An Ohio drugmaker began releasing limited supplies of a crucial medication to treat childhood leukemia Thursday, sending hospital pharmacists facing life-threatening shortages scrambling for their share. Jerrod Milton, chief of pharmacy at Children’s Hospital of Colorado, was among those first in line as Ben Venue Laboratories began accepting new orders for the drug methotrexate, three [...]
Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) spreads easily through the lymphatic and blood vessels, forming metastasis, which can cause several organs in the body to fail, IBC is also the deadliest form of breast cancer. A new study shows how IBC cells use IL-8, a chemokine of the immune system secreted as part of the anti-inflammatory response [...]
may be a risk factor for prostate cancer, a new study suggests. If this link is confirmed in future research, it means that lifestyle changes that reduce heart disease risk — such as weight loss, exercise and a healthy diet — may also protect men against prostate cancer, the Duke Cancer Institute researchers said. “What’s [...]