On The Horizon: How dogs may help fight bone cancer stat : CBS News

Oncologist Janeway treats the same type of bone cancer in children that London treats in dogs: Osteosarcoma. "We are trying to understand cancers in dogs and develop new treatments, and then apply those to humans," Dr. London said. CBS NewsDoctors had to amputate one of Zoe's front legs last fall when she was diagnosed with life-threatening bone cancer. "Dogs get cancer," said Dr. Cheryl London. "Mice don't have an immune history like you and I do," Dr. London replied.




Trials to see if a simple breath test can spot cancer are underway at the University of Southern California, where volunteers tried out the "Breathlink" device. A multitude of potential advances are ON THE HORIZON in the field of cancer research, as reported by Susan Spencer:The future of cancer care may take your breath away. "The answer to that is definitely yes, for breast cancer and lung cancer," said Dr. Phillips. Your probability of having breast cancer on your mammogram is very, very small.'"It's important to note that this breath test has not been approved yet by the FDA. The test's reliability in screening certain types of cancer is yet to be proven, but Dr. Phillips is confident he's onto something big.


Dr. Olson is a brain Cancer physician and researcher at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle, Washington. But Dr. Jim Olson says, "It's actually beautiful."Beautiful, because the Deathstalker's venom may revolutionize how cancer surgery is done. "I think this will potentially be the biggest improvement in cancer surgery, maybe, in 50 years," he said. "Sometimes, it's really hard for a surgeon to tell what is cancer and what is normal," Dr. Olson said. Sounds a lot like science fiction, but Dr. Olson says it could be an FDA-approved reality as soon as 2019.



collected by :Lucy William

To follow all the new news about Disease !!! All you need to know about all kinds of diseases