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  2. Topical steroid withdrawal - Wikipedia

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    Treatment involves discontinuing the use of topical steroids, [2] either gradually or suddenly. [2] Counselling and cold compresses may also help. [2] Thousands of people congregate in online communities to support one another throughout the healing process, and cases have been reported in both adults and children. [2] [1] It was first ...

  3. Hormonal therapy (oncology) - Wikipedia

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    Because steroid hormones are powerful drivers of gene expression in certain cancer cells, changing the levels or activity of certain hormones can cause certain cancers to cease growing, or even undergo cell death. Surgical removal of endocrine organs, such as orchiectomy and oophorectomy can also be employed as a form of hormonal therapy.

  4. Chemotherapy regimen - Wikipedia

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    The majority of drugs used in cancer chemotherapy are cytostatic, many via cytotoxicity. A fundamental philosophy of medical oncology , including combination chemotherapy, is that different drugs work through different mechanisms, and that the results of using multiple drugs will be synergistic to some extent.

  5. Cancer treatment - Wikipedia

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    Cancer treatments are a wide range of treatments available for the many different types of cancer, with each cancer type needing its own specific treatment. [1] Treatments can include surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, hormonal therapy, targeted therapy including small-molecule drugs or monoclonal antibodies, [2] and PARP inhibitors such as olaparib. [3]

  6. Chemotherapy - Wikipedia

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    Resistance is a major cause of treatment failure in chemotherapeutic drugs. There are a few possible causes of resistance in cancer, one of which is the presence of small pumps on the surface of cancer cells that actively move chemotherapy from inside the cell to the outside.

  7. Why cancer treatments like the one Jimmy Carter used are ...

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    In cancer patients, a type of protein called PD-1 stop the immune system from doing its job and fighting the cancerous cells. Keytruda gets in the way of those dysfunctional proteins, allowing the ...

  8. List of unproven and disproven cancer treatments - Wikipedia

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    According to the American Cancer Society, "evidence does not support claims that goldenseal is effective in treating cancer or other diseases. Goldenseal can have toxic side effects, and high doses can cause death." [76] Gotu kola – a swamp plant native to parts of Asia and Africa. Supplements made from it are promoted as cancer treatment ...

  9. Elle Macpherson explains why a holistic approach to breast ...

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    The approach is similar to that of late "Grease" star Olivia Newton-John, from whom Macpherson sought advice after the actor famously complemented her clinical treatment for breast cancer with ...