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New Chemotherapeutic Delivery System

Becky Walker

I'm Becky and I'm the Community Manager for Navigating Cancer

Researchers have been developing a new system to deliver cancer fighting drugs without damaging the healthy cells in the surrounding area. The new drug delivery system addresses the following, “Certain cancerous cells produce between 10 to 100 times more folate receptors than healthy cells. These receptors bind folic acid, which is required by cancer cells to grow and divide rapidly. As a result, the researchers used folic acid as the bait for targeting cancer cells”.

This type of advance in chemotherapy is very exciting. “The development is expected to be especially efficient against ovarian, kidney and uterine cancer, which are characterized by high production of folic acid receptors. In the future, this novel chemotherapeutic delivery system will be able to simultaneously deliver several anti-cancer drugs, whose tailor-made synergistic combination would lead to an optimal eradication of malignant cells of a specific cancer type, in individual cancer patients”. – Newswise
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Chemotherapy drugs can damage healthy cells and often cause side effects for patients during treatment. What side effects have you experienced during treatment, and how did you manage them?

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Exercise is good for you

Many research studies show that exercise can help people with cancer to feel better on many levels. Exercising for just 10 minutes a day can reduce your fatigue, stimulate your immune system, and nourish your body, mind and spirit!

What is endometrial cancer?

Endometrial cancer is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in the tissues of the endometrium. The endometrium is the lining of the uterus, a hollow, muscular organ in a woman's pelvis. The uterus is where a fetus grows. In most nonpregnant women, the uterus is about 3 inches long. The lower, narrow end of the uterus is the cervix, which leads to the vagina. Cancer of the endometrium is different from cancer of the muscle of the uterus, which is called sarcoma of the uterus.

Taking tamoxifen for breast cancer or taking estrogen alone (without progesterone) can affect the risk of developing endometrial cancer. Endometrial cancer may develop in breast cancer patients who have been treated with tamoxifen. A patient taking this drug should have a pelvic exam every year and report any vaginal bleeding (other than menstrual bleeding) as soon as possible. Women taking estrogen (a hormone that can affect the growth of some cancers) alone have an increased risk of developing endometrial cancer. Taking estrogen in combination with progesterone (another hormone) does not increase a woman's risk of this cancer.