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   Cancer

   Often DNA damage will cause the presence of free-floating genetic material as well as other signs, and will trigger enzymes and pathways which lead to the activation of tumor suppressor genes. ... The use of surgery to treat cancer had poor results due to problems with hygiene.
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   Chemotherapy

   As a result, many other drugs have been developed to treat cancer, and drug development since then has exploded into a multibillion-dollar industry.
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   Pfizer

   The focus of the enterprise was to develop drugs targeting intracellular signaling pathways to treat cancer.
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   Prostate cancer

   4.9 patients must be treated for one to benefit (number needed to treat = 4.9). ... Hormonal therapy for prostate cancer targets the pathways the body uses to produce DHT.
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   Glycolysis

   There is ongoing research to affect mitochondrial metabolism and treat cancer by starving cancerous cells in various new ways, including a ketogenic diet. ... Metabolic pathways
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   Cancer stem cell

   Hence, tumor stem cells can constitute a 'moving target', making them even harder to treat. ... Cancer stem cell pathways
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   Oncolytic virus

   Cancer cells and virus-infected cells have similar alterations in their cell signalling pathways, particularly those that govern progression through the cell cycle. ... Efforts to treat cancer through immunization or deliberate infection with a virus began in the mid 20th century.
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   Radiation therapy

   The concept of therapeutic radiation was invented by German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen when he discovered that the x-ray was a powerful and effective tool with which to treat cancer.
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   Insulin potentiation therapy

   IPT is currently practised throughout the world to treat cancer and other degenerative diseases.
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    Somatic evolution in cancer

    In most cases, therapies appear to select for mutations in the genes or pathways targeted by the drug. ... Breast Cancer Res Treat. 26(3):237-46. (1993)

Explore the following pages on Powerset:

• Cancer,
• Chemotherapy,
• Pfizer,
• Prostate cancer,
• Glycolysis,
• Cancer stem cell,
• Oncolytic virus,
• Radiation therapy,
• Insulin potentiation therapy,
• Somatic evolution in cancer