1. Immunotherapy Drug : Blocks a molecule that prevents T cells in the immune system from going after cancer cells. Research shows promising for melanoma, lung cancer and head and neck cancer patients.
2. Skin Cancer – Avoid too much sun exposure and tanning bed. A new tool a noninvasive imaging test may detect basil cell carcinoma and deadlier melanoma right away without a biopsy. The procedure multiphoton microscopy uses short pulses of laser light to obtain high-resolution images to identify abnormal cells.
3. Eating nuts such as almonds, walnuts, hazelnuts cashews and pecans will prevent recurring of colorectal cancer by 42 percent and lowered their risk of death by 57 percent. And exercise and healthiest diets during and after treatment lowered their risk of death by 42 percent and for recurring by 22 percent.
4. A new tool called light scattering spectroscopy developed by Beth Israel Deacones Medical center in Boston for pancreatic cancer will analyze structural changes in cysts in the pancreas to detect if cysts are benign, precancerous or malignant.
5. IsopPSA is a new blood test to detect structural changes in PSA protein that are associated with cancer. The new tool to replace old PSA text for men will prevent unnecessary biopsies.
The information is a summary of an article written by Catherine Winters in the Parade Magazine (6/16/2017), P. 14
