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How the author looked beyond standard therapy for drugs that interfere with cancer metabolism, and the studies on metformin's anticancer effects.

A January 2014 MRI showed two new spots; the author describes sending her records to Dr. Jason Williams and scheduling a biopsy.

A story about a man with Buerger's disease who kept smoking, and the author's doubts about whether she could keep to such a restrictive diet.

Immuno-oncology took center stage at the latest ASCO conference. Is it a breakthrough? A look at treating cancer by helping the immune system find it.

Notes and links on cancer immunotherapy research, including anti-CD47 antibodies, the ImMucin vaccine for multiple myeloma and ISCOMATRIX adjuvants.

A Los Angeles study of cryoablation alone, without follow-up surgery, for women 70 and older with small, estrogen-sensitive invasive breast cancer.

Ketogenic diet resources: Dr. Dominic D'Agostino's KetoNutrition blog (University of South Florida) and Ellen Davis's Ketogenic Diet Resource.

Power morcellation in hysterectomy can spread hidden uterine cancer; a look at the risk and the FDA's safety warning on the procedure.

Mayo Clinic doctors have engineered measles virus strains that infect and destroy cancer cells, with links to research and a plain-English overview.

What is the best vitamin D level for a cancer patient? Meta-analyses link higher vitamin D levels to better breast and colorectal cancer survival.

A meta-analysis of 17,696 women with breast cancer linked higher vitamin C intake, from supplements or food, to better survival.