Re: Bee, snake, scorpion venom could form basis of new generation of cancer-fighting
This is very interesting. According to this article, the medication would actually attack cancer stem cells - which I believe is quite difficult to do? I believe that chemotherapy for example does not attack "sleeper cells" because they don't divide quickly - hence they are "missed" and get a chance to continue in the body. Maybe the venom could somehow solve that problem?
Has anyone heard more about this approach at all?
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03/2014: Diagnosed with ER/PR-, HER2+++ MBC (bone mets, oligometastatic)
04/2014: Started 6 cycles of "PHD" (Perjeta, Herceptin, Docetaxol)
07/2014: Finished 6 cycles of PHD; restaging; 2 bone mets are sclerotic - looks like Herceptin and Perjeta is working
10/2014: STABLE!
01/2015: STABLE!
04/2015: STABLE!
08/2015: STABLE!
12/2015: BRAIN METS. BODY STABLE.
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