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05/22/2018 / By Vicki Batts

Breast cancer drug lapatinib ACCELERATES cancer cell growth, concludes new study

A shocking new report has revealed a sordid truth about yet another one of Big Pharma’s cancer “treatment” concoctions: Lapatinib, used in breast cancer treatment to shrink tumors, actually makes cancer grow faster. There is no shortage of cancer drugs that makes people sicker, instead of healthier, it seems. Lapatanib is typically used in conjunction […]

12/31/2017 / By Zoey Sky

Potato virus found to activate an anti-tumor immune response; it works on its own or in conjunction with traditional cancer treatments

A potato virus may hold the key to triggering an anti-tumor immune response that could help treat cancer, a new study suggests. A team of researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have revealed that they have successfully altered virus particles into “cancer drug delivery devices for mice.” However, the team shared that injecting the […]

12/03/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

Most cancer drugs make it to the market without any proof they’re safe or effective

As if suffering from cancer weren’t bad enough on its own, a new study has found that nearly two-thirds of the cancer drugs that gained authorization from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) from 2009 to 2013 did not offer any clear proof that they would extend or improve patients’ lives. The study, which was carried […]

10/12/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

Scientists unable to find any proof that cancer drugs improve or extend life, prompting them to demand evidence before approval

Many people would be surprised by how few medications are truly effective, with popular medications like antidepressants and statins having very poor records when it comes to actually solving the medical problems they are designed to address. In the latest disappointing news in this regard, a recent study published in BMJ shows that there is […]

08/28/2017 / By Ethan Huff

Cancer drug turns BLACK cancer patient WHITE due to side effect

Can a drug for cancer be racist? That might be the rallying call of “antifa” terrorists, should they find out about what’s happening to Paula Edwards, a 54-year-old black woman from Loughborough in England. Edwards has reportedly been taking a drug for terminal kidney cancer known as Votrient (pazopanib), manufactured by Novartis, that she says […]

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