick V. Jensen, Li-Li Hsiao, Steven R. Gullans, Joshua E. Blumenstock, Sridhar Ramaswamy, William G. Richards, David J. Sugarbaker, and Raphael Bueno -...more
Another interesting study is called, The role of extrapleural pneumonectomy in malignant pleural mesothelioma. A Lung Cancer Study Group trial by VW Rusch, S Piantadosi and EC Holmes - Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, N.Y. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol 102, 1-9 Here is an excerpt: Malignant pleural...more
Another interesting study is called, Localized mesothelioma of the pleura: benign and malignant variants by N Okike, PE Bernatz and LB Woolner - The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol 75, 363-372. Here is an excerpt: Mesothelioma, even of the pleura alone, is a ubiquitous pathological designation. The diffuse variety is associated with an ominous prognosis. The localized mesothelioma generally has been assumed to be benign. A review of tumors from 60 patients with localized pleural mesothelioma seems to justify separation into benign (52 patients) and malignant (eight patients) variants. Histologic criteria are used primarily to make this division. No single clinical feature allowed preoperative predictability concerning benignity or malignancy, although extrathoracic osteoarthropathy was seen only with benign lesions (20 percent), usually those greater than 7 cm. Follow-up periods of as long as 24 years revealed recurrent tumor in only two of the 58 patients with benign lesions and revealed a survival curve identical to that of the general population. All of the patients with the malignant variety had recurrence or metastasis, and all but one were dead within 2...more
Another interesting study is called, Modified RECIST criteria for assessment of response in malignant pleural Mesothelioma by M. J. Byrne and A. K. Nowak - Ann Oncol (2004) 15 (2): 257-260. Here is an excerpt: Abstract - Background: The growth...more
Another interesting study is called, Mesothelioma: profile of keratin proteins and carcinoembryonic antigen: an immunoperoxidase study of 20 cases and comparison with pulmonary adenocarcinomas. - Am J Pathol. 1982 July; 108(1): 8087 by J. M. Corson...more
Another interesting study is called, Value of the Mesothelium-Associated Antibodies Thrombomodulin, Cytokeratin 5/6, Calretinin, and CD44H in Distinguishing Epithelioid Pleural Mesothelioma from Adenocarcinoma Metastatic to the Pleura by P M Cury...more
Another interesting study is called, Codeletion of p15 and p16 in primary malignant mesothelioma. By Xio S, Li D, Vijg J, Sugarbaker DJ, Corson JM, Fletcher JA. - Oncogene. 1995 Aug 3;11(3):511-5. Department of Pathology, Children's Hospital, Boston,...more
Another interesting study is called, Value of calretinin immunostaining in differentiating epithelial mesothelioma from lung adenocarcinoma. By Ordez NG. The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030 - Mod Pathol. 1998...more
Another interesting study is called, Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Followed by Extrapleural Pneumonectomy in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma by Walter Weder, Peter Kestenholz, Christian Taverna, Stefan Bodis, Didier Lardinois, Monika Jerman, Rolf A. Stahel...more