[NYTr] Cuba: New Possibilities for Treating Chronic Cancer Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 19:44:57 -0600 (CST) Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit Agencia Cubana de Noticias (ACN) http://ainch.ain.cu/mailman/listinfo/ingles New Possibilities for Treating Chronic Cancer Havana, Dec 12 (acn) With treatments that are more biologically based -- and less toxic -- people suffering certain types of cancer can be treated as chronic patients, according to Cuban doctor Agustin Lage. The director of the Cuban Center of Molecular Immunology (CIM) gave a presentation on the topic to 400 participants at the 3rd International Congress of Pharmacology and Therapeutics. In statements to ACN, Dr. Lage emphasized that the possibility of treating certain cancers as chronic diseases changes the whole concept of the terrible illness. He explained that there are many incurable diseases that can be controlled, such as diabetes. Moreover, patients can have a good life for around 40 years if they handle their condition properly. As with hypertension, said the doctor, we are getting closer to being able to control certain types of cancer, and so the patient can have a high quality of life as long as the tumor is kept under control, he noted. The concept of chronic control has long been used in endocrinology and cardiology, but its use in relation to cancer patients is relatively new, said Lage. -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ Ingles mailing list Ingles@ain.cu http://ainch.ain.cu/mailman/listinfo/ingles * ================================================================= NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us Our main website: http://www.blythe.org List Archives: http://blythe-systems.com/pipermail/nytr/ Subscribe: http://blythe-systems.com/mailman/listinfo/nytr =================================================================