Latest treatment for prostate cancer

Latest treatment for prostate cancer

This non-invasive targeted therapy treatment will allow cancer patients to have less impotence and reduced urine incontinence. There is currently a new non-invasive targeted therapy treatment for prostate cancer using Robotic High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU)...
Chasing mosquitos

Chasing mosquitos

Globavir is on course with clinical trials and a drug in the market for dengue fever may follow if successful.   Dengue fever affects 390 million people worldwide and kills many elderly patients as well as young children who get infected with this disease. While...
Promising treatment for advanced breast cancer

Promising treatment for advanced breast cancer

Study showed that Novartis Kisqali in combination with letrozole reduce risk of disease progression or death by 43 percent.   Earlier this year, the Health Sciences Authority in Singapore approved Novartis Kisqali as a first-line treatment option for...
New treatment option for those with prostate cancer

New treatment option for those with prostate cancer

This non-chemotherapy treatment option can help improve survival rates.   Pharmaceutical company Janssen’s Zytiga (abiraterone acetate) in combination with prednisone has been approved for the treatment of high-risk metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer...
A trojan horse for cancer

A trojan horse for cancer

A large oncology study has found that resin beads that emit radiation can give patients who have inoperable liver cancer new hope. BY: Eleanor Yap Resin particles or microspheres that are one-third the width of human hair could be the answer to helping patients with...
Breakthrough prostate cancer treatment

Breakthrough prostate cancer treatment

New treatment option gives hope to advanced prostate cancer sufferers, whose cancer has spread to the bones.   Singapore is the first country in the Asia-Pacific region to offer a breakthrough alpha-emitting radioactive therapy called Radium-223 dichloride...
Breast cancer treatment reduced

Breast cancer treatment reduced

New radiotherapy treatment for breast cancer patients will cut down the current conventional treatment.   The National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) has introduced a new radiotherapy treatment for breast cancer patients undergoing surgery. NCCS is the first and...