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Old 09-06-2011, 01:13 AM   #1
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If Environmental Conditions Of Tumors Are Changed, The Process Reverses

Like snakes, tumour cells shed their skin. Cancer is not a static disease but during its development the disease accumulates changes to evade natural defences adapting to new environmental circumstances, protecting against chemotherapy and radiotherapy and invading neighbouring organs, eventually causing metastasis...

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Old 09-06-2011, 08:30 AM   #2
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Re: If Environmental Conditions Of Tumors Are Changed, The Process Reverses

This is interesting. I wonder what kind of environmental changes would reverse the process. Is there any way we can access the full article?
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March-August 09: neo-adjuvant chemo, part of a trial at Stanford (4 DD A/C, 4 Taxotere with daily Tykerb), loading dose of Herceptin
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08/24/09 - path report shows 100 % success in breast tissue (no cancer there, yay!), 98 % success in lymphatic invasion, and even though 11/13 nodes were still positive, > 95 % of the tumor in them was killed. Hoping for the best!
September-October 09: rads with daily Xeloda
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Old 09-07-2011, 06:34 AM   #3
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Re: If Environmental Conditions Of Tumors Are Changed, The Process Reverses

Bejuce, it is technical beyond belief, but here it is:

http://www.nature.com/onc/journal/va...c2011354a.html

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