81. First baseman Andres Galarraga, undergoing cancer treatments, will throw out a first pitch from his West Palm Beach home via the matrix board. 82. For Avax and other companies trying to develop cancer treatments, however, the list of cautions is long. 83. For example, cancer treatment has improved but transfusions of red cells and platelets are often needed to offset the unwanted effects of treatment and the disease. 84. For example, women who have had breast cancer treatment should never allow an injection, IV or blood pressure check on the at-risk arm. 85. For patients like this, the National Cancer Institute recently launched an Internet site providing access to a database of all clinical trials of cancer treatments. 86. For the past several months he has been struggling through the debilitating effects of cancer treatment, plus two bouts with pneumonia. 87. For decades, cancer treatment has involved highly toxic medicine that killed cancer cells but also killed some healthy cells. 88. For example, a doctor might recommend that a pregnant woman undergoing cancer treatment get an abortion. 89. Genetically identical animals are also better controls for such things as tests of experimental cancer treatments. 90. Genzyme Molecular Oncology said it has started two clinical trials of cancer treatments, one for melanoma and the other for kidney disease. |