Category Archives: SPOTLIGHT

Sleep and cancer related?

Whether it is related with the cancer incidence of sleep? One's life about 1 / 3 of the time for sleep, but modern people constantly reduced sleep time. Studies have shown that long-term lack of sleep not only causes obesity, diabetes and various cardiovascular diseases, may induce cancer. So, sleep problems in the end will… Read More »

The physical problems of cancer patients notes

"When men and marriage, a girl, once married," which is human nature, but also physical, life must be.Speaking to young cancer patients, their marriage is an issue of common concern.So, cancer patients can actually get married?This issue should be treated differently.China's Marriage Law does not have cancer patients restrictions against marriage, as long as consensual,… Read More »

Will not contagious lung cancer

Lung cancer is contagious? So far, you can say for sure that cancer is not contagious. The infection must have three conditions: the source of infection, transmission and susceptible populations, three are indispensable. Clinical data show that cancer patients is not itself the source of infection. Lung cancer is infection, before everyone thinks that "lung… Read More »

Etiology and pathology of rectal cancer

First, the Western cause of cancer has not yet entirely clear, but that the following factors has a close relationship with cancer. Direct cancer causes 1, dietary factors: high-fat, meat, low-fiber diet and the incidence of colorectal cancer is closely related to high-fat diet will not only stimulate the bile secretion, but also promote intestinal… Read More »

The impact of smoking on lung cancer

The impact of smoking on lung cancer, can now say clearly that smoking is a cause of lung cancer the most important risk factors. The impact of smoking on lung cancer, died of lung cancer patients, 87% are from smoking, including passive smoking caused lung cancer mortality in male smokers are not smoking 8 to… Read More »

Specific characteristics of tumors and cancer

( ) , The specific characteristics of tumors and cancerous tumor characteristics: uncontrolled (autonomous) abnormal proliferation, invasion and metastasis of cancer also has the ability; Most tumors can spontaneously evolve (progression), the performance is irreversible, but under the right conditions the phenotype of the tumor can be reversed; phenotype of tumor cells there is considerable… Read More »

What classification of cancer vaccines

Classification of a tumor vaccine, cell vaccine (A) tumor cell vaccine For gene-modified molecules, including cytokines, costimulatory molecules, tumor antigens and other tumor cells can enhance the immunogenicity of the antigen substances. 1, cytokines (Cytokine). These cytokines can effectively improve the local immune microenvironment to improve the capacity of antigen presentation, regulation of immune response… Read More »

Theoretical basis of cancer stem cell theory

Theory of the theoretical basis of cancer stem cells, cancer cells compared with normal cells in the poorly differentiated state. The unlimited proliferative capacity of cells, according to developmental biology point of view there are two possible sources: the organization to differentiate into mature cells, immature cells (dedifferentiation); tissue stem cells within the abnormal (dysdiff… Read More »

uPA system and the relationship between cancer treatment

uPA system and the relationship between cancer treatment, uPA system in invasion and metastasis of tumor cells play an important role in the process, thus inhibiting the system in one or more components, in theory, can achieve the purpose of inhibiting the tumor. Most of the experimental study is to decrease fibrinolysis activation of extracellular… Read More »