Helping Cancer Patients to Fight with Infection

Helping families of patients with cancer.

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To discuss the impact of cancer on families of patients with cancer. DATA SOURCES National reports on caregiving and research articles related to cancer and families. DATA SYNTHESIS Family caregivers are the bedrock of chronic care in the United States. They provide an enormous amount of unpaid care that is often invisible. Cancer can affect the emotional, social, physica...

Eat cabbage to fight cancer.

Engineering Viruses to Fight Cancer

With EMA approval in December 2015, and US FDA approval in October 2015 of an oncolytic herpesvirus for the treatment of nonresectable melanoma, we now have a novel class of anticancer agents to add to our ever-promising arsenal of cancer (immuno-) therapeutics. Talimogen laherparapvec (T-VEC) therapy involves direct, intratumoral injection of a herpes simplex type 1 (HSV-1) virus which has bee...

Helping patients and their family caregivers cope with cancer.

Family caregivers face multiple demands as they care for their loved ones with cancer, and these demands have increased dramatically in recent years. Patients with cancer now receive toxic treatments in outpatient settings and return home to the care of their family members. Some patients receive in-home infusions, which were unheard of a few years ago. Family caregivers provide tasks that were...

Presence of cagA Gene in Patients with Gastric Cancer and Gastritis with Helicobacter pylori Infection

Background and purpose: Helicobacter pylori is a gram-negative, micro-aerophilic, and spiral-shaped bacillus. Infection with this bacterium can lead to gastritis, ulcers, and even gastric cancer. This study was conducted to evaluate the presence of the cagA gene among patients with gastritis and gastric cancer. Materials and methods: This study was performed in patients with gastritis (n=40) a...

Helping patients with localized prostate cancer reach treatment decisions.

OBJECTIVE To highlight the role of psychosocial variables in treatment decision making for patients with localized prostate cancer and how family physicians can be of most help to such patients in facilitating good treatment choices. QUALITY OF EVIDENCE PubMed was searched, and articles relevant to the psychosocial aspects of localized prostate cancer treatment decision making were included. ...