Supplements harm cancer treatment, patient dies in Florida
In Florida a 53 year old woman with rectal cancer pursued herbal supplements and a special diet, delaying standard care and dying as cancer spread to bones and soft tissues. Doctors warn supplements can interfere with medicines, raise costs, and erode treatment chances.
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Tampa
Fla
Leslee Flasch
Florida
Sharon Flasch
Federal Food and Drug Administration
Barrie Cassileth
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York
American Cancer Society
Roy Herbst
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Mexico
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Europe
Lodovico Balducci
Moffitt Cancer Center
Mosquitoes scaled up as malaria vaccine incubators
Researchers propose using Anopheles mosquitoes to grow malaria parasites for a living vaccine. Maryland scientist Dr. David O Brochta leads a lab creating both parasite-laden and weakened mosquito strains with government support. Sanaria Inc aims to test an injectable malaria vaccine grown in mosquitoes, a long shot amid global malaria efforts.
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Washington
David O’brochta
Maryland University
O'Brochta
Stephen Hoffman
Rockville
Hoffman
Food and Drug Administration
U.S
Sanaria
Africa
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