Sunday, April 21, 2013

Aspirin, colorectal cancer and intreperitoneal chemotherapy

*THE NURSE HEALTH STUDY WHICH FOLLOWED CLOSE TO 200,000 INDIVIDUALS REPORTED OR SUGGESTED ASPIRIN  (325 MG ) REDUCED BY AT LEAST 23% THE RISK OF DEVELOPING COLORECTAL CANCER.  AND THIS WAS IN ADDITION TO CARDIOVASCULAR PREVENTION BENEFITS. APPARENTLY, THE INHIBITION OF CYCLO-OXYGENASE (COX 1 AND 2 ) HAS AN IMPACT ON CELL DIVISION, APOPTOSIS AND ANGIOGENESIS!

*In Colorectal cancer
BRAF mutation is of poor prognosis (10 months Vs 34.7 months for wild type BRAF), tumor is diploid with Microsatellite instability!  Give Vemurafenib!

*Intraperitoneal chemotherapy continues to show survival advantage in Ovarian cancers, despite the fact that the majority of Ovarian cancers with the relevant stage do not receive it!

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